Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Polish traditions

 Flower in poland
 Wycinanki is the polish word for paper cut design. this design became a popular folk craft in the mid-1800's.

 but the most well known modern styles of wycinanki comes from tow districts.
 one is the kuripe cut out . this is usually a symmetrical design.
 The second style comes from the area of lowicz . the design from this area are with rooster, flower or geometric motifs.

it's distinguished by many layers of brightly colored.




Today in poand there are some people who still make wycinanki, however, the unique richness of paper cut design in the polish tradition is a spcial contribution to the artistics heritage of the world.

2 comments:

  1. These designs are very pretty and they all seem happy! I can see why people would like to have them around the house.

    PBM

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  2. Your post is very interesting and has good pictures. Would you like to have one of them?

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