Transcript A magyar kézm*vesség - Comenius Cultural Bridges

HUNGARIAN TRADITIONAL HANDCRAFT
Stop! Why are you running away from your past?!
HANDCRAFT
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Handcraft is any of a wide variety of types of work where
useful and decorative objects are made completely by hand
or by using only simple tools.
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It is a collective noun for the handcraft jobs.
It is also an object that is crafted by skilled hands or a
craft or occupation.
The producers of these objects called craftsmen.
CRAFTSMEN
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The wide range of creative and design activities
includes work with textiles, moldable and rigid
materials, paper, plant fibers, etc.
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Many specific crafts have been practiced for
centuries, while others are modern inventions.
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We can make difference between jobs made by men or
women.
WOMEN’S JOBS
DOLLS MADE FROM STRAW
DOLL MAKER
NEEDLEWORK: ANYTHING THAT USES A NEEDLE FOR CONSTRUCTION CAN BE
CALLED NEEDLEWORK :THE MOST POPULAR STYLE IS’ KALOCSAI’
PATCHWORK OR "PIECED WORK" IS A FORM OF NEEDLEWORK THAT
INVOLVES SEWING TOGETHER PIECES OF FABRIC INTO A LARGER DESIGN
LACE IS AN OPENWORK FABRIC, PATTERNED WITH OPEN HOLES IN THE
WORK. THE MOST POPULAR LACE IN HUNGARY IS CALLED ‘HALASI’. IN
CSERKESZŐLŐ THERE IS AN ARTIST: MÁRTA RÉVÉSZ.
WREATH MAKERS
FLORAL DESIGN USES DRIED FLOWERS, LEAVES
PEARL TACKING PRODUCES JEWELLERY: NECKLACES, EARRINGS,
WRISTLETS
EGG DECORATING
IS QUITE A POPULAR ART/CRAFT FORM BECAUSE OF
THE ATTRACTIVE, SMOOTH, OVAL SHAPE OF THE EGG.
CRAFTS MADE BY MEN
BASKET WEAVING IS THE PROCESS
OF WEAVING VEGETABLE FIBERS INTO A BASKET OR
OTHER SIMILAR FORM. PEOPLE AND ARTISTS WHO
WEAVE BASKETS ARE CALLED BASKET
MAKERS, BASKET WEAVERS
BONE CARVING IS THE ACT OF CREATING ART FORMS BY CARVING
INTO ANIMAL BONES AND OFTEN INCLUDES THE CARVING OF HORNS.
TOOLS MADE OF HORNS SUCH AS SALTCELLAR
HORSEHAIR PRODUCTS
WOOD CARVING IS A FORM OF WORKING WOOD RESULTING IN
A
WOODEN FIGURE OR ORNAMENTATION OF A WOODEN OBJECT.
TUB OR BOAT CUTTER
FURNITURE DECORATING . BRIDES’ SETTLEMENT WAS STORED IN BIG
ORNAMENTED HUTCHES
MASK MAKERS. THE MOST POPULAR MASKS MADE IN HUNGARY
CALLED BUSO MASKS ARE FROM THE TERRITORY OF MOHÁCS, THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY.
COWBELL MAKERS. THE COWBELLS
WERE MADE FOR THE ANCIENT
HUNGARIAN CATTLE CALLED GREY CATTLE.
LOAM MAKERS. THE HOUSES WERE MADE OF ADOBES WHICH WERE PERFECT
INSULATORS.