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Some examples of a new jaw harp boxes edition

Posted on February 15th, 2011 by jsurba.
Categories: design, Julia Surba, Kuzhebar Design, music instruments, Pyrography Art.

Pyrography decoration by Julia Surba
you can order siberian jaw harps here

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Tuneable tonbak with pyrography

Posted on January 16th, 2011 by jsurba.
Categories: design, drums, music instruments, pyrography.

Tonbak: David&Roman Drums

Pyrography design: Julia Surba

to watch the video with tonbak presentation (similar model) go here

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Deer Shaman Drum

Posted on December 23rd, 2010 by jsurba.
Categories: design, drums, Henna Art, Julia Surba, Kuzhebar Design, music instruments.

new custom shaman drum “Deer” with henna paint and pyrography design on holder
Henna Painting – Julia Surba
Pyrography – Julia Surba
Shaman drum – David&Roman Drums

  Shaman drum “Deer”, henna on 
    
Shaman drum “Deer”, henna off     Shaman drum “Deer”, back view
 

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New edition of pyrography boxes

Posted on September 12th, 2010 by jsurba.
Categories: design, Julia Surba, music instruments, pyrography.

for Kou Xiang

annd for homus (jew s harp from Altai, Siberia)

             
                           
Kuzhebar Design

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New kuaamu pendants

Posted on May 7th, 2010 by jsurba.
Categories: Ancient Kuzhebar, design, kuaamu-amulets, Nadishana, pyrography, tribal jewelry.

New Ghost Keeper pendants are available on kuaamu.com!
Of course only for eatable ghosts!

stylish hand made unisex pendants with adjustable length. Pyrography on wood, polymer clay, natural beads. To buy go here

In Ancient Kuzhebar, people didn’t separated ghosts in good and bad ones, but in eatable and not eatable ones. Kuzhebar people believed that when you eat a ghost you create a symbiosis with it. Through this symbiosis the human beeing and the ghost go their evolution ways and support each other.

Moreover, there were special musical rituals for eating ghosts by using a special wind musical instrument called "ghost catcher".Click here to watch a video with similar kind of ghost catcher (reconstructed, developed and played by Nadishana) 

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Overtone flute with pyrodesign. Sutable not only for playing but for dancing as well!

Posted on April 21st, 2010 by jsurba.
Categories: Ancient Kuzhebar, design, Julia Surba, Kuzhebar, Kuzhebar Design, music instruments, Nadishana, pyrography, Pyrography Art.

• Material – elder tree
• D key (C key available as well)
• made by Max Brumberg,
• Pyrography – Julia Surba
• Presentation – Nadishana

Price from 110 EUR (depending on artwork amount). Made by request. Available at our ethnic store now.

Flute decoration consists of fertility symbols and symbols connected with  the ritual of Kuzhebar people called Shuol Khymat.

Shuol Khymat were usually celebrated twice a year – at spring (Ashuol Khymat) and at autumn (Yshuol Khymat). Ancient Kuzhebar people considered the sun as a source of the great power, which can be used in various ways. Their method of solar energy utilization is very similar to the description of photosynthesis process. We think it’s connected with their belief that human and plant worlds are not separated, more than humans are partly plants. It might be said that kuzhebar people had a peculiar knowledge about what we call now photosynthesis and vitamin D fixation.

Most relevant translation of “Shuol Khymat” term is Photosynthesis Dance (capturing-solar-energy dance)

Unfortunately the complete ritual is lost, but we had used some elements of it which are still extant. Normally the ritual had to take place in a very sunny day. It was accompanied by playing on overtone flute and by special movements. Ancient kuzhebar people believed that flute sounds in combination with special dance help to capture the solar energy in a most efficient way.

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Frame Drums section update

Posted on January 31st, 2010 by jsurba.
Categories: design, Julia Surba, Kuzhebar Design, music instruments, pyrography.

New custom tunable frame drums with pyrography design

Drums: David&Roman Drums
Pyrography: Julia Surba (Kuzhebar Design)

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Logo work update, Kuzhebar Design

Posted on October 24th, 2009 by jsurba.
Categories: Ancient Kuzhebar, design, Kuzhebar Design.

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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, design, foto, Julia Surba, Pyrography Art.

1. "Urhat"  44,5x66cm (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", 59x84cm (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", 32x200cm (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 KuzhebarÒ‘ 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" 53x83cm (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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Henna painted drums update

Posted on June 28th, 2009 by jsurba.
Categories: design, drums, henna painting, music instruments.

Frame drum, diameter 42 cm

Shaman drum, diameter 42 cm

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