Oryol and Kaluga man
Oryol and Kaluga man
The idea of these two stools arose from the first paragraph of Turgenevsky’s «Khor and Kalinich». Anyone who happened to read this work may remember that the Oryol man was short, gloomy, lives poorly, eats poorly and wears bast shoes. The Kaluga man is tall, neat, with a white and clean face. In the description of the Oryol peasant, I immediately arose the image of a low stool, with legs of different thicknesses, with some chaotic drawers and roughly processed, while in the description of the Kaluga peasant, the image of a stool made of a single piece of wood arose.
Subsequently, the image of the Oryol peasant was transferred to the material practically without changes, only weaving with rope was added on the legs, which imitate a garter with frills on the legs. Onuchi is an element of Russian peasant costume, essentially foot wraps, tied with a special rope — a frill. With the transfer of the description of the Kaluga peasant into the material, I moved away from the original concept and decided to make it lighter, reflecting the spirituality of the people, so the basis of its design was a mix of forms of Vladimir-Suzdal architecture and the domes of an Orthodox church.
Oryol man — solid oak, under black oil, jute rope. Height 49 cm, width and depth 35 cm. Kaluga man — solid ash under white oil. Height 53 cm, width and depth 38 cm. Made in a single copy. Price — 80,000 each.
Ivlev Dmitry Alexandrovich 2024
