Craft

Sculptors from Smolnik

“With time, Andrzej, Stanisław and Marian lived only from sculpting, that is from art. In a word, they retrained as artists. In the summer season they sold to tourists, in winter they had...

School of the losing professions

In the early 20th century building of a former school in The Mineral Uherce, you can roll clay pot, write greetings according to the principles of pre-war calligraphy, and you will also learn to bake...

Maria Kiraszczuk’s Easter egg workshops

We have met with Maria in Kosmach. The whole village is a remnant of the former lifestyle associated with pastoralism. The houses are located at a large distance from each other, often on a hill....

The forgotten art – art of making lizhnycks

What is art of making lizhnycks? Lizhnyck – a word difficult to translate, something between a blanket and a rug, no one knows where it came from. They have been made as it is said –...

At Mr Dutka’s workshop

Hutsul ceramics have a long tradition. They have become popular already in the nineteenth century, when they became known and exported in significant quantities outside the region. At that time, the...

Live art of vivid highlanders

Hutsul culture is art and handicraft; ceramics, woodcarving products, wonderful fabrics: kilims, napkins, lizhnycks, embroidered sweatshirts, shirts, scarves and metal products: buckles, crosses and...

Jadwiga Denisiuk – Veraikon atelier

Cisna is one of the most popular Bieszczady towns and villages with a beautiful location. A cult place for many people is the “Memorial Chapel” commemorating the “Zakapiors”...

Oleg Denisenko’s works inspired by Hucul Ponies

The art of magical realism shows a seemingly ordinary world, which, however, differs from normality. It is expressed in strange contrasts, mysterious complexes of people and places, or in chaos of...