Maker of art objects and functional interior pieces from rare hardwoods.
Handmade with hand tools and lathe turning.
Valentin Atrosh
Minsk, Belarus
“After.”
Series of sculptures about the changes in living structure under environmental pressure. Each object captures a point of no return.

A fracture breaks the integrity. A limit leads to critical deformation. A shift displaces the form so that the previous state can no longer be restored.

Here, adaptation is not a choice and not a development. It is an inevitable transformation that shapes a new configuration.

works in the series: Fracture / Limit / Shift
title:
Fracture
material: Birch burl, fire charred, oil finish
dimensions: L20 × H24 × W13 cm
weight: 1.2 kg
year created: 2025
Violation of integrity under the influence of the environment. The moment when the previous structure can no longer hold its form. The form opens up, changes its configuration and captures the point after which there is no return.
title:
Limit
material: Birch burl, fire charred, oil finish
dimensions: L15 × H36 × W14 cm
weight: 1.1 kg
year created: 2025
The state of maximum tension and critical deformation. The structure reaches the limit of its resistance and remains stable only in its altered form.
title:
Shift
material: Birch burl, fire charred, oil finish
dimensions: L13 × H28 × W12 cm
weight: 0.7 kg
year created: 2025
The point of no return. The form shifts, creating a new configuration in which only a minimal impulse to continue remains. Without beauty or triumph. Simply a forced movement forward.
Other Series and Objects
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About
Valentin Atrosh
Born in 1974, lives and works in Minsk, Belarus
Wood artist and creator of art objects
Member of the Belarusian Union of Folk Art Masters
Founder of BYCRAFT woodworking workshop (est. 2018)
Education
2019 — Minsk Theological Seminary, Bachelor of Theology
2003 — Belarusian National Technical University (BNTU), Engineer
Awards & Recognitions
2025 — Semi-finalist, All-Russian Competition of Folk Art Crafts “Polotno” (international participation) Nomination: Decorative and Applied Arts Category: Master
Exhibitions & Fairs
2026 — ArtFlection, Moscow
2025 — ArtFlection, St. Petersburg
2025 — International Festival of Folk Art Crafts “Secrets of the Masters”, Nizhny Novgorod
2025 — Moscow Interior and Design Week, Central Exhibition Hall “Manege”, Moscow
2024 — Russian Folk Art Crafts Exhibition “LADYA. Winter Tale”, Moscow
2024 — BRICS RUSSIA, Nizhny Novgorod

Since 2016 — Participant in more than eight international exhibitions in the EU

Valentin Atrosh
UNP: КА0278799

Contacts:

+375 (29) 550-72-50

+7 (952) 531-12-70

bycraftwood@mail.ru


This website presents a catalogue of selected handmade works and is not an online store. All pieces are handcrafted and turned on a lathe. All photographs, texts, and videos belong to the author.