Alexander Grabovetskiy
Blooming peonies and leaves in limewood, a custom wood carving by Alexander Grabovetskiy.
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Deep Relief
Ornamental Carving

Ornamental Carving

Discipline
Deep Relief

Flowers worked in deep relief. Sunflowers, dahlias, and full blossoms undercut until the light falls behind the petals. A study in how far a single block of limewood will travel under the gouge.

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
Deep-relief limewood panel with roses and acanthus scrolls, custom wood carving by Alexander Grabovetskiy.
Deep-relief sunflower panel hand-carved in limewood by Alexander Grabovetskiy, an ornamental custom wood carving.
Detailed limewood flower blossoms in deep relief, custom wood carving by Alexander Grabovetskiy.
Detailed limewood peony flowers and buds, a custom wood carving by Alexander Grabovetskiy.
Limewood grape clusters and vine leaves in deep relief, a custom wood carving by Alexander Grabovetskiy.
Turned limewood vase with deep-relief acanthus leaves, a custom wood carving by Alexander Grabovetskiy.
Limewood foliage and berry spray with acanthus scrolls, a custom wood carving by Alexander Grabovetskiy.
Two roaring lion head panels with acanthus scrollwork carved by Alexander Grabovetskiy as custom wood carving on double doors.
Deeply carved limewood flowers and foliage, custom wood carving by Alexander Grabovetskiy.
Deep-relief floral and basketwork wall panel in unfinished limewood, a custom wood carving by Alexander Grabovetskiy.
Hand-carved limewood blossoms and leaves by Alexander Grabovetskiy, a custom wood carving with deep undercut petals.
Deeply carved limewood chrysanthemums, berries, and leaves by Alexander Grabovetskiy, a custom wood carving detail.
Round limewood relief of a farmer plowing with two draft horses below mountains, custom wood carving by Alexander Grabovetskiy.
Deep relief floral and acanthus wall ornament, a custom wood carving by Alexander Grabovetskiy.
Limewood acanthus panel with carving gouges by Alexander Grabovetskiy, a custom wood carving in progress.
Deep-relief floral and acanthus wall carving in limewood, hand-carved by Alexander Grabovetskiy as custom wood carving.
Alexander Grabovetskiy holds a limewood custom wood carving of a bird amid scrolling acanthus foliage.
Pierced limewood floral cartouche with roses, a custom wood carving by Alexander Grabovetskiy on the bench.
Limewood frieze of grape clusters and vine leaves, custom wood carving by Alexander Grabovetskiy.
Deep relief grape cluster and vine leaves, a custom wood carving by Alexander Grabovetskiy 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