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Painted on wood, bark and lubu was developed at the Vologda land not less than carving. Even in ancient times were known areas of painted items which were distributed not only in the province, but also exported beyond it.
Of particular interest is folk art paintings of everyday items, which occupied an important place in the decorative arts of the North. Painted wood extensively on Mezen day life and the Northern Dvina, on Sukhona and its tributaries south and Luza. To decorate your home peasants waxed paint the walls of huts, walls in them, doors, stoves, wooden bowls and various utensils such as bast lukoshek, stand, arcs, rollers, etc.

Ancient traditions, high craftsmanship and centuries-old technology differs art wrought iron. Its development and widespread dissemination of the North contributed to widespread existence of blacksmithing, which in turn favored stocks bog ore and cheap wood. Products blacksmiths deeply penetrated into people's daily life: without a knife, ax, scythe, sickle and other household and household appliances could not do either one peasant family. Almost in every village stood a smithy, where the peasant blacksmith perform a variety of jobs the locals. Podkovyvaya horses, putting the spit, axes and knives, cutting locks and keys, often combined the profession blacksmith metallurgist, foundry and blast-furnace-fitter. About blacksmith legends, because the craft is linked with fire, turning the solid metal in the hot malleable bar, equated in people's magic, to communicate with the evil force. Unkind relationship with her threatened to fire the entire village, why put a forge in the distance, on the outskirts.

December 5, 1924 was based Palekh Artel. In what state it came to it's birthday? Here are photos of the current state of Palekh workshops.

Troika. Golikov, Yuri Nikolayevich. 90-s In this essay, we have included, it would seem somewhat detached bytoopisatelstvo masters,

Grew team of Palekh art workshops. First team of artists represented by people arriving from different regions of the country, national regions. Drew them here to good earnings, promotion party administrative ladder, housing and a quiet, peaceful life among the local Palekh, remarkably generosity, confidence, ability to come to the aid of any guest, in difficult circumstances.
The school provided a stipend, lodging, free food, allocated money for clothing. Annually organizes long-distance trips to interesting natural sites, museums, exhibitions.