In addition to cosmetics, the Bulgarian ceramics occupies probably the second place in popularity among gifts that carry tourists from around the world from Bulgaria. Original ceramic tableware produced in the town of Troyan, Busintsi, Bansko, dec. One of the most popular Bulgarian pottery – Trojan. Usually the product even written the master’s name and the name of the city, so to meet two of the same product can not be, because each of them – is completely handmade.
At the heart of this glassware brown clay that is mined on the shore of the river Osam. The metal oxides added to the clay, allowing the dishes to produce different colors. Particular attention is paid to the painting utensils. The paint is made from local plants and ore. Decorate products in traditional Bulgarian colors – green, yellow, red, blue and sometimes white. Ornament Bulgarian ceramic dishes – it’s really a unique painting on ceramics. In no other country, such a technique of painting does not exist. Trojan brown ceramics decorated with “ripples” or horizontal stripes. To this effect the Bulgarian masters first draw simple rims paint flowing from the tip of a special device such as a small rubber bulb, and then on the upper rim is applied thick heavy drops which flow down and pulled over a previously painted rims. Almost all the cities you will find many different shops and stores where they sell pottery.