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New Geometric Artworks


Collection of artworks based on the Shape of Time Series

The Shape of Time series seeks to reflect the human experience and the impossibility of achieving perfection. This work is inspired by Islamic art and the geometric patterns found in nature. I see these series of artworks akin to positive charges in a space, bringing in light and harmony.




“Focus” (triptych)
2023
219cm x 77cm
22 carat gold leaf, silver leaf, mother of pearl, polychromes on glass
Framed (handmade Ash wood frame with hanging bar)



“Recharge”
2023
50cm x 100 cm
22 carat gold leaf, silver leaf, mother of pearl, polychromes on glass
Framed (handmade Ash wood frame with hanging bar)







“Unity”
2022
50cm x 100 cm
22 carat gold leaf, silver leaf, mother of pearl, polychromes on glass
Framed (handmade Ash wood frame with hanging bar)









“Where Everything Belongs”
2022
90 x 70cm
22 carat gold leaf, silver leaf, copper leaf, polychromes on glass
Framed (handmade ash wood frame with hanging bar)








“Ingress”
2022
50cm x 100 cm
22 carat gold leaf, silver leaf, mother of pearl, polychromes on glass
Framed (handmade Ash wood frame with hanging bar)









“Protect”
2022
80 cm diameter
22 carat gold leaf, silver leaf, copper leaf, polychromes on convex glass
Mounted on wood panel









“Invigorated”
2022
100 cm diameter
22 carat gold leaf, silver leaf, copper leaf, polychromes on pink convex glass

Framed (handmade metal frame with wood subframe and hanging bar)



Sequence / Rise / Collision with Joy

Part of the Shape of Time Series


An ongoing personal project exploring the themes of intuition, the unseen and the impossibility of perfection.



Dutch metal on Perspex, acrylic inks
600 x 600mm


These are also available as silk scarves.



Collision with Joy, 2018

















Sequence, 2018



















Rise, 2018




The Cockatoo & Magnolia

Gilded Glass Artwork


Reverse-gilded and painted glass.



23.5ct gold leaf, polychromes on glass
Framed
540mm x 540mm




Photo credit: Serge Martynov




Nordbor - Nordic Life Exhibition

Nordiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
2024 - ongoing


In February 2024, Nordiska museet opened its largest exhibition ever – Nordic Life (in Swedish called Nordbor). A visual museum experience and a dynamic narrative about everyday life and people in the Nordic region over 500 years.

The museum’s biggest exhibition effort ever is produced by Nordiska museet in collaboration with experts from universities and museums in Sweden and the Nordic countries. It is a visual experience and manifestation of the extensive collections at Nordiska museet.

The new core exhibition, Nordic Life , spans the entire top floor of the Nordiska museet on Djurgården and includes approximately 4,000 objects distributed across 27 rooms.

As a visitor, you will journey through our cultural history and four seasons. Past forests, villages, and cities. Along the way, you will encounter real-life stories from history. Traveler Samuel, forest dweller Elisabet, freedom enthusiast Peter, and midwife Catarina are some of them.


For this project, I created a large plaster “garden installation”, inspired by manicured topiary mazes - by applying individual plaster “leaves” across the expansive walls and parts of the ceiling. This was all done by hand to achive an organic effect and then painted green in two shades. I also designed and created plaster moulds, which were then cast in plaster by the museum’s art department and these were selectively hung across several rooms.

The first three images are of the “Garden Rooms” and the remaing give an idea of the other spaces, desined by the very talented MUSEEA.


Photo credit: Emil Fagander /Nordiska museet

















The Arctic - While the Ice is Melting

Nordiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
2019 - ongoing




Under the bright light of the North Star, where meridians meet and time zones come to an end – this is where the Arctic begins. Home to four million people who have for thousands of years lived with the ice.

The Nordiska Museet's Great Hall has been given over to the life and changing conditions of the Arctic region. In The Arctic – While the Ice Is Melting, visitors encounter the history and future of the ice and the people that live in one of the regions of the world where climate change is most noticeable.

MUSEEA designed this grand exhibition occupying over 2,000 square meters. The exhibition is the result of close collaboration between the studio, Nordiska Museet and 40 researchers and experts from around the polar area.

For this project, I contributed large-scale hand-made artworks including a straw installation, oversized, embroydered tapestries and a series of glass sculptures.



Photo credit: Hendrik Zeitler















The Supper Club Artworks

The Supper Club Restaurant, The Spirit of Adventure, UK


Geometric reverse gilded glass artworks, commissioned by SMC Art Consultancy.
Collection of ten large artworks (two of which are triptychs), all based on the Shape of God Series.

Gold and silver verre églomisé, polychromes, black aluminium frame, various sizes.


(More images coming soon.)

Photo credit: Franklin & Franklin







Reverse painted and gilded splashback using Dutch metal leaf.
2500mm x 500mm





Gilded Glass Kitchen Splashbacks

Various UK locations

The design of each bespoke splashback is unique, using toughened, clear glass. The glass is painted and gilded by hand - setting it apart from commercial tarnishing/finishing techniques.

The design and colour options are unlimited as well as the option of choosing various metals - from 22ct gold leaf, marbled silver leaf, copper leaf and beyond.

Whether to add a statement to a new kitchen or as a sustainable choice to refresh and existing layout please enquire: mail@anastasya-martynova.com


Samples available on request




Reverse painted and gilded splashback using Dutch metal leaf.
3000mm x 500mm




Gilded Perspex Panels

Topshop Oxford Circus Flagship Store, London, UK
2017


Five panels commissioned by Bluetit London. Two large panels were created to fit around the handrails dividing two areas, with a ceiling panel above and two separate wall panels.


Perspex, Dutch metal leaf, acrylic paint.






















Dreamland Willow and Wood Entrances for D-Raw Studios

Dreamland, Margate, UK

Entrance installations with weaved willow sculptures and raw timber, sustainably sourced from local woodland.

Working alongside the landscaping team, the design included areas for climbing plants like scented jasmine to cover the structure over time and add to the atmospheric, fairytale feel of the design.



Photo credit: Richard Leeney

Nordbor - Nordic Life Exhibition

Nordiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
2024 - ongoing


In February 2024, Nordiska museet opened its largest exhibition ever – Nordic Life (in Swedish called Nordbor). A visual museum experience and a dynamic narrative about everyday life and people in the Nordic region over 500 years.

The museum’s biggest exhibition effort ever is produced by Nordiska museet in collaboration with experts from universities and museums in Sweden and the Nordic countries. It is a visual experience and manifestation of the extensive collections at Nordiska museet.

The new core exhibition, Nordic Life , spans the entire top floor of the Nordiska museet on Djurgården and includes approximately 4,000 objects distributed across 27 rooms.

As a visitor, you will journey through our cultural history and four seasons. Past forests, villages, and cities. Along the way, you will encounter real-life stories from history. Traveler Samuel, forest dweller Elisabet, freedom enthusiast Peter, and midwife Catarina are some of them.


For this project, I created a large plaster “garden installation”, inspired by manicured topiary mazes - by applying individual plaster “leaves” across the expansive walls and parts of the ceiling. This was all done by hand to achieve an organic effect and then painted green in two shades. I also designed and created plaster moulds, which were then cast in plaster by the museum’s art department and these were selectively hung across several rooms.

*** More images coming soon! ***


Photo credit: Emil Fagander /Nordiska museet



















The Supper Club Artworks

The Supper Club Restaurant, The Spirit of Adventure, UK


Geometric reverse gilded glass artworks, commissioned by SMC Art Consultancy.
Collection of ten large artworks (two of which are triptychs), all based on the Shape of God Series.

Gold and silver verre églomisé, polychromes, black aluminium frame, various sizes.


(More images coming soon.)

Photo credit: Franklin & Franklin







Reverse painted and gilded splashback using Dutch metal leaf.
2500mm x 500mm





Gilded Glass Kitchen Splashbacks

Various UK locations

The design of each bespoke splashback is unique, using toughened, clear glass. The glass is painted and gilded by hand - setting it apart from commercial tarnishing/finishing techniques.

The design and colour options are unlimited as well as the option of choosing various metals - from 22ct gold leaf, marbled silver leaf, copper leaf and beyond.

Whether to add a statement to a new kitchen or as a sustainable choice to refresh and existing layout please enquire: mail@anastasya-martynova.com


Samples available on request




Reverse painted and gilded splashback using Dutch metal leaf.
3000mm x 500mm




Gilded Perspex Panels

Topshop Oxford Circus Flagship Store, London, UK
2017


Five panels commissioned by Bluetit London. Two large panels were created to fit around the handrails dividing two areas, with a ceiling panel above and two separate wall panels.


Perspex, Dutch metal leaf, acrylic paint.






















Dreamland Willow and Wood Entrances for D-Raw Associates

Dreamland, Margate, UK

Entrance installations with weaved willow sculptures and raw timber, sustainably sourced from local woodland.

Working alongside the lanscaping team, the design included areas for climbing plants like scented jasmine to cover the structure over time and add to the atmospheric, fairytale feel of the design.



Photo credit: Richard Leeney

Rococo Mirror

Rococo mirror inspired by one at Blickling Hall, Norfolk.
Hand-carved lime wood frame with gilded glass mirror.


Frame gilded using 23.5ct. gold leaf
Glass gilded with 12ct. white gold leaf
620mm x 1300mm










Memory Chain for The New Craftsman


Hand-carved large wooden chain, entirely crafted from one single, continuous piece of pine.


In this piece, I was interested in sympathetically pushing a natural material into new, unexpected configurations retaining the tactile feel of the wood. The open chain, a symbol of freedom, as well as representing the removal of a heavy weight upon one’s heart provided my initial inspiration, while at the same time conjuring childhood memories of play and feeling carefree through its scale and weight. It as if the object has a life of it’s own, depending on it’s arrangement.

Pine
195mm x 196mm x 3250mm



Photo credit: The New Craftsmen



















An example of a shorter, dark–stained chain in teak, private commission.




Economist 1843 Magazine

Carving for a Fine Jewellery Feature



Wooden Tree Stump Sculpture
Commissioned by Melanie Grant for the Economist 1843 Magazine.


Hand-carved lime wood


Photo credit: The Economist






Carved Mannequins for Museea

“Utopian Bodies–Fashion Looks Forward”, Liljevalchs, Stockholm.

Carved mannequin arms commissioned by MUSEEA.
Life-size, hand carved set of 4 arms


Painted maple wood


Photo credit: Serge Martynov







Carved Mannequins for Proportion>London




Khokhloma Child


Child mannequin with hand-carved arms and painted paper-mâché body. A collaboration with Proportion>London, showcased at their Craft Event and new showroom opening in Shoreditch.


Hand-carved wood, metal, paper mâché, goache paint




Khokholma child mannequin











Folk Carved Mannequin Arms


Commissioned, wood carved mannequin arms for a private client in collaboration with Proportion>London. These were fitted onto one of their female ‘Harlequin’ mannequins.


Hand-carved wood, metal






Folk carved mannequin arms



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