Baroque &Architecturalwood carving.
Ornamental and architectural wood carving for the world's most distinguished estates, in the living tradition of the old masters. By private commission.
WoodcarverDrawn from solid wood, hour by hour.
A depth of grain and shadow no machine can fake.
Over forty years at the bench.
Carved to outlive us all.
From the studio
In 2012 his panel, "The Wall Decoration," was named International Woodcarver of the Year by the Woodworkers Institute.
In the words of master carvers.
Admirably skillful, crisp, and fluent.
David Esterly · Master Wood Carver & AuthorElegant carving — it sings to me!
Chris Pye · Master Wood Carver & AuthorThree disciplines, one hand.
From ancient Greece through the Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo, master carvers shaped the ornament of palaces, cathedrals, and great estates. Every commission here comes out of that history: carved to period, in solid wood.
Historical Architectural
Panels, capitals, mantels, and architectural ornament carved in the tradition of Grinling Gibbons, for interiors, churches, and historic restoration.
Pipe Organ
Pipe shades, cases, gallery rails, and ecclesiastical ornament carved to period in European linden or white oak, for opera houses, concert halls, and churches.
Ornamental
One-of-a-kind furniture onlays, panels, moldings, and ornamental relief in European linden, mahogany, oak, or cherry, for luxury residences and private collections.
The work as historical study
Every commission starts as a research project, not just an order. Before a single cut, the work is to study the piece: to trace a motif back to its period and its masters, to understand how the hand that first carved it thought and moved, and to carry a vanishing skill forward into a new piece, the way carvers have worked for centuries.
A carving from this studio is, for that reason, one of a kind: an interpretation of a historical style, never a copy stamped from a pattern. The grain of the wood, the line of the leaf, the depth of the undercut all record a study and a hand, and no two are ever the same. The studio doesn’t sell a mass-produced object. It delivers a finished carving with the scholarship, the design, and a lifetime of skill behind it. Every piece also keeps a little of a centuries-old art from being lost.
About the work and the craft
What is Alexander Grabovetskiy’s most celebrated carving?+
His most celebrated work is “The Wall Decoration,” a high-relief panel of flowers and acanthus that won him the title of International Woodcarver of the Year in 2012, awarded by the Woodworkers Institute and published in Woodcarving Magazine.
Has his work been recognised by other master carvers?+
Yes. David Esterly, the leading authority on Grinling Gibbons, called his carving admirably skillful, crisp, and fluent, and the master carver and author Chris Pye described it as an elegant carving that sings to him.
What wood does he carve in?+
He works primarily in European linden, the traditional wood of Grinling Gibbons, along with white oak, mahogany, and cherry. The choice depends on the commission, the period style, and where the finished piece will live.
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