TENZO Intaglio carving by Vladimir Popovich

Please enjoy our short film demonstrating the process of intaglio creation. Engraving gemstones is one of the most venerable applied arts coming from antiquity. Engraved gemstones were used as amulets, ornaments and objects of value. Modern gem engraving methods do not differ much from those of ancient artisans, it is also a manual labour requiring intelligence, imagination and phenomenal patience. These “pictures set in stone” are joyful and solemn, funny and thoughtful, inspired and fanciful, and always