Decorative applied art: a reflection of modernity

One of the characteristics of any nationality is its everyday culture or the history of everyday life. It is in everyday life that a person develops and his inclination for any activity, the disclosure of talents, preferences, tastes. The items made by folk craftsmen reveal the peculiarities of the mentality and culture of the people. Such items are called folk crafts.

Reflection of culture and life

From a century to a century, people reflected through creativity their views on modernity. If once decorative decorative art was expressed mainly in embroidering, work on wood and metal, fine arts and ceramics, modern folk crafts have become more intricate and diverse.

What does it serve?

In decorative applied art includes works that meet the aesthetic requirements, are designed for the final result, that is, the effect produced. They serve not only for aesthetics, but also for decorating the interior and everyday life of a person. What is decorative art in the long run? These are garments, fabrics (for clothing and decor), carpets, furniture, glassware, porcelain, faience, jewelry and more.

Modern development of arts and crafts is performed on the basis of ideological, political, social, cultural and economic characteristics of the people, as well as achievements of science. It manifests itself in a wide range, as well as in single objects or ensembles, which come into connection with other forms of art. Decorative applied art includes ancient peasant art, folk and classical creativity. Main types:

• Batik - painting on the fabric by hand.
• Tapestry - a carpet without a pile on the wall, which is woven by hand through a cross-threaded thread.
• Woodcarving is a kind of processing of a wooden base.
• Ceramics - a method of manufacturing products from non-metallic and inorganic materials at high temperature; After the thermal process, cooling should be carried out.
• Embroidery - needlework, when fabrics and materials with different bases are decorated with different patterns.
• Knitting - the process can be either manual or mechanical. It is based on the manufacture of products by continuously bending the threads in the loops and connecting them together.
• Macrame - artistic weaving knots ropes, twine, fishing lines, yarns, braids.
• Jewelery craft - artistic manufacture of jewelry made of precious metals and stones, costume jewelery.
• Leather processing - production of genuine leather items of everyday life and jewelry.
• Mosaic - the formation of a pattern with the help of a set and line-up with subsequent fixing on the plane of stones, tiles and other materials.

The most famous folk arts and crafts are Khokhloma, Gorodets and Zhostovo murals, Gzhel ceramics, Palekh, Mstera and Kholui miniatures.