Man has always sought to decorate himself with decals. In ancient tribes, these were the claws, teeth, and skins of dead animals. Later, people learned to process stones, shells and make primitive jewelry from them. A complete revolution in jewelry has made metal discoveries. But without delving into the most ancient times, it is worth noting that people initially appreciated the qualities and appearance of gold and silver. In ancient Russia, there was a craft of decorating jewelry and household items that were made of precious metals.
Occurrences of mastery
The history of the development of blackening began in the V century BC. e. It was most developed in the Black Sea tribes living in the north. The blackening technique gained the greatest popularity in the 10th century. e., namely - in the city of Chernigov. After blackening as a skill spread far beyond the borders of Russian lands.
In the 18th century, artisans of Veliky Ustyug created a whole school for teaching the skill of metal blackening. They are considered the founders of modern technology. Blacking is used in jewelry to this day.
Jewelry craftsmanship in Russia
Ancient Rusichs were well versed in the art of creating beautiful and vibrant jewelry. To do this, they had several basic techniques for creating ornament on jewelry:
- scan - was applied using thin strips of precious metal;
- black - the method of blackening silver or gold;
- grain - jewelry was decorated with small balls of gold or silver.
Mobile: what is it?
Blackening of jewelry and household items was incredibly popular in Russia. In the house of every wealthy man was the dishes made using this technique, weapons encrusted with blackening and jewelry for women and men.
In order to answer the question of what mob is in ancient Russia, it is necessary to define this concept of jewelry art.
Mobile is a coating of gold and silver products with a special powder consisting of crushed silver, copper, lead and sulfur. This composition was applied in special places, firing the product turned it into a pattern or drawing.
Application Technique
The creation of blackened products took place in several stages:
- mixture preparation;
- grinding the finished product to be decorated;
- creating a picture by cutting out recesses of about 0.3 mm;
- mobile application: melting the mixture in the furnace and filling the recesses with the liquid composition on the workpiece;
- removing the excess layer is a very important point that requires a lot of time and patience;
- gilding of the finished product.
The beauty of blackened products has been driving this technology for more than five centuries.