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For residents of San Francisco-Bay Area we offer following lectures and/or master-classes:
- A Lecture
Traditional Man's Costume of the 17-19 centuries in Russia,
and/or master-class
Cut a Russian man's shirt of an authentic design.
- A Lecture
Traditional Woman's Costume of the 13-19 centuries in Russia,
and/or a master-class (several options are avaliable):
- A Lecture
Traditional Children's (babies', toddlers', kids', teens') and Young Adults' Clothes
of the 17-19 centuries in Russia,
and/or master-class
Cut a Russian shirt/dress of an authentic design for your son or daughter.
- A Lecture
Traditional Russian Embroidery (XI-XIX centuries) ,
and/or master-class
Make Russian talismans or traditional decoration for your clothes or your house
The cost of a lecture/master-class is $25 per person.
Feel free to ask us to organize any lecture/master-class for a group of your friends who are interested in Russian tradition. Please
contact us via e-mail, and we will discuss date, time, and place appropriate for you group.
If you don't have a group, you may
sign in for any lecture. We will make a lecture on a certain topic when a group of at least
4 people will be assembled. We will inform you about date, time, and place of a lecture.
1. Traditional Man's Costume of the 17-19 centuries in Russia
A Lecture (appr. 1 hr 30 mins)
- A brief overview of a traditional Russian men's costume of the XVII-XIX centuries
- What items did the men's costume consist of? Materials, designs, and history of each part.
- A costume of different age groups : a toddler, a boy, a teenager, a young adult, a married young man, a family head, a senior. Description, character, materials of each costume. Social meaning and spiritual explanation of colors, materials and decoration used in costumes of different age groups.
- A man's shirt. Evolution of its model and decoration. Regional specifics of design and decoration. Specific details mark wealth and nobility of a wearer.
A Master-class (appr. 2 hrs)
- Choose the model of a shirt appropriate to a participant (according to his age, wealth and family history).
- Take measures needed for the shirt.
- Make a sketch of the shirt of that measures.
- Cut your shirt together with us
- Tips and tricks of making Russian shirt
For attending this master-class
you will need >>>>>>
2. Traditional Woman's Costume of the 13-19 centuries in Russia.
A Lecture (appr. 1hr 30 mins)
- A brief overview of a traditional Russian women's costume of the XIII-XIX centuries.
- What items did the women's costume consist of? Materials, designs, and history of each part.
- Four main types of Russian women's clothes. History, evolution, regional specifics, specifics of a cut.
- A woman's shirt or a ritual dress. Regional specifics. Spiritual meaning of a decoration.
- A sarafan: what is this? Regional specifics. Social meaning of a decoration.
- A Poneva-Skirt: what is this? Regional specifics. Social meaning of a decoration.
Master-class's options:
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- How to make a woman's shirt
- Choose the model of a shirt or a dress appropriate to a participant (according to her age, and family history).
- Take measures needed for the shirt or the dress.
- Make a sketch of the shirt or the dress of that measures.
- Cut your shirt together with us
- Tips and tricks of making Russian woman's shirt
- How to make a sarafan?
- Choose the model of a sarafan appropriate to a participant (according to her age, and family history).
- Take measures needed for the sarafan.
- Make a sketch of the sarafan of that measures.
- Cut your sarafan together with us
- Tips and tricks of making Russian sarafan
- How to make a poneva-skirt?
- Choose the model of a poneva appropriate to a participant (according to her age, and family history).
- Take measures needed for the poneva.
- Make a sketch of the poneva of that measures.
- Cut your poneva-skirt together with us
- Tips and tricks of making a poneva-skirt
For attending these master-classes
you will need >>>>>>
3. Traditional Children's (babies', toddlers', kids', teens') and Young Adults' Clothes
of the 17-19 centuries in Russia
A Lecture (appr. 1 hr 30 mins)
- A brief overview of a traditional Russian children's costume of the XVII-XIX centuries
- 0-8 years old: a baby, a toddler, a kid. Description of a costume. Reasoining of specific details: practical, social, spiritual.
- 7/8 - 14/15 years old: pre-teen and early teenager. Description of a costume. Reasoining of specific details: practical, social, spiritual.
- 14/15 years old - till a marriage (or, till 25 years old): a groom-to-be/a bride-to-be. Description of a costume. Reasoining of specific details: practical, social, spiritual.
A Master-class ( appr. 2 hrs)
- Choose the model of a shirt or a dress appropriate to your child (according to age, wealth and family history).
- Take measures needed.
- Make a sketch of the shirt/dress of that measures.
- Cut a shirt/dress for your child together with us
- Tips and tricks of making Russian kid's shirt/dress
For attending this master-class
you will need >>>>>>
4. Traditional Russian Embroidery (XI-XIX centuries).
A Lecture (appr. 1 hr 30 mins)
- The origin of the embroidery (Bibikova's theory).
- The symbolic language of the ancient embroidery: the meaning of main pictographs (10 of them). History and evolution of pictographs. Color symbolism of the embroidery.
- Degradation of the ancient embroidery in the XIX century: reasons and ways.
A Master-class (appr. 2 hrs)
- Introducing of different techniques and stitches of Russian embroidery: nabor, "painting"-stitch, counted stitch, tambour, cross stitch.
- The technique : how to make each of them.
- Choose a design for a project.
- Start the project.
For attending this master-class
you will need >>>>>>
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