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Lithuanian Folk Art

Artist: Kalvis Raimonds

-Blacksmithing for more than thirty years

-Cultural Monuments Restoration Trust

-Founded his own company (UAB "Vilniaus Kalviai")

-2010 received the highest category a national heritage creator certificate.

Hand Forged Monumental Cross/Sun 🔥

Forged crosses for monuments are created and produced in Vilnius and its surroundings.

Measurements:

-24 Inches High

-15 Inches Long

Weight

-2.7 Pounds

SO STUNNING AND INTRICATE! DETAILS ARE AMAZING AND TIME CONSTRUCTED MUST HAVE BEEN LONG!

Iron crosses made by blacksmiths - iron peaks - occupy an important place among the monuments of Lithuanian folk architecture. Chapel pillars, roof pillars, chapels, crosses, churchyard and cemetery gates were decorated with iron tops.

 These are not only excellent examples of blacksmithing, but also forms and symbols reminiscent of pre-Christian times. Sun rays, crescents, snakes, plants are intertwined here. These motifs can be found in household items, textiles, and furniture. Folk blacksmiths worked together with folk architects, master builders. The tops, like other ironwork, were hammered with the simplest tools. Blacksmiths used flat iron strips, iron bars with a round or square cross-section, iron tin. In the heated forge, iron was processed in various ways: hammered, hammered, drawn, split, turned, bent, crossed. The tops were formed by blacksmiths from separate parts, which were welded or riveted.

Symbolism of cross ornamentation

The ornaments of Lithuanian blacksmith's crosses were passed down from generation to generation, so many of them remained unchanged or very little changed. From prehistoric times came geometric ornaments, which consist of straight lines, preserved in fabrics and clothes. The geometric ornament is considered the first and simplest beautifying ornament of Lithuanian origin, which was used.