Workshop Atmosphere — Still Life from Veliky Ustyug
A quiet workshop in northern Russia, where niello silver has been created for almost 100 years. Four pictures, four moments from the SevSever factory.
A quiet workshop in northern Russia, where niello silver has been created for almost 100 years. Four pictures, four moments from the SevSever factory.
From the silver vase ready for engraving to the molten niello — a pictorial report from the SevChern workshop in Veliky Ustyug.
Before the graver makes its mark, the master silversmith holds the silver over a candle flame. What happens then — and why it has been done this way for 300...