Работаем сохраняя традиции и технологию производства Вятского капового промысла.

For centuries Vyatka craftsmen have been working on wood processing. It is not surprising that it was they who laid the foundation for the one-of-a-kind kapokoreshkovy craft.

The burl, or growth on a tree, is an amazing material. It is called forest porphyry and wood malachite. The largest museum collections in Russia have preserved fine examples of burl ware. She flaunted at the royal feasts next to the gilded and silver ones.

Burl is found on oak, walnut, black alder, aspen, but more often on birch. It lends itself well to processing, does not shrink, does not crack, does not swell, does not shrink, is durable and weighty. The thinner the pattern and the larger the burl, the more expensive it is.

In the Vyatka province, the birch burl was the most widespread, the most beautiful in design and color. Thanks to this material, an interesting carpentry and turning craft arose.

Grigory Makarov, a carpenter from the district town of Slobodskoy, who lived in the first quarter of the 19th century, is considered the ancestor of burl business on Vyatka land. He made caskets and snuffboxes of strict geometric shapes and correct proportions from thin burl plates, corresponding to the then popular style of classicism. But his main merit was the addition of wooden hinges to the products, which he adopted from a "curious little thing" - a Scottish snuff-box that accidentally fell into his hands. Precise manufacturing of teeth and corresponding recesses of the mechanism, as well as drilling with thin wire, have long been included in the arsenal of the next generations of kapovschik masters.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, more than a hundred craftsmen were engaged in this trade, their products were sold through a zemstvo warehouse or through buyers, including abroad - to England, France, Germany.

Over time, the number of Vyatka kapovschikov grew, but these were scattered handicraftsmen who faced the acute issue of expanding and mechanizing production. Artels appeared, and at the same time a new direction in burl production - carving and artistic inlay. These works were successfully exhibited at prestigious exhibitions in Paris (1936) and New York (1937). In 1958, at the World Exhibition in Brussels, the Ideal artel was awarded the Grand Prix for its products. Later, this artel became a factory.

Today, several enterprises in the region specialize in the production of burl products. The range of products is wide: boxes, chests, bowls, candlesticks, cigarette cases, ashtrays, photo frames, cases for jewelry, collectible coins and watches. Artistic products are in demand both in the Kirov region and abroad.