Róbert Rigó - Roma in Slovakia
created: 13. 01. 2022 14:21 modified: 13. 01. 2022 14:21
The map of Slovakia was forged in 2014. "I wanted to forge the map before, but there was never time for that," says its author Róbert Rigó. A Roma wheel is built on the map, which symbolizes the history of the Roma in Slovakia. "Everyone who looks at the product knows what I wanted. It is a delicate product, small and affordable," added R. Rigó. Product dimensions: 15.4 cm (length), 6 cm (width), 6.3 cm (height).
Róbert Rigó is an artistic blacksmith from Dunajská Lužná. Hand-forged items come from his blacksmith shop and the Hephaeston blacksmith shop. From small candlesticks to large railings or dominant gates. They can be found all over Slovakia and in many countries around the world.
Róbert Rigó focuses on traditional works with an effort to preserve old Romani blacksmith motifs and techniques.
He is the chairman of OZ Charťikano, which organizes an event called the European Roma Forging Symposium.
In the past, Dunajská Lužná was called the Iron Village. The blacksmith craft has a tradition of more than 300 years and to this day there is the largest number of blacksmith workshops in the whole of Slovakia.
category: Crafts
tags: active traditional artistic metal smithery Róbert Rigó general audience internal
Wedge by a Wedge
created: 18. 03. 2021 12:28 modified: 18. 03. 2021 12:29
The photo shows a blacksmith's artifact called the Wedge by the Wedge. These are two metal wedges, connected by forging. The author is the artistic blacksmith Ivan Šarközy from the village Dunajská Lužná. The photos were taken during the European Roma Blacksmithing Symposium in 2014. The idea for the creation of this artifact arose from the proverb that says: the wedge is being wedged with a wedge.Ivan Sarkozy was born into the family with smithing ingrained in its history. In Dunajska Luzna he works in their family blacksmithery. His professional education is the ship mechanic, the profession he never worked in. He is fully dedicated to the smithing, especially smithcraft. His hobby is creation of iron sculptures made of iron scrap.
category: Crafts
tags: active modern artistic metal smithery Ivan Šarközy general audience internal
A Bird
created: 18. 03. 2021 12:16 modified: 05. 05. 2021 07:42
The photo shows a bird made of scrap metal. The author is the artistic blacksmith Ivan Šarközy from the village Dunajská Lužná. The photos were taken during the European Roma Blacksmith Symposium in 2014. The artistic blacksmith was thinking about how to use scrap metal. The first model was made of cardboard. The blacksmith creates similar artifacts from scrap metal.
Ivan Sarkozy was born into the family with smithing ingrained in its history. In Dunajska Luzna he works in their family blacksmithery. His professional education is the ship mechanic, the profession he never worked in. He is fully dedicated to the smithing, especially smithcraft. His hobby is creation of iron sculptures made of iron scrap.
category: Crafts
tags: active modern artistic metal smithery Ivan Šarközy general audience internal
The Cross
created: 18. 03. 2021 12:04 modified: 18. 03. 2021 12:04
An enlargement of the cross he created for his brother who passed away. The cross is inserted into the rock. It is a more demanding forging work, especially for bending and the precision required to make it one unit. The cross was created during the blacksmith symposium in 2013.
Ivan Sarkozy was born into the family with smithing ingrained in its history. In Dunajska Luzna he works in their family blacksmithery. His professional education is the ship mechanic, the profession he never worked in. He is fully dedicated to the smithing, especially smithcraft. His hobby is creation of iron sculptures made of iron scrap.
category: Crafts
tags: active modern artistic metal smithery Ivan Šarközy general audience internal
Igor Radič - Kováčska dielňa
created: 21. 07. 2020 14:11 modified: 06. 04. 2021 11:47
Igor Radič sa narodil v roku 1960 v Klenovci. Tu žije a pôsobí doteraz. Kováčske remeslo ho uchvátilo od detstva. Po ukončení odborného učilišťa sa zamestnal ako kováč v Jednotnom roľníckom družstve v Klenovci, pracoval pre štátne lesy. Remeslu ho učili starí kováčski majstri. V roku 1995 si založil živnosť, ktorú dodnes prevádzkuje. Je štatutárnym zástupcom občianskeho združenia Rómske umelecké kováčstvo. Prostredníctvom neho realizuje kováčske workshopy. Venuje sa priemyselnému i umeleckému kováčstvu. Pri práci v dielni mu pomáha jeho syn, Igor Radič ml. (1984).
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category: Crafts
tags: active traditional artistic metal smithery Slovak Igor Radič general audience internal
Candelabra
created: 28. 06. 2019 14:47 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Igor Radič was born in 1960 in Klenovec. He was interested in smithing since his childhood. After finishing the vocational school, he started to work as a smith in a collective farm in Klenovec. He was taught by the old smith masters. Since 1995, he´s engaged in business. He´s an authorised representative of Roma Smithcraft Civic Association, which holds Smith Workshops. He´s doing both industrial smithery and smithcraft. At work in smithy his son, Igor Radič Jr. (1984), is helping. The photograph catches a candlestick, made according to his own design idea.
category: Crafts
tags: active traditional utilitary metal smithery Igor Radič general audience internal