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National Art Crafts of Chuvashia
- Heritage
- Embroidery
- Embellishment from beads and coins
- Ceramics
- Woodcarving
- Rod making
- Weaving
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Ceramics
Chuvashia is rich in natural materials.
Including clay of the miscellaneous types (blanching, red, yellow).
From ancient times the masters made the home utensils: pitchers,
roasting pans, tureens and plates, lids, vases, dairymans.
Here small plastic arts had also its niche: clay toy and whistle.
Both carried importance of keeping the home centre (the building),
they usually scared away "cruel" spirit. Under their decoration,
the uncomplicated ornaments from wall - plugs, point, circle and
line were used. The Masters - whistler created the personages from
fairy tales, animal and birds, painted their natural dye staff,
gouache.
Stocking up the clay - is a long and labour - consuming process.
The clay cleaned from admixtures, defined the composition
(fat, becoming very thin). It was burdened sand if it was not
enough plastic. Or on the contrary, deluted water and missed
through strainer before drying. Hereinafter, clay gave
was ripened. And she, uniform, tightly coverring, without
access of the air was waited for its hour. There were several
acceptances of the fabrication product: sculptural (from
integer of the piece); braiding(braid); potter's (the potter's
wheel). The product must was aside from their own main function
"to please the eye". So before the drying it was decorated. The
way of burning was used in one or two acceptances; ubelny (without
decor) or watered (the glaze, enamel).
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