Articles tagged with: Straw Art
Summer Straw Oak Leaf
As Summer comes to are world heat will soon be a factor and many people will be searching for a nice shady oak to rest under for shade. So here is a fun simple project …
Festival of the Wagon
Festival of the Wagon
In the southwest corner of Italy in the region of Campania, there is a celebration in September known as the Festival of the Wagon or Festa Del Carro. The festival celebrates the …
Happy Birthday! The Straw Treasury in Zengövárkony, Hungary is 10 years old!
The Straw Treasury in Zengövárkony (Hungary) is 10 years old!
“Culture cannot be inherited. The culture of our ancestors soon vanishes unless each generation obtains it for themselves” - Kodály Zoltán
In the spring of 2002 a unique …
Uzbek Straw Art
Yuldashev Atabek from Tashkent shared these with Straw Blog. Atabek is a member of Creative Association of Painters under the Arts Academy of Uzbekistan, as well as the Association of Folk Artists. More photos will follow from Atabek.
Mask Making by Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy demonstrates how straw masks and costumes are assembled at his home in Fermanagh.
Photography by Grainne Quinlan and music by Innisfree Ceoil
Two Straw Plait
Video showing you how to weave a two straw plait from Jeff Jones and Cora Hendershot from Wheat Goddess. Cora also has a new book The Wheat Weaving Companion: Instructions, Projects, and History.
Straw Compact
In the years between 1756 and 1815 thousands of French and Dutch prisoners were held in prisons from Cornwall to Scotland. So large were their numbers that some were held temporarily aboard ships docked at …
A Year of Swedish Handcraft
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From the American Swedish Institute (funded in part by the Minnesota State Arts Board) with teacher Carol Tamte.
PantheaCon 2012 Classes
The Woven Circle will be teaching two traditional wheat weaving classes at the 2012 PantheaCon. The Woven Circle is made up of talented artists who travel to San Jose each year to share their enjoyment of …
