Volumetric Shuttle Tatting (Frivolite),
with glass and beads

Rina Stepnaya

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I opened RUSSIAN VERSION of the ANKARS Gallery in http://rina-ankars.narod.ru

What wonderful news for you! My friend Angella Safonova, the great master of ANKARS, opened the ANKARS Gallery too! Her address is http://sergeyvs.narod.ru

My friend Natalia Cherkasova opened the ANKARS Gallery too! It is in Russian, but you can see the picture of her beautiful, fine works! The address of Natalia's site is http://ankars.narod.ru

I shall be glad have contact with you. My email:
© 1998 nxstp@cityline.ru

The engineering AHKARS was developed in art workshop "ANKARS" ("Kruzevnica") by me and Angelina Rozanova and graduates of our workshop Angella Safonova, Tatiyana Vladimirova, Olga Doroshiuk and other. Everyone of our works is exclusive and was inventing by master which maked it.

We are using glass beads (from Czech) and tatting techniques in ANKARS, but not only it. Tatting (tatting by shuttle) technique is basis of our work. When we work, we are using tatting shuttle, but we are using needles too. Except of it, we are using very slim metal wire (as the instrument for work), and some special instruments. Every master inventing his own ways of works and own elements of them. You can see that the works by each master is difference of works by other masters.

We use metallic threads in our works. It is metallic threads from Germany ("Madeira"), from Italy ("Luna") and so on. The metal wire we sometimes use too, but only as a carcass for some of works.

I teach to ANKARS in Moscow (in Russia). My course of ANKARS now is consists of 45 lessons (every lesson is continue during 3 hours) . During the first 8 lessons my pupils are learning tatting by shuttle; next 2 lessons they are learning tatting by shuttle with bead and bead work. And then they are learning ANKARS - 33 lessons. ANKARS is our exclusive technique, it is our "know how".

Except for the works I, from the sanction of the authors, shall acquaint you with works of other foremen.

Our clauses were published in the almanac "Colleague" # 2 for 1997. (Moscow) And magazine " National creativity # 1 for 1998 (Moscow).
Ankars Gallery

I shall be glad have contact with you. My email:
© 1998 nxstp@cityline.ru