"Suvorovs - masters of the axe and plane" /Fireboxes/

____ # Topki is the city of my childhood.
I often came here, because my parents, grandparents and a large number of relatives on my father's side, whose family was considered to have many children, lived here. There were nine children, just as many as the props in their house, supporting the ceiling to keep it from falling. But the boots were all the same. And according to his father's recollections, the one who got up earlier became their happy owner every morning. By the way, there was a good motive for waking up on their own with the children of that time.
____ When I was going to #Topki, I thought of wandering through familiar streets, feeling nostalgic and trying to find my mother's house, in order to finally make sure that my love for rural exoticism is far from accidental. And the post was supposed to be exactly about this, but, as I said, everything in my trips is spontaneous, stories are born with lightning speed, interesting people are found by chance, sometimes literally the first people they meet tell about their existence.
____ About a local craftsman carving huge figures from wood, we were told by a man with whom we had a conversation at the church. He did not know the address, therefore, slightly upset, we continued on our way. But, Mr. Chance, he is not asleep in such matters, a couple of pensioners, who had a nice conversation on the bench, became interested in our persons. Grandpa, smiling, asked him to take a picture, a conversation ensued, he introduced himself as Alexander Petrovich and with great eagerness agreed to give him a lift to the miracle master. In such matters, my friend and I do not need to beg for a long time, we went to the meeting with great anticipation, quickly jumping into the Zhiguli of some ancient model. A stately bear and a dog similar to it, peacefully dozing under a boat under construction, greeted us hospitably. However, like the owner himself.
____ I am always admired by people who have been able to make a childhood hobby work of their whole life. This is exactly how Igor turned out to be. Taking the cutter in the hands of a ten-year-old boy, he could no longer stop. He had no teachers either in childhood or as an adult; he cut only at the behest of his heart. He mastered all the technologies on his own, through trial and error. Today he is already quite a successful entrepreneur, his #Suvorov Workshop ": https://vk.com/suvorov.and.suvorov is heard not only in Kuzbass, but also far beyond its borders. Son Danil followed in his father's footsteps. However, this is not surprising, it is difficult to imagine a kid who is not interested in the craft, which his father has been fascinated with with such love for many years. Daughter Alena is also a creative person. From childhood she loved to draw. Even then, Igor often cut out his works according to her sketches, and now, after she graduated from being a designer, he does not know any troubles with design. In addition to routine orders, Igor and Danil also do completely unique work. They have developed a technology for pressing coal dust under pressure with the addition of plasticizers from the mass of which a talented sculptor cuts stunning figures. He easily wields a chainsaw and other tools to turn a piece of coal into an original souvenir that sells like hot cakes.
____ Like all talented people, Igor and Danil are very modest. They do not particularly like to talk about their achievements, more and more about their jobs, about their daily affairs and also about the dogs, which they have in large numbers. Despite their large size, they are all very cute and kind, just like the owners. Of course, we wanted to talk a little longer and take pictures of everything in much more detail, but we did not delay the masters with idle conversations for a long time, realizing that they had no time to talk too much. There is a boat in the yard, which needs to be completed and launched, so that in the next summer season everyone can enjoy the beautiful landscapes of our Siberia on a sightseeing tour in the Tomskaya Pisanitsa Museum-Reserve.