Surrealist artist from Russia creates unique jewelry in the form of miniature sculptures

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Valeria Belova, an artist from Vladimir, creates incredible fantasy photography and unusual jewelry with natural stones. There are no analogues of these sculptures in miniature, they are one of a kind. Belova's jewelry wins prestigious competitions. She achieved everything in her life herself, without anyone's help, which is not without reason, she is proud. The designer keeps his amazing technique a secret. How the artist managed to catch that thinnest line between the virtual and the tangible in art, her secret taboo, and how knowledge of psychology helps in her work - further in the review.

Valeria has been a creative person since childhood. She was always madly in love with drawing, she liked to sculpt something, sew. It is quite natural that the girl entered an art school, and then did not stop there and graduated from a higher educational institution in her specialty. After that, Belova became a wood-painting artist.

The restless creative person spent four years studying psychology. After Valeria decided to master the profession of a designer. When the girl finished one semester, a teacher, Alexander Biblov told her that the profession of a designer is not for her, because she is "an artist to the core." Valeria is incredibly grateful to him to this day for the fact that he discerned her true essence and talent, which helped her make the right decision about her future life path.

In the beginning, it all started with pictures. Photo pictures. Valeria had a small child and all the accessories for painting in the form of paints, turpentine and other toxic delights were very undesirable in the house. The artist did not know how to handle computer programs for drawing, but slowly, by trial and error, she mastered all the subtleties. Her surreal paintings are incredibly impressive. Belova had exhibitions abroad, victories in competitions. They also bought works very willingly. They were especially popular for decorating stylish bars and cafes. Also, amateurs bought paintings as photomurals for housing.

Valeria believes that you need to learn everything yourself. Learning from someone has become a taboo for her. After all, any teacher, even the most highly professional, works according to a certain template. Belova, on the other hand, does not accept any patterns, any restrictions in creativity. The artist believes that this kills art, interferes with self-realization and, most importantly, kills the whole soul in her works. Valeria puts a piece of her heart and soul into all her products, she never repeats herself. All her works are unique. Of course, there is no denying the fact that teachers help us quickly achieve some results. Self-mastering of the technique gives one advantage - the absence of any framework that can limit the natural flight of creative imagination.

From childhood, Valeria was attracted by everything connected with magic, magic, a fairy tale. That is why her paintings are a special fantasy world. The works of the photographer perfectly reveal her soul, demonstrate the emotions that overwhelmed her at a certain moment in her life. Probably, this is precisely what caused such popularity. Valeria's handwriting is recognizable, she has many fans.

Of course, like any creative person, Belova did not stop there. She wanted more. So her experiments in needlework began. At first, the artist began to create with beads. Valeria mastered the technique through video lessons on the Internet. The woman has always liked small, painstaking work. The experiment with beads was exactly what Valeria needed at that time. It was as if a fire had ignited inside her, such a desire arose to start experimenting. Imagination began to work with terrible power! Valeria's first works were not so impressive, but she stubbornly continued to move towards her goal.

Painting, modeling, beading, miniature - these types of arts miraculously intertwined in Belova's work. According to her, she combines such different techniques in her works because it is difficult for her to prefer one thing. Valeria is interested in creating something new, unlike anything else. She believes that if the hands love work, and such a feeling as inspiration does not subside in the soul, then you need to act and everything will definitely work out!

This is probably why all the artist's products are a creative impromptu. The photographer makes sketches only for her sculptural miniatures. In the process, things often change. Valeria often sees her paintings in a dream, and then realizes them. She says that they all live and breathe in her. All designer jewelry is unique, completely invented by her, nowhere else in the world there are such.

So far, Valeria keeps the technique a secret, says that she was often asked to hold a master class, but so far she does not have time for this. The stones that the artist uses in her work are very diverse, here and jasper, and amethyst, and agate, and many others. Valeria works with Japanese beads with gold plating and other gilded fittings. Each product takes from three to thirty days.

Valeria loves her job very much. The greatest pleasure for an artist is to see how people enjoy her jewelry. They often even use them as talismans and amulets. This is not surprising, because different stones have different properties, each of them has its own energy.

Such a feeling as a creative crisis is completely unfamiliar to Valeria. She is used to working around the clock. It rarely happens that the brain begins to demand rest. Then Belova turns on her favorite music, Russian folk, and lets herself relax. After that, the hands themselves grab onto the work, thoughts run at cosmic speed, inspiration simply covers with an avalanche. Also, the artist is very fond of walks in nature. Sometimes she, turning on her favorite music in the headphones, goes into the field, or the forest. Nature is the most beautiful muse and wonderful companion.

Knowledge of psychology also found its application in Belova's work. After all, jewelry is created for different people, they have a different emotional load and style. This helps to create exactly what a person with a certain character and preferences needs.

Valeria's paintings are a reflection of her inner world, projected into our reality. They make you think about the meaning of life and the intricacies of life. The artist says: “Once, at one of my exhibitions, I saw people crying from what they saw in the paintings. I was shocked by this reaction. Then they told me that with the help of my paintings everything that had been buried in themselves for many years came out.

Valeria believes that the most difficult thing in her work is switching from one type of creativity to another. The artist had the experience of an exhibition where displays of paintings and jewelry were combined. The audience was delighted, but it was hard for Belova.

The secret of the photographer's success is that she never strains herself with global goals. Her path consists of small achievements, painstaking work on herself every day. Valeria lives one day and sets herself small goals. Perseverance, hard work, self-criticism and the desire to develop, to go only forward - these are the qualities of her character that she has cultivated in herself. In addition, art and creativity require love, tenderness and kindness. It is these feelings that make Belova's works so “warm”.

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