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Armenian Silver masters

Armenian Silver Masters

'Van job in dealing with silver and gold jewelry, some of the clergy, sometimes it were ordinary people. Vasburagan'daki craftsmen worked in monasteries around the workshop. Also wandering from village to reach a large number of customers who were masters travelers''
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Aras Publishing resulting from a while ago in his book Masters of Armenian silver, silver craftsmanship in our country is almost synonymous with Armenian craftsmen onto constitutes a unique resource. This valuable review performs Osep Tokat, an art historian, but silver His deep love for him of the Armenians in this very old dating mastery, in other words, the Armenian silver craftsmanship and deep heritage, to study towards turned.

Slap, Kigi town Cermag (Zermek / ZERMA) Born in the village in 1986 in Los Angeles where the Osep Tokat, silver crafting her work on starts, think first about this very special place in Van city has come. This constitutes the heritage of Istanbul, Kayseri, Izmir, Izmit, Trabzon, Erzurum, Diyarbakir as well as forgetting the other important centers.

Binding, LARGE SIZE, COLOR


Silver Masters of Armenian books, based in Van and Armenians around the traditional silver craftsmanship in the process, but outside the boundaries of Turkey with the contribution of Van masters of craftsmanship, including silver, has been revived.

Osep Tokat province, the Armenian silver workmanship in the past and are today the most perfect examples of the rich Visual Artist offers book hardcover, large size and color as the press have been, such a sophisticated craft of the utmost beauty and detail considering that spread to offers.

8. century were made of silver and gold-plated altar cross in Cilicia, in the hands of a master out Hayrabedyan Van Garabed, 1883, silver and copper, made of semi-precious stone adorned with holy lubricator, another master of the Armenians of the 19th century Caucasian procedure to prepare savatla silver belt; Hayg Garabedian masters made by, Sasunlu Tavit depicted with savatlı silver layer in Turkey Fish and Fisheries author of Karekin Deveciyan'ın family belongs to the Armenian monastery, depicting with savatlı silver wine glasses and many others, all the tradition of Armenian art, reflecting the various schools of Van illustrates silver craftsmanship.

Skilled craftsmen

Osep Tokat, if one were in fact an arm of silver craftsmanship and workmanship of the gold should be considered, but most of Van's more silver jewelry to highlight their work is preferred. Gold and silver work van in the hands of skillful craftsmen, leaving behind all the other craft had reached a level of authority, has emerged as an excellent art:

'19. 120 in the second half of the century goldsmith shop in Van, silver and gold shop had a workshop. This workshop is great variation in and around the world superior craftsmanship and work as a pipe, boxes, goblets, cups, hair clip, kitchen tools, thimbles, tea filters, belts, writing tools, pens and stationery, bowls, jugs, church ceremonies that are used in various articles and decoration was produced. Every year, thousands of different types of silver held in Istanbul, Van, Europe, Africa, the United States and sold around the world ... '

Savate MINE AND TECHNIQUES

Osep Tokat, Van silver master work of the various techniques they use, their principal also mine (ardznagidum or ardznabadum), and Savate (sevad or sevadabadum) techniques that, Savate Armenian art on a unique place in says. 19. Savate century, from Van in Turkey Erzurum, Sivas, Istanbul, Adana, Izmir, has spread to cities such as Diyarbakir, Savate technique was extended to the Caucasus and then to Russia.

Van bearing the signatures of the various masters and Tabriz Savate formulas have survived to our time. In their widely used, was Hayg Garabedyan'ın formula:

'Has a silver scale, the scale has both copper and tin, the three scales, mixing melted in a pot. An equal amount of sulfur is added to the mixture. To purify the mixture, sprinkle a little borax. Water-cooled and is beaten into a powder (powder or Savate Savate is obtained so). The powder is applied to the etched surface. Before applying the surface of these five dimensions of borax, salt, and a measure of two dimensions with a mixture of potassium dissolved in water is necessary to plaster. Powder is melted by heating objects Savate, Savate and silver so that the surface is very smooth. After cleaning the surface with a fine sanding pattern revealed''

ART decorations

In books, silver and gold works of Armenian decorative arts offers comprehensive information about the reader. Armenian gold and silver jewelry in the van, in itself, constitute a section:

'Van job in dealing with silver and gold jewelry, some of the clergy, who were ordinary people, if. Vasburagan'daki craftsmen worked in monasteries around the workshop. Also wandering from village to reach a large number of customers who were masters travelers''

Few masters of vans to name up to the next generations. Between them, Der (Father) Sahag and Harutyun'u possible to count. 20. century, when it comes to when, Hovhannes Borozancıyan'ı creative Armenian art of the peak number of the silver 'Küre'siyle famous George Kuyumcubaşyan'ı, trays, letter boxes, cups, envelopes, dessert plates, known for Dikran Avakyan'ı, Samoa, and exceptional fine job with the famous Markar Ğalamkaryan' i can see.

ENGAGEMENT RINGS Bags

The examples given in the book among the most sophisticated residents 'savatlı bags silver ring' now stands. These bags or boxes, a tradition dating to ancient objects:

'The future of trust with the priest, a silver box placed silk handkerchief wrapped around the ring to the trust would take and the area's spiritual board chairman of the bishops to took; bishops ring bless the prospective bride's family priest shall provide, and that the box took the girl's family delivered would''

Among the Armenians from the Silver Masters Publishing, 2005, as published in Yerevan, Armenian-English Ardzatakordz Varbedner Hay, Armenia has been a review of his book, Master Silversmiths Turkish-English edition.

I'm not expert, but reading books and masters of a craft dwindling reach deep into Anatolia, and there is a visual feast to enjoy the facilities found.

(Republic Book)

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