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Abashevo in Penza region is old Russian village, with deep historical, religious and artistic roots. New village Abashevo mentioned in the scribe books Shatsky County in 1616. Village Barsky, owners of it were historical figures: the royal steward Ivan Pyzhov, Prince Golitsyn. Particularly famous village people Abashevo artisans - potters and Piper. More than half of the villagers circled on the potter's wheel all sorts of dishes made of clay and fashioned toy whistle.
In the XIX - XX centuries Abashevo was leading pottery center of Russia. The fame acquired by fishing in the late 1920's, with the name Larion
Zotkin, talented craftsmen from the village Abashevo, author of many
interesting toys: fairy lions, dogs, whimsical, funny bears. At this
time the shape characteristic Abashevskaya masters sculptural
techniques and features of the painting.
Toys made of clay Abashevskaya artists were exhibited in Moscow, London and Paris. They are deeply traditional: from generation to generation are repeated images of animals, birds, deer, knights, ladies, each artist - a master transmits those images via yourself, your soul, resulting in a unique born inspired humanized images. 162 engaged in this sector. 
Abashevskaya toys - whistles, depicting animals, often taking
phantasmagoric fairy-tale look. The figures are elongated body with
short legs wide apart and a long graceful neck. A small, carefully
fashioned head stand deeply scratched eye. The heads of goats, deer,
sheep are topped by curved, sometimes multilevel horns. Fluffy bangs,
curly beard and mane of well-modeled, their contours outlined stacks,
have a strict pattern and high relief.
Whistles are painted with bright enamel colors - blue, green, red, in
the most unexpected combinations. Individual parts, such as horns, can
be painted silver or gold. Sometimes part of the figures are unpainted,
and contrast sharply with the colorful stained enamel. Ordinary pets to
hand Wizard transformed into fabulous creatures.
Secrets of molding and firing transmitted within families from generation to generation, from father to son. Train started from 8 years. Thus creating a whole dynasty of potters and Piper. In the old articles of clay in Abashevo fired in the furnaces - plants round or oval, have been laid out from the refractory brick width 1,5 m and a height of 2 meters. Master climbed into the furnace, and his wife giving him the top pitchers and pots. On top of product found "kalanchikami" (fragments of broken crockery). Fired clay products birch or oak wood. After firing traditionally baked potatoes. Craft Abashevskaya toys continue modern masters - TN Zotkin, IL
Zyuzenkov, A. Eskin. Some artists began to cover their whistles
colorless glaze, which makes the figures more streamlined and less
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