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    The history of fishing Gzhel

    The first mention of Gzhel found in the Theological literacy Ivan Kalita in 1328. Unique local clay deposits, leaving the surface, gave rise to the ceramic fishing as long as people settled here.

    For almost semivekovuyu Gzheli history happened here a lot of events and changes. Fashion changes, the demands of the market, but gzheltsy from year to year perfecting his skills, learning more and more new technology. The proximity of Moscow as a center of culture and commerce provided by Gzhel masters a huge impact. About every 50 years, fashion changes, including household items, dishes and gzheltsy created different masterpieces of ceramic art. Among the many products there are cult items, decorative character toys. The most skilful masters, which provide a spark of God, could not stop at the simple, utilitarian things they were doing the work more complex or new decorated. These works became a role model and distributed by Gzhel, ranging from every master. Thus was created a style.

    In Russia, china were brought from the second half of the XVI century. Russian Imperial court was commanded to set up production of domestic porcelain. For this purpose, near St. Petersburg, organized by the Neva Manufactory. In 1710, attempts were made to verify the suitability of Gzhel clay for porcelain – portselina. Around 1747 Vinogradov developed a method for the production of porcelain from local materials and the recipe was a porcelain mass. It was made the first Russian dating from the product “Stakes” – a small sweets with a lid.

    Gzhel masters were employed at the new porcelain factories and pump out the secrets of technology. Returning home, opened their own business or sell a secret. The first production began Pavel Kulikov (Kulichkov) in 1810. Gradually, the secret of porcelain technology has spread throughout the Gzhel. The production of porcelain in the 40s of the XIX century, reached its highest peak, has worked in more than seventy Gzhel porcelain and faience factories and more than forty paintings institutions /

    There was widespread use of underglaze painting with cobalt background covered in conjunction with overglaze polychrome decoration and lots of gold.

    Company History

    JSC “Gzhel Porcelain Factory” was registered in 2004 in place of the national existence of arts and crafts in Gzhel, in the village Novoharitonovo, shop for the production of art objects located in the village Rechitsa, on the very spot where there has long been the traditional production of Gzhel porcelain.

    Near Moscow, the company ZAO “Gzhel Porcelain Factory” is located in the village NovoHaritonovo Ramenskoye district in the territory of the former factory Akulina, known porcelain issue: a variety of sets, Greasers, sugar bowls, boxes, jars, vases, as well as individual items of china and earthenware toys.

    Until 2003 the company had the name of “Gzhel plant” Electrical insulators. ” – The name of the plant was in 1924, opened as a branch of the Moscow Porcelain Factory “Quarantine”. And today it is one of the oldest and most important companies in Russia for the production of artistic and technical porcelain. But the history of the company more ancient and dates back more than ninety years. The factory was founded by a peasant Ya.V.Kuznetsovym in 1810 and all of its roots is associated with the past Gzhel – the birthplace of Russian ceramics, with a history of the village NovoHaritonovo typical village Gzhel region.

    The new village, and later became NovoHaritonovym and is located on the river Dorko, appeared on the site of an old burned-out villages in the XVII century Kharitonov. Novo-Kharitonov – the birthplace of the Kuznetsov, the largest porcelain monopolists, breeders, who built many factories all over Russia were transferred to these companies Gzheli ceramic culture and, more importantly, sent to other art centers Gzhel masters. Natives Gzheli Kuznetsov never broke ties with her. Here were their enterprises, as well as plants of their relatives through the female line-brothers Akulina. In the New Kharitonov at the end of the XIX century until 1917 housed the office, “MS Kuznetsov Partnership» Gzhel department. In 1912 the architect I.Bondarenko Kuznetsovsk money was constructed tent Believers Church of St George, in honor of the century, the Battle of Borodino. The initiator of the construction was the largest Russian manufacturer, a cousin of china magnate, founder of the “Association” I.E.Kuznetsov. The church was porcelain enamel iconostasis, an award-winning at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900, and ceramic tomb, built I.E.Kuznetsovym for himself and his wife. NovoHaritonovo Old Believer village. That Old Believers-breeders have always been characterized by enterprise and taste, which allowed them to organize in Russia a number of highly productions to the XXI century remain an important center of traditional culture.

    At the sign of villages and the inhabitants of districts of Moscow province in 1852 in the village first mill NovoHaritonovo lived 244 males, 274 females, there were 52 court and several ceramic plants: Kuznetsov porcelain factory (founded 1810), Kuznetsov Porcelain Factory Terence and faience factory Zahara Malygina (founded in 1832). In 1869 there was porcelain institution Avdotya Kuznetsova and two clay works of Vasily Maximov and Anisim Semenov. In 1891 the plant Kuznetsova passed to his son in law, husband, sister Anisim Akulina, which produced porcelain and earthenware. After the death of Anisimov, plant owned until 1917 by his sons John and Simon, dividing into two companies and has invested considerable effort to expand and develop production. In 1918 he arrived in Gzhel chairman of trade union workers of glass and porcelain Nikolai Laws. At a meeting of workers, it was decided to nationalize both plants Akulina. But before the new economic policy of the enterprise did not work.

    In the 1920s, plants have returned to their former owners and operated, producing high-quality china, and toys. The State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg is a beautiful collection of porcelain sculptures, toys, produced at the plant Akulina the second half of XIX century until the 20th years of XX century. Diverse topics of miniature sculptures, from the figures of soldiers, animals and birds and ending with the boys pioneers. Very popular in the early XX century, was a picture of a girl on cock. Crypts to the New Church Kharitonov also probably manufactured in factories Akulina.

    In 1929 the factory was nationalized and taken over by the State Elektrotresta. At the base of the plant was organized by Ivan Akulina stamping department of the Moscow plant
    “Quarantine”, which employed 130 people. In addition, in the village of Novo-Kharitonov at school there was a ceramic porcelain factory and workshop, employing 48 people. Gzhel Ceramics School
    was opened in 1914 in Novo-Kharitonov in a 2-storey building of the former bogodelni, initiated by Kuznetsov. In 1920 it changed its location several times, but at the end of the decade is back in the New Kharitonov. At its base in 1931 was created Gzhel silicate-ceramic College (now Gzhel koldedzh Art and Industry), which had the exclusive role in preserving and promoting the production of culture and artistic traditions Gzhel fishing. Many graduates of the all-Russian significance of acquired institution had come and come to work for Gzhel Porcelain Factory.

    Gzhel pottery and porcelain – a bright national original art, which has its own characteristics and artistic originality. Providence has brought worldwide fame and Russia Gzhel Kvasnikov and kumgan – the original in shape and painted majolica vessels, decorated with sculptures, which were issued in the XVIII century. Later they, changing in accordance with the laws of the material will be produced in polufayanse (XIX century) and porcelain (XX century). Reviving Gzhel fishing in the most difficult war and postwar 40s of the XX century, the great scientist and a talented artist A.B.Saltykov N.I.Bessarabova tried to repeat in china these disk-shaped form. An integral feature of Gzhel ceramics and porcelain was nationality. It is no coincidence bessarabovsky new china, created for fishing and Gzhel shown in the All-Union art exhibition in Moscow in 1946, called Peasant china, for its association with clay vessels, pottery from the village was obvious.

    Now it is the largest enterprise in Russia producing traditional porcelain with hand-painted cobalt, which employs hereditary master.

    The range consists of more than 700 names of forms Dummies, kumgans, sugar bowls, Greasers, boxes, candlesticks, vases, lamps, clocks and other household and decorative items with different decoration around 2000. Over the past decade Gzhel Porcelain Factory was formed team of engineers, artists, production of which, carefully preserving the old traditions, using advanced techniques in production technology. Continuous improvement of product quality, variety of product range, technological innovation, a high artistic level, the volume of products – brought Gzhel Porcelain Factory a leader among manufacturers of traditional Gzhel porcelain with hand-painted cobalt blue.

    Gzhel porcelain factory – the constant participant of exhibitions and shows of folk crafts of Russia.
    Gzhel porcelain factory manufactures products in accordance with Russian standards. In 2003, the production is certified according to international quality system ISO 9000.

    Artistic and stylistic features of products are manufactured at JSC “Gzhel Porcelain Factory.”

    The distinctive features of products are decorative, elegant, aesthetic and functional expression, and a variety of forms. Painting your brightness and contrast different cobalt paint with a white background through the use of hand-painted underglaze cobalt for scrap. As a result of firing a black, cobalt is bright and blue. The product signs squirrel brush with a set of paints only one side of the brush (the so-called “smear the shadows”), where each successive stroke is different from the previous one and has a wide tonal range from deep and dark tones to light and bright. Along with the traditional elements of painting (floral, plot patterns) are used, and twisting tendrils spiraling curls, dotted and dashed filling mesh, strips of simple geometric ornament. The scale corresponds to the size of your ornament, and the nature of the images at the beauty of form. Cpetsificheskaya technology provides ever more vibrant and fresh colors.

    Creative enterprise master person stated own art Gzhel and range, and in the forms, and painting, and even in technology. This combination of fine ornamental razdelok with painterly light strokes, clotting in the deep blue stain, the roundness of full-fledged folk forms with expressive painting, painting a sweeping, fast, built on the transitions from dark blue to a thick smear of lightness transparent blue, which has a value of the system fine ornamental-linear binding.

    The company, its portfolio includes all types of products of traditional craft porcelain. Products are designed for everyday use at home.

    Porcelain business people in fact, it is distinguished by simplicity, softness of form, functionality, complemented with organically traditional underglaze cobalt painting Gzhel. This is the functionality of products from similar products of different industries Gzhel fishing.

    The traditional character of the product in combination with a dominant share of manual labor, the presence of the masters of creative dynasties and the historic place of production gives every reason to believe CJSC “Gzhel Porcelain Factory” business folk crafts, and one of the centers of Russian traditional ceramic art.


    Today:
    Porcelain hand-

    Gzhel – the name of the picturesque suburban Moscow region, 60 kilometers from Moscow, famous for its handicrafts made of porcelain. Figurines, tableware and gifts hand painted incredibly popular today. Associated with them the beauty of harmony, fairy tale and profit. Porcelain hand-painted with ornate blue is now known not only in Russia but also abroad. These porcelain attract visionary and harmony, high professionalism of their creators. Famous Gzhel fishing for several centuries one of the leading ceramic crafts of the country and is rightly considered Gzhel – the cradle of Russian ceramics. It formed its best features and revealed the highest achievements of folk art.

    The history of handmade porcelain dates back to the 14th century, at the time began to make household items. High quality local clay made them suitable for the production of the best varieties of pottery. Then followed a difficult path to polufayansu and majolica ware. In the 19th century masters began to make faience and porcelain items. Ware was carried out as large serviznymi sets, and in the form of sculpture. Now, not only made the dishes, but also vases, candlesticks, chandeliers, clocks, jewelry boxes. It should be noted, the master of all the products produced and painted by hand, putting them in his soul.

    Handmade of porcelain and ceramics are works of art. Making these exclusive products are not so simple as it may seem at first sight. The manufacturing process is more like a fairy-tale transformation of a simple piece of clay into a work of art. Clay is the main raw material for production Gzhel products. Treated clay in such a way that manifested the best qualities, such as fire resistance and ductility necessary for manufacturing products.

    The process of making porcelain was a few steps.

    First, the proposed model is made of gypsum products, then this model is a form that consists of several parts, depending on the complexity of the product.

    In the finished form of gypsum slurry is poured, plaster absorbs moisture, thus slip podvyalivayas takes the form of the product. Molded products are dried in natural conditions. The dried cake mix finally recovering from stitches, minor casting defects. This is followed by a preliminary roasting, it is called salvage.

    More expensive paint. The painting is squirrel brushes, free wrist stroke. From small to large wrist strokes drawn composition, emphasizing the dignity of all forms. In the painting on porcelain painting techniques used by many typical Gzhel arts and crafts.

    After decorating the product is glazed by hand in special tanks by dipping in the glaze suspension.

    The final step is the final firing – firing watered – the finished product.

    That is how is born Gzhel creating art.

     

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