Tatti (Boletus Mushroom)
A set of four nesting containers
Material: Linden, paint, lacquer
Manufactured in Semenov, Russia
Size: 150 x 150 mm.
Design: Aamu Song / COMPANY 2015
SECRETS OF RUSSIA travels.
Waiting for a train somewhere in the vast Russia in -20 Celcius.
Mushrooms belong to our ’Secrets of Russia’ -collection. A few years ago Aamu Song and Johan Olin set on a journey to explore Russian manufacturing secrets. The travels, which took us from Moscow to Urals, into Siberia and to the Caucasus, resulted in collaboration with tens of traditional manufacturers. After each factory visit – and after we learned each of the traditional manufacturing skills – we designed new products based on these traditions.
Turning linden wood. Each matryoshka is unique since only tools used are the experienced eyes of the wood work masters.
Before the matryoshkas are painted they take a bath in potato starch
porridge. Here the dolls are dried before paint.