We invite you to Nizhny Novgorod State Exhibition Complex 11.06.2015 at the exhibition "The Art of the North niello"
For visitors the exhibition will be open from 11.06.2015 – 23.08.2015.
For the first time in Nizhny Novgorod will be presented historical items of the Soviet period of the XX century and modern exclusive author's works of the XXI century, by artists and craftsmen from Veliky Ustyug. Visitors will be able to see the whole range of products manufactured by the company "North niello": dinnerware, tableware, jewelry, objects of religious themes, souvenirs.
North niello – unique folk art craft of Russia, which occupies a leading position among the famous throughout the world crafts, which was formed more than three centuries ago, in the north of Russia, in the city of Veliky Ustyug in Vologda region. Technology of decoration products from precious metals by niello pattern came to Russia from Byzantium and lies in the fact that a black alloy consisting of the traditional components of the silver-based, fused to the deepening of the base metal (especially silver), to decorate a product by achieving in picture a color contrast .
In the XVII – XVIII centuries, the art of blackening on silver was common in many Russian cities. In the middle of the XVIII century niello art in Veliky Ustyug reached its heyday, as evidenced by numerous archival documents and the fact that Velikiy Ustyug niello maker Michael Klimshin was summoned to Moscow to restore there niello case. From the middle of the XIX century, due to historical and economic conditions niello was in decline. The revival of the northern niello in the XX century began in 1933 with the establishment of the factory "North niello" under the leadership of hereditary master of niello case Chirkov Mikhail.
Secrets of the man-made craftsmanship, secrets of composition and allowance of niello handed down from generation to generation, and survived in its original form, covered with legends, glory and tradition of craftsmanship. Today, the unique craftsmanship is preserved and developed by the masters of the closed joint-stock company "Velikiy Ustyug Plant" North niello "- a large enterprise of folk crafts of Russia for manufacture of products from 925 silver, decorated with niello pattern. The company successfully participates in international and national exhibitions. Products, both historical and modern, decorate collections of leading Russian museums and collections of private collectors. Old technology, individual manual execution allow modern masters of Velikoustyugsky plant "North niello" again and again surprise the world with original works of art, are rightly national treasure of Russia!
