Faktura

David Burliuk used the term as a Russian equivalent of the French word "facture" which refers to the texture of the painted surface.

[3] Alongside tectonics and construction, faktura constituted one of the three core principles defined by Aleksei Gan in his book Konstruktivizm.

"Faktura" was the single most important quality of these art objects, according to the critic Victor Shklovsky, referring to the material aspect of the appearance.

[4][5][6] The surface of the object had to demonstrate how it had been made, exhibiting its own distinct property.

[7] Thus Faktura could be characterised as the visual demonstration of properties inherent to materials, as illustrated in Corner Counter Relief (1914) by Vladimir Tatlin.