Folk art

It seems to me that this is what spring mood looks like: bright colors of flowers intertwine in intricate patterns. Hungarian Kalocsa is atmospheric, intimate, soulful — seeing it once, having studied the weave patterns, you will always remember this floral script and always find Kalocsa among other ...

Maslenitsa is one of the most popular holidays in folk culture.  This year it will be celebrated from 4 to 10 March. The celebration of Maslenitsa is an ancient Slavic tradition. This holiday symbolizes coming of spring and farewell to long and cold winter. During this time, people have fun, visit ...

Laktsy - one of the peoples of Dagestan, living in Balkhar, in mountain part of Akyshinskiy District. This small village has long been a center of folk art, the concentration of such art as carpet weaving and making toys. But Balkhar ceramics is especially famous. Aul Balkhar. According to some ...

It's a sad story of Johann-Jakob Hauswirth, who was a true artist and poet of Swiss folklore, but he knew nothing about it. Hauswirth was born in 1809 in the village of Saanen in the Canton of Bern, he spent all his life in the vicinity of Château-Œx of the Canton of Vaud.  Unfortunately, ...

There are many different people in our life. They are like us or quite the opposite. There are people which are black holes, ater you communicate with them you feel depressed and dejected all day. And there are sunny people. It seems that is cozy even thinking that they are in this world, you seem ...

There is something 'honest' in folk patterns, something noble in their natural simplicity. And today I want to share the beauty with you! You need: - a wooden plate, the thickness 15-20 mm- metal (copper or whatever)- linen- screws- push pins- factory hooks or wire 3 mm, screws + welder- ...

I really love ethnic diversity. This Russian summer was cold, and I feel like I need an explosion of bright colours and sunny pictures. And African motifs are really incredible, outrageous and stunning. Intricate patterns, the most unusual combinations of beads, buttons, claws, fangs, tusks, metal ...