"A Memory You Can Wear." Carved architraves—on badges and postcards
In Astrakhan The first collection of souvenirs featuring antique carved window frames was released. These include postcards that can be colored and added to, and badges.
This is another way to talk about elusive beauty, says the head of the Wooden Architecture Museum initiative. Svetlana Gaifitdinova.
The "Windows Through Which History Is Visible" series of travel postcards are not just souvenirs but also guidebooks. Each one features a genuine wooden window frame from a real house, and the reverse side contains historical information and the exact address. These postcards allow you to create your own itinerary through ancient Astrakhan. You can also color the postcard yourself or add additional drawings.
Another item in the collection is a metal badge. It's a miniature replica of the door frame from the house at 14 Babushkina Street. This badge can be pinned to clothing or a bag. The address is on the back, so you can easily find the house with the door frame.
“These are not just badges, but memories that can be worn,” they say authors of the idea.
The badges have already been distributed across Russia's regions—to Krasnodar, Kaliningrad, and St. Petersburg.
Antique wooden window frames are a fading history that activists from various cities are trying to preserve. For example, in Samara Appeared an unusual art object "Garden of Platbands", in Kazan was also open a square with an exhibition of window frames that were removed from demolished houses. A In Tomsk came up with Install mirrors in the frame of the door frames for selfies.
Photo: Museum of Wooden Architecture