Show all images on one page	#003443 Title: The Water Spirit Artist: Maslov Vlad Size: 7.5x5.5x3 Size (inches): 3x2.25x1.25 Price : $850 SOLD!

When imagination and skill combine, the results can be an infinite delight. Vladislav Maslov is the type of artist that bubbles over with both. They are his ingredients. His simple recipe for success. This piece exemplifies the idea of the hidden treasure. It does so with its size, abundant detail and the ferocious beauty of the color combinations. This is a singular look into the world of Fedoskino lacquer miniatures.
The work is called "Water-Spirit", and features a strange creature that lives in lakes and rivers. In ancient times people believed that any lake, river and even pond is inhabited by water spirits and mermaids. They are main characters of many fairy-tales and stories.
The scene is painted in different shades of blue and brown. Gold and aluminum paints are used to detail the chair on which the water-spirit is sitting, and to paint the eyes of fish. The balls at the top of water-spirit's horns are crafted three-dimensionally. They are made out of mother-of-pearl. Another three-dimensional element here is the shell located in the foreground. It is made out of real sharpened shell. The artist extends the painting on the sides of the box continuing to paint the underwater world filled with various fish and water plants. The exterior of the box is blue-greenish. On the exterior bottom of the box the artist paints fish and light green blurry spots that imitate water plants.
The box is made out of paper-mache. The lid is hinged from the top of the composition, and the box rests on four rounded legs made out of mother-of-pearl. The interior of the box is covered with brown oils mixed with gold metal powder. This brown-golden covering is dotted with blue veins so this ornamentation imitates the coloring of a turtle shell.
The work is signed with the name of the artist, the village of Fedoskino, the year of 2006 and the title on the square piece of mother-of-pearl glued to the lid's interior.