Live Fruit Carving Show And Classical Music Concert

I have participated in a live fruit art demonstration, in front of visitors I created a fruit platter with fruit carving centerpieces. The fruit show was organaized by Chekhov Museum. They suggested me to carve in accompany with a live classical music provided by orchestra of Sakhalin Art College. 

I am so greatful to the museum personnel for making the beautiful event that was such gift and fulfilling experience for me. Beautiful music, nice artistic environment and amazing oriental art of fruti carving all together at on place at the moment. 

Thank you my family and friends for giving kind support and taking this video. 

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Sogetsu Ikebana Workshop - 2017

A big event is holding here now. It's a Japanese and Russian Culture Festival. 

The one of the Festival activities is the Sogetsu Ikebana workshop by the japanese teachers, Takako Nishimura-sensei and her team from Hokkaido. Few years ago our local Ikebana group became a Studio Group officially recognized by Mrs.Akane Teshigahara and Sogetsu School in Tokyo. So each year we are visited and cared by our teachers from Japan. 

These last days in June made a wonderful meeting with the flowers and art. Inspite of my ability to attend only 2 of 4 lessons, I got a real pleasure to study. We learned how to create a vase for the floral arrangements by weaving a sphere vase with thin rotang.

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Ikebana workshop was held in Chekhov Museum. The hall with a photo exhibition was turned to the classroom.
The photos on the wall are by japanese artists sharing their vision of the Russian land. 

Our studying group. We started with making a paper sphere.

Learning how to make knots

My rotang sphere is done!
It can change the form to oval or whatever when sinked in water and pressed for a while

Teachers explain the process and some tricks of the weaving

Love my sphere : ))

The next step is to create an arrangement.
 I like this shot. Think you agree with me that it's important to surround yourself by a beauty

I choosed plants for my design

The idea is brought to life

This is how the details make a melody

Ladies at work

Minna no shyashin
A must have photo :)

The teachers show what else you can do with the spheres. 

Nishimura-san got an ecochic hat 

With friends.
The outdoor ikebana installation in front of the art museum

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Hawaiian Themed Installation



Hawaiian mask carved of pumpkin

This Hawaiian themed installation was presented to the public at "Sakhalin Artisans" exhibition held at the biggest trading center in my city on 25th of April, 2015.

This installation is a new project of me and my friend and painter Marina. We combined painting and fruit displays to deliver a feeling of the exotic place.

The masterpieces on the photos:

The fruit tower with a Hawaiian mask carved out of pumpkin and flowers carved of daikon.

A sculpture of parrot carved out of daikon and flowers of vegetables.

A painting of a beach.

Painting and fruit carving displays

How we spent our day

What has inspired us



Our guests

Workshop zone

More projects of us:

Four Seasons. Exhibition at The Sakhalin Art Museum
Pumpkin Lanterns At The Beach

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"Four Seasons. Frozen Moment" Exhibition Dec 2014 - Jan 2015

I have really great news, my friends. WE HAVE DONE IT! My friend Marina and me are having a personal exhibition at Sakhalin Art Museum this month.

Four Seasons. Frozen Moment.

This exhibition is a result of the partnership with a painter and a crafting person and my friend Marina Puzik. Four seasons are reflected with the paintings and installations made of various natural materials. The exhibition opened on December 23, 2014 and will last till January 26, 2015.

I presented long term fruit and vegetable installations and soap carving artworks. Some fruit details will be changed during the exposition time. I am going to surprise visitors with the variability of the display.

Here are the photos of the opening. Just would like to notice that none of trees was killed, we collected broken wood after a hurricane.

In the next articles I will share the soap carving pictures.




"In Anticipation Of Spring", watermelon carving



"Spring"

 

I make a speach

Marina makes a speach

 

"Autumn", pumpkins

from the left:  me, Tatiana a museum person, Marina and her daughter

 

"Winter. Morning Of The Year"

Visitors and friends

 

Valentina, Ikebana person, makes a speach

"Autumn"

 

 

Visitor

"Summer"

 

 

Together with my students

Soap Carving

 

 

 

 

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