Flowers

Flower brooches are most popular among women. Initially these brooches were painted in Zhostovo style. Zhostovo is a world-famous Russian folk art center known by its painted trays decorated with bright bunches of flowers on the black background. This panting techniques is used in painting of brooches - bright paints, wide brush strokes, contrast shadows are main features of Zhostovo style painting. The brooches are painted on papier-mache base with oil paints and finished with glossy lacquer.