Woodworking Artist

Woodworking Artist

THE MAN

Doing what he likes the most, Alexander sculpts from very early morning to late at night. Things were not constantly this simple for the award-winning wood carver.
Born in the Soviet Union in the small town of Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk Region in 1973, Alexander opened his eyes in a household with an inherent love for the arts. His excellent grandpa, an pro at Custom-made Wood Carving had his own furnishings business. Alexander got his preliminary education in Ornamental Wood Sculpting from his grandfather when he was 6 years of ages. By this time, the family had actually been moved to the town of Dimitrovgrad in Russia.

When Alexander was 16, he handled to impress Vladimir Tokarev, an pro carver famous for his abilities with developing Hand Carved Furniture and various other wooden items. Vladimir took the teenager under his apprenticeship, teaching him the methods that would help the children create one-of-a-kind, award-winning Customized Wood Carving work of arts.

Life seemed to be going in the right direction for Alexander when he suffered the biggest obstacle of his life. He was detained by the Soviet Government, and imprisoned for his adherence to the Christian Faith and refusal to get in the Red Military.
He was launched from prison at the age of 21. By that time, Alexander had currently begun a successful architectural and ornamental wood sculpting business from jail.

In 1996, Alexander, his better half Nadia, and their 10-month old child Mark immigrated as a political refugee to the U.S.A. The rest, as they share, is history.
Now Alexander lives in Charlotte NC, is still wed, and has 3 kids -Mark, Jessica, and Alexis. His love for wood sculpting has just improved with time, and he still carves every day.

THE ART

Alexander has actually been known to carve from morning to night, non-stop!
He does not care exactly what time or what day it is when he is in the zone, and like every real visionary, he accepts his art in every single among its types. He works with a number of designs including sculpture, high relief, reduced relief, architectural and ornamental modes. In truth, offer him a piece of wood, and he can do anything with it … definitely anything!
Alexander's elaborate wall decorations and wood accessories are good enough to grace royal palaces. He is also frequently worked with to produce intricate classic interior spaces utilizing his hallmark hand sculpted furnishings and rococo carvings.

As he creates his work of arts, Alexander only utilizes hand devices to carve them out and complete them. No rotary powered devices are ever used in his work. He also does not sand his work as he believes that tool marks provide a distinct personality to each of his pieces, guaranteeing the owners that exactly what they have is distinctly their own which no 2 pieces of his will ever be alike. “It is the same as brush marks on canvas in fine art,” he states.

A lot of Alexander's inspiration originates from Grinling Gibbons, the marvelous 16th century wood carver who had the incredible ability to make wood appear like real life objects. Alexander is often approached by his customers to produce masterpieces with that unique Grinling Gibbons look that brings items to life.
Alexander makes use of an intriguing undercutting strategy that could appear extreme to some but it brings out shadows like absolutely nothing else. As he produces his piece of art, his mind is always looking for methods to create an intriguing play of light and shadow, no matter exactly how elaborate the things.
And that is exactly how he produces wood sculpting masterpieces with elegant information. His work is valued and appreciated the world over because it usually takes ages to produce such lifelike impacts.
He has been in the United States for more than 2 years now. And over this time, Alexander Grabovetskiy has made the standing for being among the most quality-oriented Master Wood Carvers in the world.

THE WORK OF ART

Alexander Grabovetskiy created an ornamental wood sculpting, simply titled ‘The Wall Design‘. The masterpiece won him the title of International Woodcarver of the Year, granted by Wood Worker's Institute.
His various other significant works consist of gorgeous architectural wood carvings depicting animals and various other natural sensation in all their magnificence.

Born in the Soviet Union in the small town of Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk Area in 1973, Alexander opened his eyes in a family with an inherent love for the woodworking art. His terrific grandfather, a professional at Customized Wood Carving had his own furnishings company. Alexander got his initial education in Ornamental Wood Carving from his grandfather when he was 6 years old. As he creates his masterpieces, Alexander only utilizes hand tools to sculpt them out and complete them. Alexander makes use of an interesting undercutting strategy that might seem severe to some but it brings out shadows like absolutely nothing else.

Woodworking Artist