Requests and offers
What participants need and what they are ready to offer.
Industrial designer wanted for a tableware line
The Travny Lad workshop is looking for an industrial designer to develop a tableware line with traditional Khokhloma painting: shapes that can be produced in series, with room planned for the painting. Experience with wood or ceramics is welcome.
Gzhel painters wanted for a small series
The Kobalt i Sneg brand is looking for Gzhel painters for a small series of tea ware. The brand supplies the shapes and white porcelain; the painters are asked to paint to agreed sketches.
Partner wanted for an exhibition of lacquer miniatures abroad
The Zolotaya Tempera workshop would like to show Palekh miniatures abroad and is looking for a partner: a cultural centre, a gallery or an exhibition organiser. We can prepare a display of 30–40 works and demonstrate the painting technique.
Partner wanted for a New Year series of toys
The Zarechnaya Glina workshop is preparing a series of Dymkovo tree decorations and is looking for a retail partner: a shop, a museum shop or a gift brand. A co-branded release is possible.
Clothing brand wanted for a collection with lace
The Lunnaya Nit lace workshop is looking for a clothing brand for a joint collection: lace collars, cuffs and inserts made on bobbins in the Vologda technique. We are ready to draw up prickings for the brand’s designs.
Advice on the history of ornament
The art historian Vera Sukhonskaya advises workshops and brands: she finds historical examples of painting and helps to check the ornament of a new collection and to prepare product descriptions.
Packaging design for craft products
The Tonky Sloy studio offers to design packaging for workshops’ gift series: a box, a label and an insert with the story of the craft. We allow for fragile items and small runs.
Venues wanted for a travelling exhibition of northern crafts
The Severny Posad association of workshops is looking for museums and exhibition halls willing to host a travelling exhibition of Mezen painting and Kholmogory bone carving.