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Fuel - Home Made Russia Post - Soviet Folk Artefacts - Hardcover
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Description: Each of these objects is personal and has a personality a story. In an age of in - built obsolescence there's something very radical in that. - Owen Hatherley Tribune magazine A reprinted edition of the highly popular book from 2006. Home Made Russia features over 220 artefacts of Soviet culture each accompanied by a photograph of the creator their story of how the object came about its function and the materials used to create it. The Vladimir Arkhipov collection includes hundreds of objects created with often idiosyncratic functional qualities made for use both inside and outside the home such as a tiny bathtub plug carefully fashioned from a boot heel; a back massager made from an old wooden abacus; a road sign used as a street cleaner's shovel; and a doormat made from beer bottle tops. Home Made Russia presents a unique picture of a critical period of transition as the Soviet regime crumbled but was yet to be replaced with a new system. Each of these objects is a window not only into the life of its creator but also the situation of the country at this time. Shortages in stores were commonplace while wages might be paid in goods or simply not paid at all. These exceptional circumstances lent themselves to a singular type of ingenuity respectfully documented in intimate detail by Vladimir Arkhipov.
Title: Home Made Russia Post - Soviet Folk Artefacts
Author(s): Fuel, Stephen Sorrell
Publisher: Fuel Publishing
Barcode: 9781916218475
Pages: 304 Pages, 200 Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 4/12/2022
Category: Handicrafts, Decorative Arts & Crafts
Description: Each of these objects is personal and has a personality a story. In an age of in - built obsolescence there's something very radical in that. - Owen Hatherley Tribune magazine A reprinted edition of the highly popular book from 2006. Home Made Russia features over 220 artefacts of Soviet culture each accompanied by a photograph of the creator their story of how the object came about its function and the materials used to create it. The Vladimir Arkhipov collection includes hundreds of objects created with often idiosyncratic functional qualities made for use both inside and outside the home such as a tiny bathtub plug carefully fashioned from a boot heel; a back massager made from an old wooden abacus; a road sign used as a street cleaner's shovel; and a doormat made from beer bottle tops. Home Made Russia presents a unique picture of a critical period of transition as the Soviet regime crumbled but was yet to be replaced with a new system. Each of these objects is a window not only into the life of its creator but also the situation of the country at this time. Shortages in stores were commonplace while wages might be paid in goods or simply not paid at all. These exceptional circumstances lent themselves to a singular type of ingenuity respectfully documented in intimate detail by Vladimir Arkhipov.
Title: Home Made Russia Post - Soviet Folk Artefacts
Author(s): Fuel, Stephen Sorrell
Publisher: Fuel Publishing
Barcode: 9781916218475
Pages: 304 Pages, 200 Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 4/12/2022
Category: Handicrafts, Decorative Arts & Crafts
