Living room
Read from a seat.
The larger sizes — 90×120 and 120×160 — sit on a long wall, taken in from a sofa or a dining table.
Crystal Art · 鎏晶六瑞
Nina Zhou
A series of six, painted and set by her own hand — oil, gold leaf, and raw crystal held in the paint itself.
The work, in its gilt frame.
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Gilded Crimson Steed
鎏金赤骥
A horse in deep red over green agate texture, mane worked in gold filigree.
A single horse in deep red and orange, mane worked in gold filigree and set stones, against a ground of green and slate agate texture. The horse is a classical emblem of momentum and forward motion; the mineral patterning gives the field depth.
- Medium
- Oil paint (impasto), gold leaf
- Set with
- Raw clear quartz, raw aquamarine
- Frame
- Gilt wood, fitted
- Edition
- Unique work, one of six
Price on enquiry
Five sizesEach work is painted to the size you choose. The enquiry confirms timing, a wooden crate, and how it travels.
Two distances
Across the room, a figure. At arm's length, the stone.
From a few metres the work holds as one presence — colour, animal, gilt. Closer, the surface changes. Thick oil throws a small shadow; raw crystal sits in the paint, not printed on it.
Where it belongs
A wall, a distance, a size.
Entrance
Met at standing distance.
80×100 and above hold an entrance, where the work is seen in passing and then again on the way out.
Private rooms
Closer, and quieter.
40×50 and 60×80 suit a study, a dressing room, or a wall beside a bed — a shorter look, a smaller field.
Size on your wall
Five sizes, one wall.
The five sizes are shown below at true relative scale on a 4.2 m wall, with a person of average height and a 120 cm console for reference. Pick a size to see it on its own.
Selected
60 × 80
24 × 31 in
Suits a hallway or a bedroom wall. Reads as something you walk up to rather than something that holds the room.
How it is made
Oil, gold leaf, and crystal — as they are placed.
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Real crystal, set by hand
Raw clear quartz and aquamarine are set into the lower field of the painting while the surface is still workable. They sit above the paint, not printed on it.
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Impasto oil and gold leaf
Oil laid thick enough to hold its own ridges and cast shadow inside the frame, with gold leaf applied by hand over the ground and burnished back.
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Gilt frame, already fitted
Each work arrives framed in gilt wood, chosen to sit with the gold in the painting. Nothing to specify, nothing to have framed after it arrives.
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Painted to your size
Each of the five sizes is painted individually rather than scaled from one canvas, so the crystal field and the gold stay in proportion at every size.
Enquiries
Take one of the six, or have one made.
Every work here is painted to the size you choose, so the six are a starting point rather than a fixed list. If none of them is right for your wall, Nina also works to commission — a colour, an animal, or a room that is not yet in the series.
Price and lead time
Ask for a quote
Tell us the work and the size. We will reply with timing, crating, and how it arrives.
Sizing for your wall
Find the measure
A photograph of the wall, or a height, is enough to begin. We will answer from there.
Something else
A work of your own
A colour, an animal, a wall that is not one of these six. Write, and we will see what the studio can hold.
"Every custom crystal artwork is fine jewellery for interiors — an irreplaceable piece unlike any other."
About the artist
Nina Zhou is the founder of FAIRYSING. Two decades of practice in crystal artistry led her to a form of her own — bespoke crystal art paintings, in which raw gemstones are set directly into a painted surface rather than applied on top of it.
She works with rare stones sourced worldwide, on commission, one client at a time. Each piece is built to hold an Eastern sense of composition against a contemporary Western sense of luxury.
Recognition
Held in private collections across eight countries.
· Gold Medal, National Crystal Creativity Competition
· Former head product designer for a national crystal retail chain
The other five
The rest of the six.
Crystal meanings are shared as cultural and reflective references. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.