saxsovari gardasul droTa MEMENTO OF THE TIME PAST saqarTvelos miwa minanqariviTaa, romlis TiToeuli kuT xe Tis asaki 3-4 aTaswleulis xnovanebisaa. es eqsponatebi imis Georgia’s land, like enamel’s golden partitions, fuses all of its parts Today’s artists refuse to neglect the traditional art forms and stay con- oqros tixaris wyalobiT civ da Tbil ferebad ebmis erT- magaliTia, rom aTa s wleu lebic ki pirobiTi cnebaa mSveniere- in a rainbow of warm and cool colors into a picture of diverse com- spicuously devoted to them. In the art objects made of leather, wood, maneTs da qmnis mravalferovan mTlianobas. basTan, rom silamaze da sulieri simaRle dros ar eqvemde- pleteness. metal, enamel or textiles, contemporary Georgian artists not only try bareba, rom gava dro da xalxur Semoqmedebaze amoizrdeba to absorb and finally assimilate the craft and the elements of traditional rogorc yvela Zveli xalxi, qarTvelebic Tavis istorias pri - individualuri xelovnebis daxvewili nimuSebi... Primitive craftsmanship, as it is a case with all ancient nations, marks art forms but they also crave to make their way to the genetic code of mitiuli xelosnobiT daiwyebdnen. Cvens arqeologiur Zegle- the starting point of the history of its people. Archeological sites in their supreme ancestors and mingle with their power of imagination, bze Zvlis uamravi sadgis-maxaTebia napovni, ris mi xed viTac aki asec moxda: TvalsaCinoa, rom Tanamedrove xelovanTa Se- the country have a large number of bone sewing needles and awls their creativity and inherent spirituality. Do not take them as mere copy- aSkara xdeba, rom adamiani tyavs amuSavebda da xelos nobis es moqmedebaSi araTu daviwyebulia, aramed mTavaria swo red indicating that leather was being tanned by the ancient inhabitants ists though; for them main objective is to grasp the innate nature of those dargi misi cxovrebisaTvis aucileblobas warmoadgenda. Zveli qarTuli xalxuri Semoqmedebisa da rewvis ge ne zisis and it was an essential part of their everyday lives. masterpieces and that kind of attitude is of great value for all of us. erTguleba... tyavze, xeze, liTonze, minanqarze Sesrulebul droTa ganmavlobaSi adamianma matylis damuSavebas mihyo namuSevrebSi, Tanamedrove naqsov-naqargebSi dRevandeli Gradually they started obtaining wool from sheep and as its domes- What is really important in those exhibits is the clearly visible route xeli da cxvari moiSinaura, jogebi gaamravla, cxvris maty li xelovani cdilobs amoicnos da Cawvdes Zveli xalxuri namu- tication, along with cattle, goats and pigs, became widespread, that took them from craft to art. They point at the high culture of the gakriWa, qalma Zafi daarTo da nairnairi Wrela-Wrula Sevrebis ara Tu mxolod Sesrulebis teq ni kas, aramed Seer- women started weaving colorful clothes from wool fabrics. nation that created them. These exhibits don’t reach us from the mu- tan sacmeli moiqsova... wyas, gza gaignos Zvel ostatTa ge ne ti ku ri kodisken, maTi seum walls but they come from real life and they belong to our people. fantaziis da mxatvruli azrovnebis Ta vi se burebisken, ezia - As the ever-searching human mind evolved it led them to a new dis- We must be proud that we are the descendants of those artists. aseve, Tavisi cxovrebis gariJraJze, maZiebelma gonebam ros mxolod qarTvelis sulierebi s Tvis damaxasiaTebel sa i- covery – pottery. Diversely colored and shaped vases, pots, bowls adamiani meTuneobis gamogonebamde miiyvana. wiTelma, Sav - dumlos. es swrafva – ara war sulis ubralo kopirebisken, and plates made the process of cooking and food consumption Past is surely wrapped in mystery but I tend to think that the objects pria la da nairnairi formis qoTnebma, dergebma, surebma, aramed am udidesi erovnuli sa gan Zu ris wvdoma-gaazrebisken – even easier, consequently refined potters, weavers and blacksmiths coming to us from the depths of the centuries never get discouraged do qebma, kecebma ufro moxerxebuli gaxada sWmel-sasmlis gamokveTili tendenciaa Cven Si da swored es aris faseuli. were highly respected in those primitive societies. when they get into the hands of (or, when they are picked by) the damzadeba da moxmareba. modern man. It seems to me they gently agree to make us happier am eqsponatebSi mTavaria is gza, romelic yofiTi xelos- It is a well-known fact that Georgia’s southern provinces were re now ned with their beauty and stay with us forever. n xolo meTune, vinc lamazsa da moxatul WurWels akeTebda, nobidan xelovnebamde amaRlda da formis daxvewilobiTa for the metal processing facilities and the blacksmiths in ancient Geor- sayovelTao pativiT iyo mosili. iseve, rogorc saukeTeso da sinatifiT misi Semoqmedi xalxis didi kulturis ma Cve - gian tribes were regarded as the outstanding masters of their craft. Besik Kharanauli mqsoveli da gamorCeuli mWedeli. ne beli Seiqna – imdenad, rom dResac xelovnebis umaRles nimuSebad gvevlineba. es eqsponatebi muzeumis kedlebidan Archaeological findings reveal much more than that. Along with a cnobilia, saqarTvelos samxreTi provinciebi warmoad gen - ki ar aris CamoRebuli, aramed realuri cxovrebidanaa da variety of man-made tools made of stone, clay, bronze or iron there dnen liTonis damuSavebis erT-erT uZveles centrs, xolo Cveni xalxis kuTvnilebaa... Cven gveamayeba, rom am Semo- is also a great number of human adornments namely, necklaces, qarTveluri modgmis tomebi samWedlo saqmianobis pirvel qmedi xalxis Svilebi varT. bracelets, ear-rings, bead embroideries, rings, many set in precious didostatebad arian miCneulni. metals. There is something so fantastic about the way they are warsulSi didi idumalebaa, magram mainc mgonia, rom ar made, beauty of it, plus astonishing technique, that even today we saqarTvelos arqeologiur ZeglebSi qvis, Tixis, brinjaosa swyinT gardasuli drois nivTebs, roca dRevandeli adami- contemplate them with awe. da rkinis iaraRebTan erTad uxvadaa warmodgenili adamianis anis xelSi moxvdebian, mgonia, rom Tanaxma arian, adami- samkaul-samSvenisebi: mZivebi, yelsabmebi, gulsakidebi, sa yu - anebma saukuneebis merec gaixaron maTi xilviT, datkbnen, Some of these artifacts date back to as far as III-IV centuries BC. These re ebi, samajurebi, beWdebi, sasafeTqleebi, romelTagan zo- Seiyvaron da arasodes gaeyaron gardasul droTa am um - breathtaking exhibits once again remind us that all is relative to the gierTi – oqro-vercxlisagan nakeTebi – im gva ri xelov ne biTaa Sve nieres saxsovars. n beauty and that the beauty and spiritual advancement are beyond time damzadebuli, iseTi rTuli teqnikiTaa Sesrulebuli, rom and so as time passes more and more sophisticated art objects emerge dRevandeli adamianis gaocebas iwvevs. am nivTebidan zogier- besik xaranauli from the traditional art forms. At least, that’s how it is in Georgia.
ქისა, ტრადიციული ქართული ნაქარგობა Purse, Georgian Tradition Embroidery 40 GEL ლარი ფერიცვალების დედათა მონასტერი Mothers’ Monastery of Transfiguration ტელ./Tel. 599 931856 სამაჯური, ტრადიციული ქართული ნაქარგობა Bracelet, Georgian Tradition Embroidery 20 GEL ლარი ფერიცვალების დედათა მონასტერი Mothers’ Monastery of Transfiguration ტელ./Tel. 599 931856 ქისა ლეილა აბურჯანია ხალხური რეწვის ოსტატი, ქარგულობა Purse Leila Aburjania Master of Georgian folk and crafts production 90 GEL ლარი ტელ./Tel. 599 953841 წინდა ელისო არაბული ხალხური რეწვის ოსტატი, ქარგულობა, ქსოვა Sock Eliso Arabuli Master of folk and crafts production, knitting 20 GEL ლარი ტელ./Tel. 595 424697 გობელენი, ქამარი ნინო ქვრივიშვილი Tapestry, Belt Nino Kvrivishvili 150 GEL ლარი ტელ./Tel. 595 515317 ხელთათმანი მერი ჭინჭარაული ხალხური რეწვის ოსტატი, ქსოვა, ქარგულობა Gloves Meri Chincharauli Master of folk and crafts production, knitting ტელ./Tel. 595 261431 15 GEL ლარი პაჭიჭები Pachichebi (Khevsurian slippers) 70 GEL ლარი წინდა Sock 30 GEL ლარი წინდა (მაღალყელიანი) თინათინ არაბული ხალხური რეწვის ოსტატი, ქსოვა, ქარგულობა Stoching Tinatin Arabuli Master of folk and crafts production, knitting 50 GEL ლარი ტელ./Tel. 598 972320