A simple guide to the folk art

Handicrafts makes our culture unique. It was painted items, toys and articles of fabric foreign tourists take away as a souvenir. We, the owners of all this wealth, it is desirable to understand it at the highest level.

In this article Website I gathered and explained the features of the most prominent and well-known types of folk creativity.

Gzhel h3>





White crockery and figures of people and animals, painted in different shades of blue paint.



Khokhloma h3>





Crockery and wooden figurines. The main colors - red and black, at least - green. Required attribute - golden sheen.



Palekh h3>





Palekh lacquer miniature - painting on papier-mache. Plots are usually fantastic, fictional, at least - household.



Zhostovo painting h3>





Metal trays of black, red or green painted a bouquet of flowers in the center.



Gorodets painting h3>





This painting is distinguished by domestic subjects, such as a walk, festival, and so on. Dominated by bright colors and green, red and blue colors. Close to the people - the plants and animals.



Enamel h3>





Through the process of double firing, these ornaments are the most durable, and their floral pattern never erased.



Semyonovskaya thread h3>





Its feature is that the pattern is cut deep into the products, and products rarely varnished. The carvings decorate wooden boxes, dishes and furniture.



Vologda lace h3>





This lace is woven of thick, continuous, equal to the width of linen tape. Material usually linen - bleached or harsh.



Orenburg shawl h3>





Knitted scarf made of goat down, cotton, silk, or any other thread basis. Often thick and gray or white and thin.



Pavlovo Posad Shawl h3>





The most popular pattern of colored shawls - black and red. A pattern - traditional flower.



Dymkovo toy h3>





Toys made of red clay, which after a careful handling is covered with whitewash and finally subjected to painting. Also, they are distinguished by a rounded shape.



Matryoshka h3>





The hollow painted wooden doll pear-shaped. Traditionally, a girl in a red sundress and yellow scarf, but patterns and colors may vary.





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