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The most famous ceramic center in Moldova is located at Marginea (Bucovina, Suceava County), its emblem being the black colour ceramic that is obtained without the use of paints. Tradition of pottery is old at Marginea, descending to 1500. Some authors appreciate that the black ceramics at Marginea is a Dacian heritage, given the presence of this type of pottery in some Geto-Dacian and Neolithic archaeological sites. The craft of black ceramics has been passed along generations, and now there are only few potters in Marginea. The most famous of them, the Magopat family, established a ceramic complex in the western part of the commune, where there are workshops, shops and a restaurant with local specifics (formerly ethnographic museum). The workshops are also a tourist landmark, and visitors can see live how clay turns miraculously into a pot. The "secret" of black ceramics lies in the way of burning. Thus, towards the end of the burning, all the openings of the furnace are closed, and the burning continues to be stifled, the smoke impregnating the surface of the vessels. Grinding with a quartz-rich stone gives a great metallic gloss. At the disposal of the visitors of the ceramic complex there are shops where they can admire and buy a lot of ceramic articles, from pots for stuffed cabbage rolls boiling, to fine decorative objects. Also, many other handicraft products are exhibited in these shops.
28 май 2017
