Yuri Yurievich Lenshin (born June 15, 1950, Sovetsk , Kaliningrad Region ) is a Russian glassblower, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2001). The only street glassblower in Russia. According to the NTV television company, “one of the most famous glass blowers in the world” [1] [2] [3] [4] .
| Yuri Yurevich Lenshin | ||
|---|---|---|
 Glassblower Yuri Lenshin works on the square in Svetlogorsk , August 2013 | ||
| Date of Birth | June 15, 1950 (69 years old) | |
| Place of Birth | Sovetsk (Kaliningrad region) , Kaliningrad region , the USSR | |
| Citizenship |  USSR →  Russia | |
| Occupation | glassblower | |
| Children | two sons | |
| Awards and prizes | ||
Biography
After receiving a pedagogical education, Lenshin came to his father in Tajikistan in the late 1960s. He tried to find a job as a physical education teacher at school, when he was accidentally offered to work in a glass-blowing workshop. Self-taught master, independently mastered the techniques of the ancient craft of working with glass [1] .
Lenshin's youthful years passed in Tajikistan, where he released his first products at a chemical plant. At first he made chemical equipment: flasks, test tubes, twisted tubes and other devices, gradually mastered artistic images: this is how figures of animals and birds, fairy-tale pegasuses, ships, samovars, candlesticks appeared. Czech glass was taken as a sample.
For more than 25 years, he worked as a glass-blowing apparatus technician at enterprises of the USSR Ministry of Chemical Industry in Zhitomir ( Ukraine ), Yavan and Kalininabad ( Tajikistan ). In 1992 he returned to Kaliningrad [4] [5] [6] .
Since 1976, he began exhibition activities. Solo exhibitions of Lenshin took place in England, Sweden, Italy, France, Germany, Canada, Finland, Poland, Holland, Belgium, Benin, Malta, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Denmark, Estonia, Croatia, Costa Rica, Cuba and other countries [ 4] [1] .
Author of unique commemorative prizes from Bohemian glass for international festivals and sports competitions, as well as commemorative gifts for state and public figures of Russia and abroad [4] . According to journalist Valentin Yegorov, “the work of glassblower Lenshin is always a vivid show, a live demonstration of how works of art are born from a piece of glass in front of the audience, under the roar of the burner and in the tongues of flame” [7] . “Spectators are dominated by crystal fantasies: a short pause and new characters appear on the scene,” NTV broadcaster describes Lenshin’s glassmaking process. The master’s favorite place of work is the central square of Svetlogorsk [1] . By 2013, the professional experience of glassblowers was 44 years.
Lenshin was awarded the medal "For Labor Valor" (1986), the silver medal of the Russian Academy of Arts (2006).
It is listed in the encyclopedia Kaliningrad-Koenigsberg for 750 years, the Russian Planet Records Book (a subsidiary of the Guinness Book of Records) [1] [2] , and the Swiss reference publication Who is who. About a dozen films about Lenshin’s creative activities have been shot by various television companies [8] .
Member of the Public Council at the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Kaliningrad Region.
Married, has two sons and three grandchildren.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 The famous glassblower revealed a crystal miracle in front of the audience // NTV.Ru
- ↑ 1 2 News. Ru: The famous Kaliningrad glassblower conquered Canada
- ↑ The only street glassblower in Russia, Yuri Lenshin :: Our Time News of the Guryev district
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Theater of one master - glassblower Yuri Lenshin / Tvkultura.ru
- ↑ Vasi.net> The only street glassblower in Russia (18 photos + video)
- ↑ Famous glassmaker Yuri Lenshin in America - Compatriots in America (Link not available) . Date of treatment August 31, 2013. Archived September 30, 2013.
- ↑ Egorov V. Yuri Lenshin - glassblower. Author works, 2006
- ↑ Voronov V.I. Svetlogorsk. Amber resort of Russia. - Kaliningrad, 2011 .-- 112 p.: Ill. - ISBN 978-9955-488-53-8