Traditional ornamental techniques in the products of the Fedoskin lacquer miniature of the Soviet period

Abstract

The subject of the study is the analysis of ways to restore the ornamental techniques of the Lukutinsky lacquer miniature craft, lost by the end of the XIX century and recreated during the Soviet period. The article examines the activity of miniature artists of the Fedoskinsky Labor artel - the successor of the Lukutinsky enterprise – to revive forgotten technologies for creating ornaments on lacquer products. Special attention is paid to the assistance in this process provided to the fishery by the Soviet state. The purpose of the article is to show the significant role of state support in the development of Russian folk art of the Soviet period by the example of a successful solution to the problem of restoring the lost ornamental techniques of the Fedoskinsky craft.   Using comparative-historical, historical-typological, as well as historical-genetic methods, the author characterizes various ornamental techniques of Lukutinsky products, comparing them with the features of Fedoskinsky products of the twentieth century. The scientific novelty of the research consists in the analysis of the activities of the experimental laboratory at the Fedoskin labor artel, which restored the ornamental techniques of the Lukutin miniature, as well as the contribution made to this process by Fedoskin masters M. S. Chizhov, V. V. Korsakov, S. N. Tardasov. The main conclusion of the article is the statement of the importance of studying these fishing techniques for understanding the reasons for the flourishing of ornamental motifs in Fedoskinsky products in the late Soviet period, as well as the present.