The International Media Art Festival INTERVALS is traditionally held in Nizhny Novgorod. The geography of the festival participants covers Russia, the USA, Europe and Asia. The mission of the festival is to make media art understandable and accessible to everyone.
INTERVALS is a large-scale free media exhibition that takes place in architectural locations in the historical center of the city, featuring a diverse educational program and a series of audio-visual performances and musical events. The festival is organized by dreamlaser studio and curator Ksyusha Chekhovskaya.
Irina Bykova paints cityscapes in watercolors. Recently she released a gift bundle called Nizhnevartovskie Zarisovki (Nizhnevartovsk Sketches). This is a box with memorable gifts depicting local attractions, painted in watercolors. The production of gift bundles led into the new project - the production of souvenirs with the views of Nizhnevartovsk. The idea was picked up by other towns of the region, including Megion, Izluchinsk, Pokachi, Khanty-Mansiysk.
Irina is currently focused on her newest projects: supplementary education for children - painting and pottery lessons, and the production of custom jewelry made of glass. Local nature acts as an inspiration for the new jewelry line: earrings in the form of cranberries or blueberries, brooches that look like rowan berries, ethnic berry necklaces and bracelets. The technique of lampworking, where a torch is used to melt the glass, is used in the production of jewelry.
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Elena is a glass artist - instead of paints, she uses stained glass, instead of a brush – a glass cutter and a grinding machine. Elena makes her masterpieces from different types of glass, each with the different transition temperature. In her craft, she utilizes various techniques, including glass fusing, glass engraving, jewelry manufacturing. Earrings, brooches, pendants, rings are available for purchase.
Elena offers a selection of different kinds of fashion accessories: consumer-oriented jewelry, collectible brooches, semi-precious dichroic glasses for connoisseurs of minimalism. Elena has built a community around her workshop - a creative space for children and adults can make their own glass pieces, under the guidance of a mentor.
Just.Ayaal is the cosplay alias of Ayaal Fedorov. Ayaal makes outfits, figures and dolls based on well-known cartoons and movies. Some of the major works include Bumblebee from Transformers, Thanos of the Marvel Universe, and Smaug the dragon from The Hobbit, a replica of a doll from the Squid Game TV series, Nexu and Wampa creatures from the Star Wars sagas.
Ayaal, together with a team of enthusiasts, recreated the whole Razor Crest ship from the The Mandalorian TV series. It was later installed in Urdel Park in Yakutsk. The ship is 14 meters long, 10 meters wide and 4 meters high. The cockpit is equipped with illuminated engines and control panels. It took about 50 sheets of fiberboard to assemble the ship. In April 2023, Ayaal's works were presented at an exhibition at VDNKh in Moscow.
Jute products are becoming increasingly popular among both craftsmen and souvenirs lovers. This material is made of natural fibers and does not cause allergies. And you can also paint it.
Galina crochets and makes accessories and home decor items from natural jute fiber, cotton and polyester cords. Handbags, seashells, panels, napkins are among the accessories available for purchase. Jute decor items attract attention with their practicality, uniqueness and durability.
KAK SOLNTSE presents a captivating ensemble of candles crafted by contemporary artists. Just like their own artwork, they meticulously design the candles from the overall concept to complete realization. With precision, these artisans curate the color palettes of ceramic candle holders and organic waxes, collaborate alongside perfumers to compose exclusive aromatic blends, and fashion packaging designs that embody distinctive artistic expressions.
Each of their collections emerges in limited editions, with no replication. This uniqueness makes each candle a collectible object, appealing to interior design enthusiasts and art collectors due to the involvement of prominent artists in creating these items. KAK SOLNTSE cares about the environment and its customers, avoiding the use of plastic in their packaging. What's more, their ingenious refillable system ensures that a single candle holder can be used indefinitely.
Kamelek is a manufacturer of traditional Yakut dinnerware, offering a wide selection of more than 100 items: tea and dinner sets, gift sets and custom dinnerware. The company was founded in 2005. Kamelek tableware can be seen during the Yhyakh national holiday, at formal events and banquets, family celebrations and in everyday life of the Yakut people.
Folk artisans, craftsmen, young artists and designers are invited to work in the company's workshops. The decoration on the ceramics is applied manually using overglaze paints and decal transfer, and then fired in a muffle furnace at 800 C. This achieves a vibrant color shine, durability of the paints, and strength of the ceramics.
