A workshop on Kurzemes iela.
A workshop, not a factory. Three decades casting ornament — the last twenty-two on the Liepāja waterfront, in one building, with the same hands. For the kind of rooms that outlive their architects.
22 years on one bench.
Founded
Opened on Kurzemes iela in Liepāja. First commission: a set of cornices for a city-centre apartment.
Catalogue grows
Three hundred recorded profiles; commissions reach Riga, Jūrmala and Daugavpils.
EU installation
First installation across the border — Estonia, then Lithuania, then further west.
Façade restoration
Began regular work on exterior façade decor across Latvia — keystones, capitals and ornament.
Fibreglass-reinforced
Moved to FG-reinforced gypsum as the default mix — stronger, lighter, joint-friendlier.
600 profiles
The catalogue passes 600 recorded profiles; the archive keeps every drawing since 2004.
A small workshop.
Aleksandrs Gulakovs
Aviation engineer by training; came to Riga from Kharkiv in the 1990s. Three decades restoring and recasting decorative gypsum — apartments in old Riga, private mansions, country houses and large-scale projects across Latvia and the EU. Interiors and façade sculpture in equal measure. Opened the Liepāja studio in 2004 and has worked from the same Kurzemes iela bench ever since.
Olga Gorškova
Working hand in hand with Aleksandrs for many years — in life and in craft. Every master pattern passes through her hands: proportion, the line of a scroll, the character of a capital. The artistic half of every piece begins with her sketch.
How we work.
- Hand-cast in our Liepāja workshop · every piece traceable to a drawing
- EU-wide installation · registered for cross-border work
- Documented condition reports and method notes for every project
- FG-reinforced gypsum · workshop-cured, batch-consistent
Visit the workshop by appointment.
Morning light is best — the side-lit plaster is why people come. Write first, we'll suggest a time.
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