{"id":547,"date":"2010-03-22T16:44:49","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T16:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/notechmagazine.com\/2010\/03\/contemporary-russian-folk-artifacts.html"},"modified":"2015-10-14T00:33:12","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T22:33:12","slug":"contemporary-russian-folk-artifacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/2010\/03\/contemporary-russian-folk-artifacts.html","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary Russian Folk Artifacts"},"content":{"rendered":"
Vladimir Arkhipov’s “Home-Made<\/a>” (Amazon link) presents objects made by ordinary Russians inspired by a lack of immediate access to manufactured goods during the collapse of the Soviet Union. Each of the more than 220 artifacts is accompanied by a photograph of the creator, their story of how the object came about, its function and the materials used to create it.<\/p>\n The book is expensive, but you can find some pictures and stories here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>. Related (but the Soviets obviously had better materials): Jailhouse Technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n Forum<\/strong><\/p>\n Arkhipov continues the reach of his project through his multilingual Folk Forum website<\/a> where anyone is free to post<\/a> examples of hand-made objects. The website is not very user-friendly (tip: start by manipulating the layers), but it hosts some great ideas and pictures (some of them below).<\/p>\n Thanks, Caroline!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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