Vladimir Buldakov working on a tempera painting in the Palekh village. PALEKH, Ivanovo Region — A squirrel tail. Wolf teeth. Sheets of gold. Flax oil. These are the things Vladimir Buldakov uses to work a feat of modern-day alchemy: transforming an ordinary papier-mache box into a gilded miniature masterpiece that will tell the story of saints or heroes, fairies or dragons. Buldakov comes from Palekh, a 700-year-old […]