In 1987, the gallery of the same name "Guild of Masters" and an art and restoration ceramic workshop were founded, the main activity of which is the production of tiled stoves and fireplaces.
The Guild of Masters gallery, located in the center of St. Petersburg on Nevsky Prospekt (house 82), is the oldest art gallery in the city. The gallery exhibits famous masters of graphics, painting, decorative and applied arts. In close collaboration with leading artists, architects and restorers, a ceramic workshop works, which has implemented the largest projects in Russia related to both the restoration and recreation of tiled ceramics, and the implementation of modern architectural tasks:
- the creation of a grandiose tiled iconostasis of the Patriarchal Metochion of the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in memory of 1000 -anniversary of the Baptism of Russia;
- stove for the Moscow residence of V.V.
Putin in Novo-Ogarevo; - stoves and fireplaces decorating the palaces and estates of the State Pushkin Museum-Reserve (GMZ) “Mikhailovskoye”;
And also many other interesting projects.
Today, iconostases of the “Guild of Masters” decorate churches in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Samara, Tatarstan, Pskov and Ryazan regions. For the work performed to decorate the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in memory of the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus', the employees of the Guild of Masters workshop were awarded by His Holiness the Patriarch with three orders, four church medals and diplomas.
The collection of tiled stoves and fireplaces created by the art and restoration workshop “Guild of Masters” took about 20 years to develop.
Behind each product is a whole history of architectural, artistic and technological research. Tiled ceramics, more than other materials, are able to maintain or create the desired mood for the interior. However, tiled ceramics have found their application not only in the creation of stoves and fireplaces. In Russia, since the mid-17th century, ceramics have been used to create iconostases in Orthodox churches; for decorating the facades of buildings and churches. Tiled ceramics is a material unique in its decorative capabilities. In fact, it is a stone spiritualized and created by man from clay. Perhaps this is why ceramics are so comfortable for humans. The variety of colors, plasticity, durability and heat resistance make tiled ceramics indispensable when it is necessary to create an architectural dominant in a room, setting the mood and style of the room. The mood of ceremonial solemnity; lightness and even frivolity, businesslike severity and rustic comfort - a multifaceted range of moods is created by tiled stoves and fireplaces.