Every year, fragments of an entire civilisation disappear without record. These essays and articles explore the stories, people, and ideas behind this vanishing history: who made these works of art, why they matter, and what it means to lose them.
The use and type of ceramics underwent a series of evolutions across the Soviet Union’s history. It became one of the USSR’s most-used materials, turning up across Soviet mosaics, reliefs, and more. This piece covers the six ceramic bodies, how glazes and salts behave in the kiln, and how a fired panel was made, sorted, and fixed to contribute to a synthesis of the arts.
The first guide to the industrial capital of Transnistria, featuring a collosal mosaic in a village hall that has run out of villagers to the eclectic Soviet bus stops portraying the region’s steel and cement works.
The first guide to Moldova's least-visited district, from a folk-mosaic house of culture on the Ukrainian border to the collective-farm villages of the Dniester river.
The use and type of ceramics underwent a series of evolutions across the Soviet Union’s history. It became one of the USSR’s most-used materials, turning up across Soviet mosaics, reliefs, and more. This piece covers the six ceramic bodies, how glazes and salts behave in the kiln, and how a fired panel was made, sorted, and fixed to contribute to a synthesis of the arts.
The first guide to the industrial capital of Transnistria, featuring a collosal mosaic in a village hall that has run out of villagers to the eclectic Soviet bus stops portraying the region’s steel and cement works.
The first guide to Moldova's least-visited district, from a folk-mosaic house of culture on the Ukrainian border to the collective-farm villages of the Dniester river.
