>>4360302Thanks! I love my mom and it makes me really happy when she asks me to get specific flora so she can have photos of them for her house.
It's a Slavic Gzhel pattern, naturally inspired by designs on Chinese Porcelain as you have seen but it uses different motifs more native to the area. A Ukrainian man makes them on eBay, I bought it from him and wanted to commission a 4x5 or 120 camera done similarly but he declined the work for fear of not having the chance to finish it if he had to move as a result of the war. Just as well, I'll save my money for when peace comes and buy even more from him I guess. The paintjob is fragile, handling it with sunscreen on your hands or in high temperatures is very bad for it. Perhaps it would be better to do the decoration via cerakote and similar techniques, but I'm very happy with the camera anyway.
