The robes of priests, icons, candles and the whole furnishings in churches are created at several production sites, among which the largest is the art-production enterprise "Sofrino". Not everyone is able to enter the territory of this restricted facility - the more interesting it is to see what is done there and how.
The range of products manufactured in Sofrino is great. Literally everything is done here: they cast candles, paint icons, print books, create church utensils.
On the territory of the enterprise there is a church where every worker of Sofrino can enter.
All the arrangement of the temple was made by local craftsmen.
In addition to the temple, there is also a museum - it presents interesting and even rare examples of church utensils, icons and everything related to the Russian Orthodox Church.
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Icons are collected in the glazed showcases, and options for the vestments of clergy are presented on mannequins.
Icon painting workshops:
There are many workshops in Sofrino. In some, icons are painted.
The painting is done manually. In addition to simple icons, masters perform solid custom-made works. Of course, their cost differs from the budget options at times.
Jewelry products:
Expensive custom-made icons are decorated with semi-precious and precious stones and are made using gilding, embossing, and enameling.
Graver D. S. Sergeev makes an icon with engraving on gesso and gilding:
Please note: the artists are democratically dressed, and there is no specific dress code at the enterprise.
Icons in the showroom:
Sofrino also has restoration workshops employing highly qualified craftsmen.
Candle factory:
In "Sofrino" patriarch, bishop, chandelier, wedding, required, souvenir candles are made. They differ in size and, of course, in purpose. If previously only wax was used for the production of candles, now they are stamped from a mixture of paraffin, ceresin, artificial wax or stearin, and dyes give them a characteristic yellow color.
To create the illusion of a real melting wax during burning, aromas that smell like honey are added to the candle mass.
Such candles are cheaper and easier to manufacture - they can be made in hundreds of thousands, and at the same time mechanically, and not manually.
Finished products are packed and taken to the warehouse.
Sewing factory:
Church vestments are made by sewing workshops. The modest attire of monks and luxurious, gold-embroidered mitres, robes, surplice, epitrachili, cuffs and much more are performed here. The equipment in the workshops is modern - embroidery is done using high-tech machines.
The embroidery sketch is developed by the designer.
Festive church vestments are made of expensive fabrics (velvet, brocade) and decorated with expensive hand-made or more budgetary embroidery. The cost, for example, of a set for a bishop is up to 230 thousand rubles in the basic version. Individually ordered items are, of course, even more expensive.
This is how the assembly of the bishop's miter takes place.
The cost of this headdress speaks for itself. This is a ceremonial bishop's miter with hand embroidery. Although there are budget options that can be purchased for 7,000 - 20,000 rubles.
Foundry:
The main leading workshop of Sofrino is foundry. It produces the largest range of products for church utensils: chandeliers, candlesticks, seven-branched candelabra, salty lattices, fonts, crosses for domes and about 400 other items. It also produces castings for other divisions of the plant.
Detail of the chandelier:
The foundry is located in five separate rooms on the plant's grounds. Each of them performs separate operations. In one, for example, they are exclusively engaged in casting parts. For this, molding sandy-clay mixtures are used or other technologies are used: injection molding, metal chill casting, investment casting, vacuum and centrifugal vacuum casting. In addition, in other areas, they are engaged in milling, polishing, and assembling the finished product.
Chandelier assembly area:
Finished products in the showroom:
The cost of the foundry products is, of course, impressive.
Briefly about prices:
Exhibition Hall "Sofrino":
Sofrino's products are going with a bang. The business has stores all over the country and is thriving. The same cannot be said about the dying factories and factories that were built in the USSR, but are now out of work. New time - new trends.
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