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Three Magic Windows

Posted on February 27th, 2010 by jsurba.
Categories: Julia Surba, Kuzhebar, Pyrography Art, foto.

Old Kuzhebar legends tell about courageous travellers, who took risks to travel through different reality tunnels, so they could see other worlds which were different from one we usually know. Sometimes these travellers brought some objects from the visited worlds or they tried to depict them. The images were used by them to get into the world they liked again.

Here are Three Magic Windows into three different worlds “reconstructed” by Julia Surba.

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Kuzhebar Design last news

Posted on December 21st, 2009 by jsurba.
Categories: Julia Surba, Kuzhebar Design, drums, foto, music instruments, pyrography.

Design for different futujara-sets

silver symbols on black  background (opaque)

bronze symbols on brown  background (glossy)

golden symbols on black background (glossy)

custom design (shipibo style) on black background (glossy)
for Esteban Kutzwor

special design for overtone flute set for Andreas Vollenweider
 

the test of the new overtone flute set by Andreas

new frame drums with pyrography are coming  out.
Here is the first finished frame

Drums by David&Roman Drums

Pyrography by Julia Surba

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Worlds of Ancient Kuzhebar

Posted on October 4th, 2009 by jsurba.
Categories: Ancient Kuzhebar, Julia Surba, Pyrography Art, foto.

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A new video is out now, where the world of Ancient Kuzhebar is presented with pyrography art of Julia Surba in a beautiful accompanying of music of Vladiswar Nadishana. Please Enjoy:

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Back from international ethnic music festival “KRUTUSHKA 2009” (Tatarstan)

Posted on September 26th, 2009 by jsurba.
Categories: Julia Surba, Nadishana, exhibitions, festivals, foto.

Actually it was a birthday of the festival and we were happy to be there, because it was just great! Very open and friendly atmosphere,

interesting program:

place close to nature

and joyful, creative collaborations with  friends. We took part at several projects there. Here are some of them:

Our exhibition stand with music instruments and stuff from Kuzhebar Design

henna body art workshop

solo concert of Nadishana:

participation at the folklore theater show “Nu-Nu” (according to an african tale) by out friends theater “Utshonyi Medved”, Moscow

first rehearsal

and then the magic show itself
      

our performance:

and a new video recording of the ethno-fusion group Khool Zhingel

By the way Khool Zhingel (Alexander Batrakov & Dina Bashkirova) were the orginizers of the festival, big thank to them for this great event and all the best for the next Krutushka!

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Big size and original size art-prints on canvas with pyrography-art of Julia Surba (Ancient Kuzhebar

Posted on September 5th, 2009 by jsurba.
Categories: Ancient Kuzhebar, Julia Surba, Pyrography Art, design, foto.

1. "Urhat"  44,5×66cm (49,- Euro)

                           
One of the three mystical birds of Ancient Kuzhebar. As the ancient kuzhebarian tales say Urhat has four eyes and one of those is a human one. With it the bird can see the world in the way human beeings do. Three other eyes of Urhat are looking into three different worlds: the spirit world, the world of living beeings and the "horhu"-world, the world of different living beeings. Ancient Kuzhebarina tales say that Urhat tought people how to create magic sounds by using special devices, that is why it is always shown playing a flute, a jew..s harp or a ghost catcher.

2. "Gloomy Bird", 59×84cm (64,- Euro)

One of the three mystical birds of Ancient Kuzhebar.Kuzhebarian tales say about three mystical birds, who are providers of different power-sorces. For mortals, however, the birds were dangerous and indifferent at the same time.One of them symbolizes darkness, another light and the third one wisdom.
Kuzhebarian people believed that each of these birds come to each person one time a life and everybody has to choose with which of them to be connected. People give their emotions, intentions and thoughts like food to the birds and birds provide them a power they have. One gives the power to complain or to be angry, another the power to be joyful and to laugh, and the third one gives access to wisdom.

3. "Genealogy of Ancient Kuzhebar", 32×200cm (95,- Euro)

This object depicts the history of genesis and development of genetic lines of Ancient Kuzhebar. Like all other ancient kuzhebarian pyro-writings it is to read from the centre into both directions: up and down.

The central figure is the arch-father and creator of Ancient Kuzhebar – Yagdyn Staroy. According to ancient kuzhebarian tales he has four faces looking to the four winds. Each face was blown by the special wind, his “caboo”* were fluttering in these winds. (* “Caboo” are special unaccountable outgrowths on Yagdynґ faces.)
Yagdyns being exists in a turquoise-blue ambience similar to water. His usual attribute is a big crystal-clear fancifully formed seashell, Yagyn lets it sound with the help of his caboo.

Yagdyn is always accompanied by “Tupata” – mystic creatures, who help by realization of his intention (on the left and on the right side of Yagdyn). Tupatas are everpresent, they are usually shown with two heads looking opposite.
According to kuzhebarian tales they possess the unique capability to transform themselves and their ambience. Ancient Kuzhebarґ aborigines appreciated these capabilities of Tupata. Ancient kuzhebariean hallowed larvae and pupas like heralds of Tupata, because they could change their biological form during their life.

4. "World Picture" 53×83cm (58,- Euro)

This is a picture of the world with higher, middle an underworld on it.
5. "Karma Knot" 53×64,5cm (45,-Euro)

                   
This object depicts a creation process of a music CD of Nadishana "Russian-Tuvinian Karama Knot".

6. Mandala"World Structure" 40,5×40,5cm (19,-Euro)

The solar symbol in the centre depicts the arch-father of Ancient Kuzhebar – Yagdyn. The inner circle build Dethless Creatures, who bring into the world different kinds of beings, which symbols you can see on the external circle.  On the frontal world plane  it is easily  to recognise axles, which present the vision of an always growing and renewing world.

7. "Father of the Sky" 21×81,5cm (39,- Euro)

                                            
This object depicts a kuzhebarian tale about Father of the Sky and his daughter.In the center you can see Father of Sky by holding the sky with stars. The pattern on the bottom of the object depicts Father of Sky teaching his daughter to polish stars. He is standing on the half moon with his twisted magic hairs, which fall down like rain.

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Festival report. Folkest 2009, Spilimbergo (Italy)

Posted on August 1st, 2009 by jsurba.
Categories: exhibitions, festivals, foto, music instruments.

Very nice festival with old tradition, which is focused mostly on folk music from Italy with participation of folk and ethno-fusion music bands from over the world.

The festival goes a whole month long and travels trhough different cities of Italy. The finish concerts of the festival takes place in Spilimbergo, an old small  sunny town (not far from Venice) with friendly and open people around.

The life in Spilimbergo is really very relaxed. The town is dead between 12:00 and 17:00,  the hottest time of a day:)

But in the evening all festival areas were full. There were 3 stages with rich program during the festival and near each about 500-800 listeners. Also by the concert of Nadishana, who finished the festival program.

The concert was really successful and people react very enthusiastic during it.

We also presented our music instruments and art object during the festival.

It is strange but presenting of music instruments is not typical for Folkest. We had only one neighbour stand with classical harps from Italy.

There were many people who saw such kind of instrument as a jew harp for the first time. But some already knew this instrument because in Sicily exists a similar one called “scacciapensieri” (what means in Italian: “it drives thoughts away”) I saw how people liked our futujara and were very thankful for its presentation. Kuaamu also found theirs fans in Italy.

We enjoyed our stay in Spilimbergo, a city with a special south flavor. And we are really thankful to Andrea, Alessandro, Odette and other festival stuff for help and support during the festival.

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Festival report. Airvault 2009

Posted on July 31st, 2009 by jsurba.
Categories: exhibitions, festivals, foto, music instruments.

Le RĂŞve de l’Aborigène ‘09

Absolutely great festival!

At the beginning there were only two persons who brought and developed the idea of the festival: Sylvestre& Fred.

On the pic below Nadishana (left) and Silvestre (right)

This year the festival happens for the 8th time and as usual brings together many musicians and alternative people from all over the world. This time there were over 4.000 people who enjoyed their beeing together from till of July in a beautiful place in the nature  near the city Airvault in France.

Thhe festival is focused on didgeridoo, jew harps and troat thinging.

On the festival area you could  see many groups of people playing together just for fun or testing music instruments on many stands.

The first part of the day was full of different workshops (on the pic below – jew harp workshop of Nadishana)

and of open stage performances

and in the evening everybody was attracted by the rich and  interesting concert program on the main stage under  powerfull cedar trees.

My personal favorites in the concert program were Dörvön Berkh-group with traditional throat singing (Mongolia), Dubravko Lapaine (Croatia) with his incerdible didg techniques and Nadishana (!). Sorry for no pics, I was filming during concerts:)

The remarkable side of the festival is that it is not only devoted to music but also present and support the alternative style of life. Everything goes in an ecological way.  Alkohol on the festival is absolutely forbidden, what creates a very rare atmosphare of clearness, joy and pure celebration. We enjoyed it a lot!!! I didn t see any dust during all our beeing there (only in the dust bins ).More than that on the festival you can find only very good organic food, and there is no use of one way dishes, people wash up themselves, doesn t matter if you are an orginizer of the festival or an artist or a visitor.

Me and Nadishana were very happy to be on the festival with the concert and  stand with music instruments and art objects.    

We also thank for good organisation, for the interest to our art and for the great atmosphare during the concert of Nadishana. First time in my life I saw such sensitive and enthusiastic listeners!

I would also like to use the possibility to thank all people who sincere helped us during the festival. Long live Le RĂŞve de l’Aborigène!   I am sure we ll come back there again. It is really a place to be!

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Website updates!

Posted on April 30th, 2009 by jsurba.
Categories: design, foto, henna painting, music instruments, pyrography.

Please check out pyrography (all galleries) and logo section, music instruments, henna design to discover new artwork!

Some of update examples are here, please enjoy!

fashion section will be updated soon too!

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New custom Frame Drum with Pyrography

Posted on April 30th, 2009 by jsurba.
Categories: design, drums, foto, music instruments, pyrography.

was made newly for musician Erik Anderson

Drum: David&Roman Drums

Pyrography: Julia Surba

Feedback from Erik when he got his drum:

“Hi Julia,

I’m very impressed with your fine art work as well as the drum in general.  What a pleasure to own such a fine instrument. 

Sincerely,

Erik”

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Report about our visit to Pirenostrum 2008

Posted on August 16th, 2008 by jsurba.
Categories: exhibitions, foto, music instruments.

The old small charming village Boltana placed high in Pyrenees gave kind welcome for music instruments builders, musicians and guests  from different countries. They all came because of Pirenostrum, the festival of music instruments.

Here everybody knows each other and the old stoned houses called “casa” always have their own names. For our exhibition stand we got place in the beautiful casa Coronel.
   

Each day was full of program and a lot of visitors came to see and to try bagpipes from differents parts of Spain, hurdy gurdy, flutes, drums etc. etc. etc…  The old casa Coronel was full with people too. They   were interested in our instruments: jews harps, futuristic fujaras, futujaras

and bagpipes as also nice small flutes from Mallorca called Xirimjeta made by our friend Junajo: a talented painter, ceramist,  biologist and bagpipe builder in one! With him we were happy to travel and have the stand together.

during smal breaks Julia was decorating the bagpipe made by Junajo and Nadishana was playing Futuristic Fujara, so no time was lost there:)!

During the festival there were two good surprises, which were very special for us. The first was a meeting with an innovator in bagpipe building – Francisco Calvo Regueiro, very nice person. His gaitas can be easily played for about half an hour without hard blowing into the bag!!! Sounds like a dream for a bagpipe player, wright?! And Francisco was very interested in futurustuc fujara. Of course in this situation the exchange of instruments was the best solution for both: Nadishana and Francisco:)

The second thing was a meeting with a boy from the village who had seen the concert of Vladiswar Nadishana at the Conspiremus-festival two years ago and was infected by the wish to learn to play jews harp. We remembered him well, because he came after the concert to the stage to see the jews harp from a close distance, and Nadishana was showing him how it works. Now he came especially to get his first jews harp from Nadishana and was very happy after he hold his own one in the hand. We hope to see him next time playing!

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