Flower arrangement made of quartz glass by Alexey Zelya.
Soviet and Russian artist Alexey Olegovich Zelya (1944-2017) created a whole gallery of magnificent glass sculptures: floral arrangements, transparent ghostly sailboats, fairy-tale characters. However, any of these works can be called fabulous. Fabulously beautiful. The beauty of glass, whimsically refracting light, gives his works an extraordinary charm. And it is no coincidence that I want to show you this beauty on the eve of Women’s Day. The works of this remarkable master remind us of spring and the awakening of nature, the beauty and fragility of our world.
Dragons Igrun, Tennis Player, Happy March 8th made of quartz glass by Alexey Zelya, from the collection of the Alexey Zelya Glass Museum, Kaluga.
The works of Alexey Olegovich are made of quartz glass, a material that is very difficult to work with, since its melting point is higher than the melting point of ordinary glass. In this selection, I will not retell the biography of the master and list his achievements. This information can be found on the website dedicated to the work of Alexey Olegovich, and you can learn a lot of interesting things on the page “Glass of Alexey Zelya” in Zen, which is run by his daughter, Anna Alekseyevna. Let’s just look at this beautiful world through the eyes of an artist.
Snowdrops, quartz glass, 33x30x18 cm, Alexey Zelya, 1985.Alexey Olegovich Zelya.
The work of Alexey Zelya is valuable not only in itself. It inspires other masters to create their own works from quartz glass, overcoming the resistance of this difficult material. So, the visit to the exhibition of Alexey Zelya made a great impression on the St. Petersburg master Alexander Burov and showed the possibilities of this extraordinary material. This was the first impetus for the beginning of a long and interesting creative path.
Asters, quartz glass, 20x20x13 cm, Alexey Zelya, 1979.Dandelions, quartz glass, 25x25x15 cm, Alexey Zelya, 2007.Spring, quartz glass, Alexey Zelya, 1984.Basket with a chick, quartz glass, height 37 cm, Alexey Zelya, 1987.White chrysanthemums, quartz glass, height 47 cm, Alexey Zelya, 1982.Kind Heart, quartz glass, 40x35x30 cm, Alexey Zelya, 1993.Santa Maria, quartz glass, 65x60x33 cm, Alexey Zelya, 1992.Anna Kern Alley, quartz glass composition, Alexey Zelya, 1987, from the collection of the Alexey Zelya Glass Museum, Kaluga.Composition Russian Field, quartz glass, Alexey Zelya, 1983.Composition from the cycle Alien Worlds, quartz glass, Alexey Zelya, 1982.Bonsai Korean pine, quartz glass, height 75 cm, Alexey Zelya, 1992.Composition Antarctica, quartz glass, Alexey Zelya.Fox and grapes, quartz glass, height 40 cm, Alexey Zelya, 1984.Composition Inspiration, quartz glass, Alexey Zelya, 1983.A fragment of a flower arrangement with a grasshopper figurine allows one to appreciate the subtlety and complexity of the master’s work.Alexander Burov and his works made of quartz glass. Photo by Anton Lyapin for the newspaper Vsevolozhskie Vesti.Basket with flowers, quartz glass, 40x40x25 cm, Alexey Zelya, 1988.Coral reef, quartz glass, height 40 cm, Alexey Zelya, 1991.Easter egg Bolotse, quartz glass, height 21 cm, Alexei Zelya, 1990.Indian Summer, quartz glass, height 45 cm, Alexey Zelya, 1985.Karakum in spring, quartz glass, height 60 cm, Alexey Zelya, 1989.The Princess and the Pea, quartz glass, height 42 cm, Alexey Zelya, 1989.Vessel Eastern, quartz glass, height 45 cm, Alexey Zelya, 1985.Vessel Spring, quartz glass, height 45 cm, Alexei Zelya, 1985.Winter Morning. Ermine, quartz glass, height 46 cm, Alexei Zelya, 1984.
