Post on 31-Mar-2015
Paper Decoration, Fishing, Metal Work,
Wood Work, Jewellery
Grotius College The NETHERLANDS
Ş.Ö. İzzet Yüksel İ.O. TURKEY
DE Kossuth Lajos Gyakorló Általános Iskolája HUNGARY
Scoala Generala Nr. 2 Cavnic ROMANIA
Rimanto Stankevičiaus pagrindinė mokykla LITHUANIA
LGT Ambroise Vollard La Reunion, FRANCE
College Dupaty FRANCE
Grotius College The NETHERLANDS
They summarized what they have done so farFelt wool
Wood decorationCostume making Staphorst dot work EbruMetalKnittingCookingCeramics
Ş.Ö. İzzet Yüksel İ.O. TURKEYEbru(Paper Decoration)-Metal Work- Wood Work• EBRU is the
art of creating colorful patterns by sprinkling and brushing color pigments on a pan of oily water and then transforming this pattern to paper.
• Turkish metal artwork dates as early as the
2nd and 3rd century BC in central Asia. Metal artwork reached its pinacle in the Ottoman Empire with the making of weaponry, such as swords, helmets, armour, dagger and knives.
• The decorative wooden objects found in excavations in Central Asia show that the Turkish art of woodcarving dates back to the distant past. Doors and window shutters, pulpits of mosques, Koran stands and lecterns display highly advanced woodcarving.
DE Kossuth Lajos Gyakorló Általános Iskolája HUNGARY Moments from the life of a hortobagy herdsman
• This is how a day in the life of a herdsman in Hortobágy is connected to them.
• The animals need water and it’s the herdsman’s job to make sure the animals can get enough of it.
• Traditional dishes are cooked on open fire. Slambuc is made in a cast iron pot from bacon, potato and pasta and needs only little water. Gulyás is a soup with beef, potatoes and vegetables. If there are chicken around, paprika chicken is a delicious change.
• While the animals are grazing, they carve a piece of wood, a bone or a horn of the grey cattle.
• Thousands of tourists visit the „puszta” every week to go riding and to see the unique horse show.
• Old herdsmen remember the old days and tell stories, or they discuss results and strategies for the next season.
Scoala Generala Nr. 2 Cavnic ROMANIA Needle work- Jewellery- Wood work NEEDLEWORK Different documents, from XVth - XVIth centuries, mention
textile pieces used to decorate the interior of the house and also to decorate clothes. During the XVIIth – XVIIIth centuries, weaving from textile fibers, crochet work and embroidery, as traditional decorative arts, reach a high level of development.
JEWELRY
The collection of traditional jewelry includes necklaces
made from beads, metal or glass jewelry, collars from
young women’s traditional costumes, made from decorative
ribbons of different sizes woven with small colourful round
beads, “coral necklaces” worn at the wedding by women
until the age of 35-40, Venetian-style beads, bronze rings
with blue or red stones, necklaces of silver coins which are
drilled and placed on a ribbon, some thread or on wire
their value was related to the value of the coins. The most common jewelry is a ribbon made of some fine
fabrics, with colourful beads, usually worn in Oaş, Lăpuş,
Maramureş, Năsăud, Jiu Valley.
WOODWORK
Wood has always been the main rawmaterial for Romanians, being used for alltypes of buildings or for making tools,household utensils and furniture. In villages,every peasant knew how to use and processwood, making and repairing the householdobjects on his own. Crosses are also carved
withspecial symbols, matching the style of thetraditional architecture.
Rimanto Stankevičiaus pagrindinė mokykla LITHUANIA DECORATIVE METAL ARTS - JEWELRY DESIGN - WOOD WORK
CARVING • DECORATIVE METAL ARTS
Blacksmithing is one of the oldest and
The most significant crafts in Lithuania. The
household tools, such as strikers andrazors, were produced for personal
use.The work tools, for instance, axes,
knives,sickles and ploughshares were also
made ofmetal. Iron was used in the production
ofsuch necessary horse riding details as
bits,stirrups, spurs or buckles.
Iron tops also decorated crucifixions,roof
posts, chapels, crosses and the gates of
cemeteries and churchyards. The hardware,
locks of the chests and doors and lanterns
were produced of iron.
JEWELRY DESIGN
Jewelry making started in the Brass
period (in 1600 BC) in Lithuania. This is
jewelry made of Flexible brass wire or
rod; they also produced bracelets,necklaces, temple rings, rings andBrooches etc., of wrought metal.
Pins were the most popular pieces of
jewelry in the Balt’s culture. Amber is especially popular in
Lithuania.
WOOD WORK
Wood and clay was thecheapest and the most
commonmaterial that Lithuanians usedfrom ancient times. Not onlyhouses were built of them but
alsovarious household items wereproduced, such as big and
littlebaskets, seed bowls, mortars,crockery...
Lithuanians have veryinteresting ritual wooden
masksrelated with Shrovetide
charactersand customs.
College Dupaty FRANCE METAL WORKIn the 18th cc. Bordeaux has 100 000 in
habitants and the rich families build luxurious
Houses which are decorated with metallic
elements in order to increase their prestige.The craftsmen of Bordeaux became experts
in the art of making barriers and balustrades
for stairs and balconies. They also madedecorative door knockers. It was anaccomplishment to work with metalconsidering there was no metal ore in
theregion. Bordeaux had to import metal
orefrom Sweden.
LGT Ambroise Vollard La Reunion, FRANCE WOOD WORK - FISHING
To Reunion Island , the woodenproduction is concentrated on
3.500ha of forests.
1961 till 1967, plans of variousmodels of typical, wooden house
andin perpends appear.
There are not many sculptors at
Reunion island and even less of wood
sculptors. Mr Lasserre is the mostfamous sculptor of La Reunion, in
hisfamily there is a sculptor from
fatherto son has his brothers who are
alsosculptors.
FISHING
Fishing is an important for people who live in Reunion. Several fishing techniques
are usedat Réunion island, fishing appreciated by some tourists,industrial fishing, which is a dynamic sector of the
island'seconomy, fishing “bichiques”, and other traditional
techniquesstill ... Used in the bay of Saint Paul, seine permits the
capture ofsmall pelagic fish, and especially the run. Characteristics
dependon the net shoals of fish marked, it can measure up to
800 mlong. This fishery is carried from one or more wooden
boats.