Scan: the filigree art of antiquity, which has not lost its relevance today (14 photos)

Filigree or filigree (from lat. filum - thread and granum - grain) represents a special direction in art. Products are made from the thinnest wire by weaving a lace pattern. This technique in ancient Greece and Egypt, but has not lost its relevance and until now.





For the manufacture of the very foundation - the threads use precious metal that is pulled with tongs through a tiny hole. Separate Jewelers can extract more than 2,000 coins from one gram of platinum or gold. meters of base. Such products look almost weightless. Difficult even believe that they are made by human hands, and not woven from cobwebs.



In the course of the development of filigree, its main techniques are constantly improved. As a result, the most popular and Three of them are in demand:

Silent or background. Also known as soldered. When it is implemented, the thread is soldered onto a solid base.

Sawed. When making a product, the base is sawn out, leaving after a given pattern.

Openwork. The most difficult, but also the most interesting. At in the manufacture of products using this technique, the pattern is created directly from the thread itself.





In our country, filigree began to develop around the 9th century. Masters approached the process taking into account national and cultural traditions and supplemented the product with elements from other materials - wood, stones, enamel. Work, like materials, was expensive. Therefore, these are available openwork gizmos were only for rich people.



Cap of Monomakh

One of the most striking examples of the implementation of such a technique the hat of Monomakh appears. It consists entirely of scanned lace.



Times have changed, and now graceful openwork gizmos - jewelry, souvenirs, smoking accessories, even items servings and weapons are mass-produced and are already available a wide range of consumers.



















How do you like the products made in this technique?