19th Century Hutsul Ceramics

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Television Film Studio "Ukrtelefilm", 1988.

The TV film "From Fire and Earth. 19th Century Hutsul Ceramics" is dedicated to the collection of Hutsul ceramics from the funds of the Lviv Museum of Ethnography and Artistic Crafts and the Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine.

On the video: a conversation between art historians, a reference, a demonstration of ceramic products from different angles.

Art historians Lyudmila Lysenko, Ihor Shcherbak, Vasyl Skurativsky talk about Hutsul ceramics.

Reference: Hutsul ceramics is a traditional folk craft that has been developing since the 15th century, with the most significant centers in Kosiv, Pistyn, Kuty and Kolomyia. A technological feature is the unique technique of "rituvaniya" - painting a dried product covered with white engobe, followed by double firing. The ornamentation of the products includes stylized images of flowers, trees, animals, human types and saints, as well as everyday scenes from Hutsul life, which makes this pottery one of the most striking phenomena of Ukrainian folk decorative art.