Perhaps the most recognizable Russian folk craft is the Khokhloma gold painting. It was born in the late seventeenth century in the Nizhny Novgorod region, when the fairs in the village of Khokhloma sold wooden products painted by local from the surrounding villages.
In the early 19th century in one of the suburban brothers lived Vishnyakov, and they were engaged in painting lacquered metal trays, sugar bowls, pallets.
I’ve been looking forward to read your next post for a while. Thank you for showing us these colorful Russian handicrafts.
When I was a child I loved to play with Матрёшки (Matryushka). A few years ago I bought myself a few from Moscow. Actually it was hard to find those real handcrafted ones. Most were really not expensive, but weren’t so beautiful as those that are painted.
There’s something funny I’d like to share about those wooden, painted spoons. When I was a child my great grandpa used to eat Borsh with that kind of spoon, and I wasn’t allowed (don’t remember why). I was dreaming to grow up and use it. Nowadays, I’m obviously allowed, but don’t have a spoon like this.
Hello Inga, I really like the Russian dolls, I remember as a child my friend had a big Russian doll that when you opened there was another doll inside then another and so on until I got to the tiny baby size doll. As a child I was mesmerised by this. It must be hard to paint the tiny little ones. Also the painted lacquered metal trays are lovely. I think my grandmother had something that looked like this but on a wooden jewelry box.