Matching oval limewood plaques with carved daffodil bouquets, custom wood carving by Alexander Grabovetskiy.

Ornamental

Carved in any Style

Discipline: Ornamental

Frames and mirrors where the ornament is the subject. Flowers, ribbon, and rosettes carved in the round and gilded, so the gold catches the room and the glass becomes almost incidental.

In the Atelier

No moulds and no shortcuts. Limewood and oak worked until the grain itself becomes ornament. That slowness is what Baroque relief carving takes.

From the studio of Alexander Grabovetskiy

Alexander Grabovetskiy drawing an acanthus scroll pattern on paper, preparing a custom wood carving design.

Square limewood rosette panel hand-carved by Alexander Grabovetskiy, a custom wood carving on a carving bench with chisels.

Square limewood tile with a carved wild rose, custom wood carving by Alexander Grabovetskiy.

Limewood dish carved with grape clusters and leaves by Alexander Grabovetskiy, a custom wood carving.

Carved acanthus scrollwork panel with chisels and gouges by Alexander Grabovetskiy, a custom wood carving in progress.

Pair of carved roaring lion head panels by Alexander Grabovetskiy, a custom wood carving in progress.

Flowing acanthus scrollwork relief carved in limewood by Alexander Grabovetskiy as custom wood carving.

Pierced limewood floral panel with chrysanthemums and acanthus scrolls, custom wood carving by Alexander Grabovetskiy.

Limewood floral and acanthus cartouche, a custom wood carving by Alexander Grabovetskiy with high-relief blossoms and scrolls.

Detailed dahlia and rose blossoms in limewood, custom wood carving by Alexander Grabovetskiy.

Limewood floral and acanthus cartouche, a custom wood carving by Alexander Grabovetskiy, mounted on a wall.

Alexander Grabovetskiy holds a limewood relief panel of a bird amid acanthus scrolls, a custom wood carving.

High-relief carved grape cluster with vine leaves on a wood panel, custom wood carving by Alexander Grabovetskiy.

Limewood grape clusters and vine leaves hand-carved in high relief by Alexander Grabovetskiy, a custom wood carving.

Limewood floral cartouche and lion relief, a custom wood carving by Alexander Grabovetskiy in his studio.

Rococo scrollwork and acanthus newel post by Alexander Grabovetskiy, a custom wood carving in limewood.

In Motion

From the studio

The Practice

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.

Every Carving Commission starts with a conversation.

Tell me about your project: a single ornament or a full architectural scheme.

Discuss Your Vision