Gennady Dmitrievich Sokolov is a former military man who dreamed of becoming an artist as a child. His dream came true at the age of forty, when he, a reserve lieutenant colonel, began to engage in an unusual art form - artistic weapons. A creative person, he makes every effort so that the weapon does not play its original role, but develops an understanding of beauty and spirituality in a person.
From biography
Gennady Dmitrievich Sokolov was born in 1953 in Yeisk, Krasnodar Territory. I have been good at drawing since childhood. He graduated from the Higher Military Topographic School in Leningrad and received the profession of aerial surveyor. After graduation, he devoted himself to service in the Armed Forces. Now he is a reserve lieutenant colonel. Has no art education.
From the history of arms business
It has been known for a long time that edged weapons were richly decorated, in awe of them and carefully preserved for posterity. In the recent past, artistic weapons were not considered an art form. A new type of weaponry began to develop only at the end of the 20th century.
One of the authors of artistic weapons
G. Sokolov has been engaged in decorative arts for over 25 years. The career of a gunsmith artist began in 1993, at the age of 40. He developed his authorial skills by studying art objects in museums and arsenals. Gradually developed an individual style. To achieve a high level, G. Sokolov mastered, working at home, a lot of technological processes. He is a man with inexhaustible inspiration.
Spiritually, beautiful, not belligerent
G. Sokolov makes weapons that have cultural value in order to make people aware of its spiritual, not military, purpose. By creating such objects for this very purpose, the master artist himself develops professionally and spiritually.
As far as the inner world of a person is filled with spirituality, the work will be so artistic. And the spiritual world of G. Sokolov is fantastic, versatile and deep. His charismatic subjects attract the eye of not only a wide range of amateurs. Lovers of such beauty will recognize weapons as a cultural value. A person begins to understand weapons not as a way to resolve conflicts, but as a work of art.
Interesting ideas, plots and figures
Types of products made by G. Sokolov - stilettos, hunting knives, daggers. The titles of the works depend on the imagination of the authors. At G. Sokolov one can find Verona, Consul, Olonetsky, Most Serene, Heir, Great Russia and others. He called some of the plots the Master and Margarita, Spirit, Secret. Different shapes can be seen on the weapon. For example, on the blade of a hunting knife is the head of a deer with horns-branches, in a tabletop composition consisting of two things: one larger figure, this is the Master, who stands with folded hands, with sadness in his eyes, the small handle of the other is the female image of his beloved women - Margaritas. There is a weapon with a handle that resembles a female figure in a long robe. This tabletop composition is called "Mystery". The gunsmith dedicates his products to the heroes of books, the names of Italian cities, and the memory of Russian masters of the 17th-18th centuries.
Popularizer of a non-standard art form
G. Sokolov became a famous unique gunsmith of the first twenty years of the XXI century. His work continues. By creating high-quality weapons, he raises the prestige of Russia and contributes to the popularization of artistic weapons.
