Vologda lace is a popular national craft of the Russian North

Vologda lace is the oldest artistic craft in the north of Russia, which is famous for its beauty and variety of woven patterns and high skill of needlewomen.

The products are distinguished by expressiveness of forms, unique design, mainly consisting of lattices, which are formed by geometric figures: squares, circles, hexahedrons.

Skelki Vologda lace - the main keepers secret master artist

Vologda lace is famous for the skill of needlewomen and depends largely on the perfection of artists. After all, the most important thing in lacy ornamentation is his drawing, which has always been highly valued. The work of the creator of the scrapers was always equated with the jewelry, the work of lace makers depended entirely on its accuracy. In the last century, in order to acquire a lace pattern, all the villagers collected money to give them later at the fair only for the opportunity to redraw the shard. Due to the inaccuracy of copying lace ornaments, rural lace often has uneven, distorted patterns.

It is difficult to weave Vologda lace, but to invent it, to create a drawing is even more difficult. After all, without a simple sketch, invented and accurately drawn by the artist, you will not get a lacy pattern. Every little knot and every loop are of great importance. The only mistake the wizard makes when creating a skolk - and an elegant napkin or tablecloth will be a simple heap of threads, and the work of many people will be in vain. Now the artist's work on lace has become almost imperceptible and forgotten.

Lacemaker - rare profession

It's hard to learn how to weave Vologda lace. Schemes to observe when weaving must be very carefully. And patience, diligence, accuracy - probably, the main features of the character master.

Of all kinds of needlework, lacework is the most difficult. When knitting one thread is used, while sewing - two, and when weaving the openwork patterns - a lot. To perform voluminous work, their number can be increased to fifty or sixty, while the threads are wound separately on bobbin sticks.

Changing them in places among themselves, pinning threads on a special fabric drum, wrapped in paper skolkom, you can create an intricate pattern. Only truly loving this kind of applied art can devote himself to lacework.

Now only a few dozen lacemakers work at the Vologda factory. There is also a gold fund - it's a master of skolkov, who come up with unique drawings and patterns. There were only a few people left.

In the old days, the artel of Vologda masters of lacework consisted of several thousand workers. Yes, now this ancient profession is not in high esteem. Every year, the local school produces about thirty young lace-makers, but rarely one of them decides to work on the received specialty. The basic structure of the enterprise is old masters, for which the unique kind of folk art is the vocation of "soul and heart". Some skilled craftsmen have crossed over eighty.

It is a pity that truly Russian crafts, including Vologda lace, are forgotten and not needed by anyone. It is very important to preserve the history and traditions of our people.