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.
Heritage certification
Accredited as a restorer of heritage objects under Latvian national standards.
EU installation
First installation across the border — Estonia, then Lithuania, then further west.
Courland castles
Began the first of what would become a decade of castle-restoration work in the Courland region.
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 — from apartments in old Riga to private mansions, country houses and castles 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.
Certifications and conventions.
- Certified restorer of heritage objects · Latvian national registry
- EU-wide installation · registered for cross-border work
- Heritage method statements · to board standard
- 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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