and stretch. the craftsman uses a special set of tools to shape the product: tongs or pliers, a smoothing iron, a bipod, a metal scythe, glass cutting pliers, and scissors of various shapes. this is how the name of the profession, glass blower or master blower, stuck. the key point in this process is when a product is born from a burning mass; the craftsman has only a few seconds to shape it, otherwise the glass will harden or crack. in this day... the variability of matter and the value of the moment. glassmaking for the most part involves the production of utilitarian products, but some craftsmen specialize exclusively in artistic glassmaking. artists create a variety of plastic types and forms of works. sculptures, decorative vessels, jewelry. souvenirs, dishes and many others.

it is the blowing technology that allows you to create dishes of complex, unique shapes. currently, glassmaking art has emerged as an independent type of artistic creativity, while at the same time it remains a traditional type of folk art. today it has increased significantly skill qualification of glassblowers. also, the development of the glass industry has led to the spread of interesting creative directions. lebork is one of them, translated as working with a lamp. the key tool is a gas burner, which heats the glass to 1200°. the work uses so -called soft glass. the complexity of the product depends only on the skill and ideas of the author. this is what gives lambwork a special charm and the uniqueness of each product. the work often uses glass containing precious metals, silver and gold. a get extraordinary... walls are possible

by mixing glass with different enamels. many people wonder how safe it is to wear glass jewelry. the experts assure that it is absolutely safe. if the technology is followed, the so-called stress is removed from the product, that is, it is annealed, then it turns out strong. over time , they do not peel off, do not change color or shape. now lemfork miniature products are gaining popularity. there are jewelry made from such glass beads. modest from one exquisite bead or voluminous, striking necklaces, rings, beads, earrings, brooches, bracelets, miniature interior figurines. mechanization made glass one of the cheapest common materials, but artistic glassmaking came to a new heyday. for 140 years now, the only enterprise with centuries-old glassmaking traditions has been operating in the republic of belarus, where hand-made production has been preserved and hereditary... master blowers have been working: sharp

engraving, etching and sandblasting , painting, enamel, decal, crackle and other types of decoration are combined in to myself harmony of beauty and grace, modern design and classic forms. tourists from many countries specially come to belarus to purchase unique works of art, watch how masters blow glass, and visit a museum where products of incredible beauty are collected. the halls of the museum display exhibits... dating back to 1910 and original compositions by contemporary artists. the famous milky-smoky glass, precious crystal, exclusive souvenirs , gift sets, colored glass products. read more about decoration methods and working with glass, we will talk with the leading artist of the neman glass garden, vasily samokhvalov. vasily dmitrievich, good afternoon, please tell us where we are, what is present here.

in the same building as the museum, very interesting, you asked a very good question: you are in a room that is secret in all glass factories in the world, this is a room where the work of artists is collected, for a certain time, for a year or two, which are supposed to be launched in subsequent production, that is, this is the experimental base of the plant, where all new moves are being developed to develop new types of products, all the factories in the world are hunting for each other’s secrets , so we don’t really let anyone into such halls , so to speak, here is the future, the future, and the future production, master makers and artists, what is the difference, because many people are confused, i would really like you to tell us, well, since we really respect our master blowers, i will be the first to say about them, master blowers are those who bring to life what the artist has dreamed up.

everything you see in stores, everything you see in this room, artists came up with, made a drawing, developed a form, and after that they go to our magnificent, amazing craftsmen. and in the presence of the author, the artist, the master does what the artist intended, that is, it all starts with the artist, artists, specially educated people, each of our artists has 5 years of art school behind them and 5 years in the academy in the glass department, and the entire life we ​​study, work, because glass is such a material that every day you learn something new, plus or minus a degree, plus or minus a millimeter, it may not work out, you have to master everything. why is chemistry interesting? because if you look at what is exhibited in this room, you will see that the glass is varied in color, texture, and everything else, all this is chemistry,

because salts of various metals are used to color glass. what decorating methods do you use? decorating methods are endless. starting with the fact that you can run the glass into cold water, it will crack, it will be blown, you will get a pattern of cracks, you can dip it in colored glass chips , you will get a color, you can have several crumbs, different colors, you can put it in a corrugated form and blow it up, you will get corrugated glass, anything you can think of, as i often tell artists on in the factory there are torn pockets, because we go and pick them up as we go, here is an iron shaving, here is a rag, here is a stick, all this can be used in glass, when working and unexpected perfect effects will be obtained, this is how ideas are born, this is how ideas are born, and there are some specific methods, for example, decal, that’s the more common you are, some popular ones, maybe the fact is that you mentioned the word decal, decal was popular about 40 years ago,

yeah, and then that time passed and now people had seen enough of glossy magazines, tv series, and wanted to have clean, smooth, beautiful dishes with long legs. as volumetric decoration methods somehow go more to the form, to the plasticity of the form, since the history of glass dates back 4,000 years, and we know such word combinations as the ancient roman glass, roman glass or venetian glass, then we, as a factory , to be honest, are actually a craft factory, although we live in the 21st century, craft, we even use decorating methods, the venetian method, and we use roman methods, techniques... venetian glass, venetian thread in glass, was very severely punished for taking it outside of venice and so on, but our master in the workshop restored it, figured out how to do it, received the highest award for glassware in the whole world, and today we make dishes decorated with venetian, but today it

it’s called neman thread, and new methods were invented not very long ago, but glass powder, glass chips and... used to be used for each color of glass, it was necessary to cook glass, install a separate oven, but today we buy glass powder, glass chips, an unlimited range flowers, collected colorless glass in the oven, rolled it into colored chips in any combination, heated it up, inflated the product of any color, they say that the glass sounds, tell me what this means, why you need to listen to the glass, listen, well firstly, when you buy glass, you can take it, if it rattles, it means it is not whole, in a real good way, but this is the case with crystal, glass does not ring like that, but

crystal rings because there is metallic lead oxide present , she gives this is what rings in kolkal, the same thing in crystal. we are in a glass museum; usually the most unique exhibits go to museums. tell us, what is the pinnacle of glass making? you are in the museum of an industrial enterprise, the largest one, so in the museum we have not only the highest achievements of mastery, but also what and how can be made from glass and crystal, what methods, what is beautiful, that we don’t put ugly things, well, in particular, the pinnacle of a master blower has always been considered a rooster in a decanter, there is such a thing and many have seen this picture , but we had a master who worked for us who knew how to make a rooster not in a decanter, in kubanets, but no one else knew how to put a cockerel in like this, and next to the kubanets there are cows,

for which the master received the title of best blower of the ussr in 1989 , all, whatever you can come up with can be used to create glass products, for example, the author conceived a creative work on a historical theme. there is a concept of belarusian black-polished ceramics, ancient archaeological, here is a set of dishes in the style of belarusian black-polished ceramics made of smoky glass, if we talk about what is the most modern, we have a small tailoring section at the factory, so to speak, where we make prizes, gifts, souvenirs on orders from various organizations, but in enterprises like ours there are few who can we can make good luxurious things, we can move on to the question of decoration, here... what can be done with glass chips of different colors, many things are made not for the store,

not for consumption, but to reveal the creative nature of the author, so the glass artist, a glass artist does not need brushes , watercolors, paints, etc., there is an idea, there are the wonderful hands of our magnificent craftsmen, and any creative ideas are embodied in the workshop, hot or cold, as for crystal. crystal, why it is special, is special for our production, by the fact that you can come up with the shape of a product, such a drinking bowl, such a leg, but since this crystal is cut into a pattern of a diamond edge, here the cutting patterns for each product can be endless, we already have thousands of different types of patterns, and now crystal is popular, there is a big story with popularity , popular... in the selling abilities of crystal there is a sinusoid with a periodicity

of about 7 years, but it depends on the demographics of the population, the population is growing, buys, bought, calmed down, wait for the next one generations, this is a very complex question, here we come, in particular, to the very, very products that we could only dig up and get from people more than a hundred years ago, here are the doors... you see, here is what the plant did in 1900 years of the last century, since we did not find blown products, they are thinner, they were not preserved, in these showcases, these products, they were made on such primitive machines, today the plant also has similar machines, but they work on hydraulics, and what they worked on for 100 years ago, this is manual production, imagine this hellish... the norm of work per shift was 800 products, the mold weighed about 50 kg,

it was necessary to take out the mold 800 times, turn it over, put it back, cut it off, and so on, about 40 tons were turned over by a person per shift, despite the smoke, fumes, digging, terrible working conditions, it was arabic , it was very hard work, this is how this glass was squeezed out, the concept... of glass aesthetics, fragility and eternity, purity of form, soft contours, silky shades , elegance and grace, lyricism and sensuality, all this has flowed through, all that remains is to consider; complex works of art traditionally enjoy great spectator and collection interest. the production of crystal is considered the pinnacle of glass craft. glass is like weightless splashes and hard edges, transparent, like air filled with tight color. the possibilities for its creative interpretation are almost limitless. glass in

art is an eternal wanderer. today we are convinced that the usual glass or bracelet is much more than an object serving or decoration. it teaches gentleness and trains reaction. and yulia burlo was with you. and remember, being cultured is fashionable. see you in a week, until new cultural meetings. we participate in exhibitions in order to... what we produce, an exhibition is a colossal expense, so the payback here is always prolonged,

but at the same time yekaterinburg showed that we, as a country, are partners, the work began here, in enterprises in advance, contracts signed for almost more than 280 million dollars, contracts are also signed and signed in uzbekistan, we had a small exposition there, but 300,000 dollars , contracts were signed, we will soon organize an exhibition in... this is our second exposition, it will be small, we also let's introduce syria, companies that are engaged in dairy production, including industrial enterprises, and also... we will have exhibitions in uzbekistan, egypt, an exhibition is being worked on in tbilisi in georgia, and of course a big exhibition, the second largest this year in terms of volume, it is in shanghai, the chinese import exhibition , which traditionally takes place from november 5 to 10, we already have about 50 companies there that

are going to participate, we are already working with the countries of the middle east, directly on first half of the year. this is the same frame, saudi arabia, the arab emirates , where today belarusian products are very interesting and there is great interest, at least from visitors, but we choose exhibitions where there is not only one country, but where there are at least 5-7 countries, in order to maximize present on one platform for those who are not participating, and exchange experiences, so the plan is being formed next year and it will probably be no less active, of course, which causes... this is participation in events in african countries, although this year we held in algeria, we held in zimbabwe, now an exhibition is being prepared in egypt, well, next year, of course, the countries of africa, asia and of course, the cis and russian regions, our food producers are popular, everything, not only milk, but also confectionery products, and

of course, dairy-famous cheeses and meat products always attract the greatest interest. they are simply in great demand, i remember at the exhibition in may in china, which was actually held in shanghai, where food products were presented, some belarusian stands were sold out, all the bloggers gathered, the same llikprom, the inobrom exhibition was an industrial one, but the sensation that fashion collections and fashion shows from our belarusian manufacturers created, many participants had at their stands, and there were also governors there, there were large russian and foreign state corporations that simply aroused genuine interest, that this was a belarusian production and half of it was ready to buy, and of course industry, industry that today is not inferior to world brands, and today it is actively shown and sold,

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