Show all images on one page	#001592 Title: Village feast Artist: Makarov Eduard Size: 12x6,5x2 Size (inches): 4.5x2.5x0.75 Price : $895 SOLD!

This gorgeous box was painted by Eduard Makarov from Fedoskino. As evidenced by this box, Eduard Makarov of Fedoskino is pioneering new frontiers in lacquer art. His style is unique to Fedoskino and the world, while his skill is already at a master's level without even reaching its peak. By incorporating various elements into his boxes he pushes the limits of his imagination and challenges his viewers to re-examine what lacquer art is. He shows his collectors that there are limitless ways to paint, decorate, and construct a work of art. As a teacher at the Fedoskino Art School he is in a position to shape the minds of Fedoskino's youth to not set boundaries for the beauty that will come from the tips of their brushes.
Here he has chosen to depict the village mystic feast celebrated in the pre-Christian Rus (Russia). The mysterious ritual takes place in the forest. In the foreground the artist depicts "skomorokh" (vagrant musician, singer, narrator of folk tales and legends) fifing two pipes. Behind his back an ancient magic dance is performed. Another skomorokhs dressed up as a bear and a fox dance and play different musical instruments. The bear plays gusli (ancient musical instrument), while the fox creates the crack sound with the help of wooden spoons to which small bells are attached. The fox-skomorokh is dressed in the sarafan. In the background the rest skomorokhs play balalaika. The information on this box was given to russsianlacquerart.com by E. Makarov.
The palette is very bright and vividly shows a very wide range of cool and warm tones on the box. His brushwork is very soft, which makes the composition seem to move slowly and fluidly. His brushwork is also very thin giving the scene unparalleled detail. He prefers to make very multi-layered compositions to get a three-dimensional effect and create a dynamic experience for the eye. To paint this scene the artist has used a great amount of supplementary mediums like mother-of-pearl, gold paint and powder, aluminum powder, bronze powder, and tiny gold and aluminum shapes (stars, rhombs, circles, squares) that were punched out of a sheet of thin aluminum and gold and placed on the box by hand.
The box is constructed from paper-mache. The exterior of the box is covered with dark green, gold and aluminum dust resist patterns, while the interior is traditionally red. The work is singed with the artist's name, the village of Fedoskino, the year of 2004, and the title ("Village Feast").