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Chasing (from the Turkic "chekan" - "axe, hammer") is a type of decorative and applied art, in which the artist embosses a relief image on sheet metal with a special tool. Chasing, along with forging, casting and engraving, is also one of the oldest techniques of artistic metalworking. The history of chasing knows such objects of art as Tutankhamun's mask, the Monument to the Worker and Collective Farm Woman, the Statue of Liberty.
Chasing decorated the Bible and the Koran, icons and knight's armor, expensive dishes and interior items.
Chasing allows you to breathe harmony into the strict framework of metal to convey the beauty and spirit of its time through the centuries.
Islom Musinov is a master coppersmith and chaser in the fifth generation. His grandfather - Salim Khamidov - revived the family craft in 1966 and in 1980 passed it on to his grandson to preserve and continue the mastery of chasing in the ancient Bukhara style. Islom Musinov has been an active member of the Art Academy of Uzbekistan since 2001. Since 1996, his works have been presented in museums in France and Great Britain as examples of the creativity of the peoples of multi-ethnic Uzbekistan and the cultural heritage of the Bukhara Emirate and formerly the Bukhara Khanate, a powerful Central Asian state that left a rich trace in world history and culture. The State Museum of Uzbekistan presents a copy of a jug (kumgan) dating back to the 9th century AD, which was made by master Islom Musinov. Since 2008, the master has also mastered the art of through chasing, the most complex and painstaking direction of this ancient craft.
Products of chasing, created by the hands of a true master, carry the spirit and legends of generations and are able to serve many generations, being passed on by inheritance.
PRODUCT CATALOG
Author: master Islom Musinov
City: Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Height: 27 cm
Weight: 580 grams
Material: brass
Features: handmade, used for water (served to guests to wash their hands after meals, also given as dowry to daughters when they get married).
Chasing style: Bukhara
Author: master Islom Musinov
City: Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Height: 30 cm
Weight: 550 grams
Material: brass
Features: handmade, used for water (served to guests to wash their hands after meals, also given as dowry to daughters when they get married).
Coining style: Bukhara