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Oleksandr Bryndikov and his woodcuts
Witnessing folk woodcuts is very inspiring. Of this Oleksandr Bryndikov, an artist connected with Lviv and Kyiv, is certain. Born in 1983 in Gorodek, and a graduate of the Academy of Art (his specialisation –…

Workshops at Open Day at Ethnographic Museum
The participants learned about the different steps of making woodcuts: from planning the subject, copying it to the surface of a lime-tree block and cutting it out, to printing it on paper. This seemingly simple…

Workshops for adults
The participants had an opportunity to see examples of woodcut blocks, as well as monochrome and water colour folk prints presented at the exhibition „A meeting. Folk woodcuts from the collection of Józef Gwalbert Pawlikowski…

Woodcuts from Lviv
An exhibition of folk woodcuts from the collection of Józef Gwalbert Pawlikowski (1793-1852) has been on show in Seweryn Udziela Ethnographic Museum in Krakow since 12 September 2014. One hundred and forty-one prints collected in…

Workshops for teachers
The theme of this first meeting was the potential for using the MEK’s collection of Polish folk woodcuts as educational material in classroom projects on life cycles in nature. In the course of these workshops…

The woodcut. Through the looking-glass
After learning about the intricacies of the woodcut technique and examining example prints on display in the folk art exhibition at the Ethnographic Museum, the students were introduced to ways in which people used to…

Attributes of the saints in action
The primary idea behind this workshop was to make the children aware of ways in which figures of the saints are represented in folk art. Through direct contact with woodcut blocks, sculptures and paintings in…

Workshops with St. George and the Dragon
For the first time during these days, a specially prepared woodcut block was used for people with impaired vision. Pupils and teachers from the primary and technical schools took part in the two workshops. Zbigniew…

WOODCUT BOARDS
  My knowledge and experience associates lengthwise woodcutting with lime wood, with its yielding structure, colour and peculiar smell. The notion of a woodcutter from centuries past is closely identified with a sculptor of altars,…

PROJECT AIMS
Attention started to be paid to Polish woodcuts at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. During this period, however, researchers were not so much interested in the artists themselves, neither their methods nor…

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FOLK WOODCUTTING

Woodcutting is one of the oldest and, in the past, one of the most common printmaking techniques.

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CALENDAR OF SAINTS

From the Three Kings on January 6 to December 4, Saint Barbara.

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OBVERSE / REVERSE

The tiara and the crown
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The paper creche
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Woodcuts in stamps
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Dedication for Pawlikowski
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Epiphany and Jordan Holy Waters
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The Tomb of the Lord Jesus
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The first martyr
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The Charming Voice of the Deceiver
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From common ditches to European salons. The Career of the Devil Boruta
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Light and fire
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