Our Artists

We are ex­cited to present two great artists: Dmitriy Pavlov and Dmitry Malak­hov, whose ex­quis­ite and match­less works we show­case in our gal­lery. Dmitriy Pavlov is a gold­smith and jew­elry de­sign­er with an ex­tens­ive 30-year ex­per­i­ence in hand pier­cing and en­grav­ing of met­al mini­ature, in­clud­ing nu­mer­ous jew­elry pieces. Dmitry Malak­hov is a black­smith and knife de­sign­er, who takes every step in the pro­duc­tion pro­cess on his own, and who designs only unique knives of an un­rivaled prac­tic­ab­il­ity and beauty. We al­ways look to ex­pand our artist com­munity and dis­play more beau­ti­ful works in our gal­lery. If you are an artist, who cre­ates beau­ti­ful things and con­siders to place his or her works in our gal­lery, please get in touch with us for port­fo­lio re­view and dis­cus­sion.

Dmitriy Pavlov

Dmitriy Pavlov is a gold­smith and de­sign­er, who has per­fec­ted his own unique ap­proach of hand pier­cing and en­grav­ing in the last 30 years. Ori­gin­ally from St. Peters­burg, Rus­sia, Dmitriy Pavlov cur­rently lives and works in De Forest, Wis­con­sin. His suc­cess­ful ex­hib­i­tions in Fin­land and Rus­sia, in­clud­ing the Her­mit­age Mu­seum in St. Peters­burg, have earned him in­ter­na­tion­al re­cog­ni­tion and many awards.

Pro­fes­sion­al Jour­ney. Dmitriy's pro­fes­sion­al jour­ney began in 1981 at the Russki­ye Sam­ots­vety (Rus­si­an Gems) Cor­por­a­tion, where he ad­vanced from en­graver to lead en­grav­ing artist and de­sign­er. In 1999, Dmitriy and his wife, Galina, im­mig­rated to the United States, and, in 2002, he star­ted the DP Stu­dio. In ad­di­tion to cre­at­ing his in­di­vidu­al art, Dmitriy Pavlov also teaches as an As­so­ciate Mas­ter at The Howard Academy for the Met­al Arts in Stoughton, WI.

Dmitriy Pavlov's Page
Step by Step Design Process
Firearm Engraving Samples

Dmitry Malakhov

Born in Mo­scow, Rus­sia, Dmitry Malak­hov car­ries on the fam­ily trade. His grand­fath­er and great grand­fath­er were black­smiths. Like many boys, Dmitry was fas­cin­ated by weapons, swords and ar­mor, and he made his first knife at twelve years of age. Today, Dmitry Malak­hov uses his mas­ter skills to craft soph­ist­ic­ated and beau­ti­ful knives. He cur­rently lives and works in Aus­tin, Min­nesota.

Pro­fes­sion­al Jour­ney. Dmitry Malak­hov forged his first knife, when he was six­teen years old. He began his ca­reer by mak­ing simple hand-forged util­ity knives for hik­ing and fish­ing. In time, Dmitry learned to carve wood and draw sketches for art knives. Dmitry craf­ted his first art knives by the time he was twenty years old. His skills and designs have pro­gressed and ex­pan­ded, and he now forges com­plex and beau­ti­ful knives of many dif­fer­ent styles. His port­fo­lio in­cludes folders, dag­gers, fixed blade hunt­ing knives, and his­tor­ic­al rep­licas. Over the past three years, Dmitry has re­dis­covered the an­cient art of the Wootz Steel and has de­veloped a pas­sion for this time-honored pro­cess.

Dmitry Malakhov's Page
Dmitry's Articles in Library