JAKOB WAINSHTEIN

Jakob Wainshtein was born in 1944 in Stalingrad, Russia. He graduated from high school in 1961 in Vilnius, Lithuania and was accepted to Moscow University of Aviation, Russia. Jakob graduated with high honors in 1968 with a Master’s Degree in Spacecraft and Missile Engineering from one on the best universities of Russia.

Back in high school he honed his woodcarving skills building hand-made glider aircraft at the dawn of the sport.

While being an accomplished veteran of spaceship and missile engineering where he had contributed for 40 years, with multiple recognized achievements, patents and inventions,
Jacob has been always fascinated with human and nature’s beauty and perfection, which inspired his artwork. While advanced mechanics and aerodynamics has been Jacob’s professional career, wood carving has become Jakob’s lifetime hobby and often was a helpful tool for modeling and prototyping for his engineering projects. His life has always been filled with passion and a pioneering spirit that led to many hobbies, such as artistic photography, underwater photography, scuba diving, underwater archaeology, piloting gliders and skydiving.
After the glorified technical career filled with patents and awards, passions of his true life brought to high school the woodworking beginning a cycle. Now it concentrates full time on the art which shows organic sensuality and beauty of a female form in the organic environment of wood.