Straw Art – Lithuanian Folk Art Institute - ltfai.org
To rediscover old Lithuanian customs, researchers must delve into every available example of art and handcraft, including objects made by children, such as toys, straw mobiles, paper cut-outs, or by shepherds, such as pipes, fifes or reed-pipes, even …
Lithuanian Folk Art – Lithuanian Folk Art Institute - LTFAI
Other Lithuanian crafts are coloured Easter eggs, straw decorations (šiaudinukai), papercut art, wickerwork, and metalwork ornamentation, crosses and church spires. “Vilniaus verbos” are a unique ornate decoration made of dried flowers and grasses tied and woven together in patterns around a central stalk.
UNESCO - Sodai straw garden making in Lithuania
2021年9月9日 · Sodai straw gardens are hanging ornaments made from the stalks of grains. This practice involves the cultivation of grain (typically rye), the treatment of straw and the creation of geometric structures of varying sizes. The structures are then decorated with details symbolizing fertility and prosperity.
Straw Ornaments – Technique Guide – Lithuanian Folk Art Institute
Today many crafters use white paper or plastic drinking straws to make ornaments. Fine twisted linen or cotton thread is used for threading, although cotton thread is preferable for its softness and elasticity. Long needles of medium width pass easily through the hollow centres of the straws.
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TRADITION OF STRAW GARDENS. Lithuanian Straw Sodas. Ornaments of Celebration (1994)
Lithuanian folk art top 10 | True Lithuania
Sodai ("gardens") are hanging geometric contraptions made of straw. Traditionally used during holidays and weddings sodai now became a symbol of local identity in Lithuania and neighboring countries. Straw is also popularly used to make bags. 6.
Ursula Astras - Lithuanian Folk Artist - Lady of Wheat
Ursula Astras (Astriene), after whom the Lady of Wheat website is named, designed art in straw more prolifically than any other artist in the US or Lithuania (see Vilkaviškio Krašto Muziejus). Although her works and motifs are in the Lithuanian tradition, her style is …
Straw Mobiles: Pajak, Himmel, Puzur, Sodas, Pavuks ... - The Straw …
Straw gardens are one of the most impressive types of Lithuanian customary decorative art, alive today. These are bulk articles of straw in a strictly geometric shape. Lithuania is dominated by gardens with a four-slope pyramid silhouette and a more complex structure derived from it.
Australian Lithuanian History: Straw decorations
2012年11月26日 · Straw compositions were used to decorate rooms on various occasions, such as Christmas and weddings. Ornate hanging ornaments made of straw were the special feature of the decorative setting for bridal tables. To mark the Epiphany, stars made of pieces of straw of different length were used to decorate rooms.
Sodai = Lithuanian straw gardens - Lituanistika
Traditional Lithuanian straw gardens (sodai, sing. sodas) are not only a phenomenon of Lithuanian folk art that is alive in the present, but also a meaningful Baltic cultural heritage, whose geometric structure and symbolism attest to the tradition of an archaic worldview.