Porcelain display sets from Belarus craftsman

I have a Russian friend who is on holiday in Belarus this week. She came across the workshop of an artist from Minsk who creates very high quality porcelain chess sets, usually of historical figures or battles. Examples: Lepanto, Borodino, Catherine the Great, American Civil War, and so on.

The sets are pricey (4000-6000 euros) but are limited to 10-25 of eaoh edition.

Quote from the website:

//Leonid Golovko is Byelorussian sculptor who creates porcelain sculptures and chess collections since 1991.

Unique feature of the studio is first of all the idea: chess collections made from porcelain.

And the second is that the Artist places real historical figures like Napoleon, Catherine the Great, Ivan the Terrible, Jan III Sobieski and even Presidents Putin and Trump on the chess board and he illustrates an era or event as close to the reality as possible, including costumes, life story of the personality and character. He uses unique tecniques of glazing his sculptures and makes Artworks very detailed.

Fine porcelain together with high-quality under glazed colors and gold are used on his Artworks.

Leonid Golovko has more than 30 years’ experience of sculpting and he was one of the last students of great soviet artist Zair Azgur.

Since 1991 Leonid and his studio participate in exhibitions in Moscow, Minsk, Saint Petersburg, Amsterdam, Leipzig, Elista, Dubai, Berlin, Washington, Warsaw, Krakow, Rostov-on-Don, Prague.

All the chess collections are limited with 10-25 copies for the whole world.

His works are placed in many galleries in the world, private collections of the most outstanding figures of a politics, business and culture. Lives and works in Minsk, Belarus. // Quote end.

Anyway, if anyone wants to find out more, here is the website with all the details (in English and Russian).

https://golovko.by/en

Lepanto:

The White Army of the Russian Civil War:

Ivan the Terrible:

American Civil War:

WOW

Crazy Craftsmanship!

Thanks for sharing!