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Post by gigi on Sept 26, 2008 22:38:11 GMT 1
 Wycinanki (pronounced Vee-chee-non-key) / Polish folk art paper cutouts are known throughout the world as a beautiful craft. They have a distinctive look, and are made by hand in rural Poland.
Multiple layers of colored paper are folded, cut, and sometimes embossed to create stylized patterns. The complexity of the designs is created by repeating symmetrical patterns and folk motifs inspired by nature and geometric shapes. Folk Paper Cutouts come in different sizes.
Wycinanki became a popular folk craft in the mid-1800's and were used by Polish peasants to decorate the walls of ceiling beams in countryside cottages and they were given as gifts to family members and friends. A form of decoupage, the intricate designs were cut with the scissors and affixed to whitewashed walls and wooden beams to achieve a cheerful appearance.
Today in Poland there are some people who still make wycinanki, but they are used as gifts only. The colorful cutouts of flowers, circles, roosters and stars with a symmetrical arrangement reflect a particularly high level of folk art artistry. Polish wycinanki are in a vast variety of colors and shapes of peac0cks, roosters and other birds, as well as a variety of rural scenes. They are very colorful and come from the different regions of Poland. Wycinanki of a particular region can be easily identified by looking at the design. Sometimes they are used for occasions such as Christmas. They also look great when framed. They remain a treasured form of Polish folk art.
Wycinanki are similar to the Swiss and German Scherenschnitte paper cutting, are regarded by many as the most beautiful in the world. The art of decorative paper cutting is found in China, other countries of the East, and Latin America, as well as in Poland.
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Post by gigi on Sept 26, 2008 23:24:59 GMT 1
Bonobo, Is this display that you photographed in Warsaw about wycinanki?  |
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 27, 2008 20:44:50 GMT 1
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Post by gigi on Oct 21, 2008 17:45:27 GMT 1
 Arbuzowe (watermelon) wycinanki Much too pretty to eat!  |
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Post by locopolaco on Oct 21, 2008 23:26:35 GMT 1
Arbuzowe (watermelon) wycinanki Much too pretty to eat! is this a halloween pollack joke of sorts?  |
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Post by gigi on Oct 21, 2008 23:38:54 GMT 1
Arbuzowe (watermelon) wycinanki Much too pretty to eat! is this a halloween pollack joke of sorts? Hahaha.....no, I just thought it was a fun picture. But I suppose it is very similar to pumpkin carvings for Halloween. Perhaps instead of pumpkin carving I'll call it 'dynia wycinanki' this year.  ;D ;D |
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Post by locopolaco on Oct 22, 2008 0:43:34 GMT 1
is this a halloween pollack joke of sorts? Hahaha.....no, I just thought it was a fun picture. But I suppose it is very similar to pumpkin carvings for Halloween. Perhaps instead of pumpkin carving I'll call it 'dynia wycinanki' this year. ;D ;D there you go. i:) think that watermelon is definitely very cool. last easter i went to pisanki making event and i was amased how some of the older ladies are able to "paint" the eggs. wow for sure. this pic reminded me of that. |
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 22, 2008 18:23:20 GMT 1
there you go. i:) think that watermelon is definitely very cool. Do you think they kept it in the fridge before carving? |
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Post by valpomike on Oct 22, 2008 21:04:46 GMT 1
What do you do with it, if not eat it, it won't keep forever?
Mike
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Post by locopolaco on Oct 22, 2008 21:18:01 GMT 1
he was having some fun with words.. cool ~~ refrigerated..
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 22, 2008 21:19:11 GMT 1
he was having some fun with words.. cool ~~ refrigerated.. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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