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25 JANUARY,2013DENIZLI
ALDONA DROSEIKIENE LMSU
Lithuanian Textile traditions through time
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FOLK ART TRADITIONS
Folk art is an art form
based on old traditions
that have developed
from the practicalnecessities of country
life.
Farmers would decorate
their various utensils andwomen would weave
material for their clothing
and for decoration.
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WEAVING TRADITIONS Lithuania has a long
weaving tradition.
The earliest Lithuanian
textile fragments foundin the burial groundsdate back to thesecond-third century.
It was found that mostof them are wovenfrom local rawmaterials - wool andlinen yarns.
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WEAVING TRENDS
Since of old each Lithuanian woman takes
pride in textiles of her own make.
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LITHUANIAN FOLK FABRIC
The first millennium featuredmainly woven plain, flat(initial) woven fabrics.
Until the nineteenth century,yarn for weaving was painted
in natural colors: plant blossoms,
leaves, roots, moss,tree
bark, marsh and iron
rust.
Aniline dyes, introduced inthe nineteenth-century, haveenriched and intensified thecolors of the fabric.
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Linen is one of the
oldest textiles sorts in
the world which is
produced from linenfiber. Even 5000 years
B.C. linen garments
were worn in
Egypt.
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The flowers of a flax plant, the stalk
of which is used
to make linen. Flax is a temperamental
plant to grow, and the quality of thefinished product depends largely on the
quality of the plant itself
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The flax fibers are found in
the stalk, which is pickedby hand to preserve the
fibers integrity another
reason flax is expensive.
Separating the fibers isalso a long and tedious
process if performed
correctly.
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Household anddecorative fabrics(towels, tablecloths,linens, bed sheets, bed-
trays in the end of thenineteenth century andbeginning of thetwentieth-century) are
mostly monochrome. They combine bleach and
non-bleach linen or cottonyarns, enabling extractionof geometric patterns.
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LINEN HANDWORKS
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NATIONAL SASHES Frequently mentioned in folk
songs and legends and frequentlygiven as a gift, thejuos ta(sash) isthe prototype Lithuanian wovenarticle and comes in a variety ofwidths and lengths.
Juos toshave been used, amongothers things, as bookmarks,neckties, accent pieces, and alsowidened into table runners.
National sashes are a traditionaland ancient branch of Lithuanianfolk art that lately has beenreviving.
At present hand-woven sashes,especially those that reveal thetaste of the Lithuanian people forcoloration took a new start.
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CLOTHING
Clothing always reflects theeconomic situation.
Woven and embroidered,
these costumes reflectregional tastes, traditionsand motifs and arecherished family heirlooms.
Use of color and theircoordination differs inseparate Lithuanian regions
.
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KNITWEAR Some twentieth-century knitting
also feature medieval-styleLithuanian motifs such ascastles and knights.
Although these are quiteinteresting and beautiful pieces
of handicraft, they are nottraditional folk art designs andmay even have been workedfrom printed pattern
Knit articles are a beautifuland lovely decoration of the
ancient Lithuanian interiorand clothing. Folk' masters upto now use the techniques ofhand weaving, knitting andcrocheting.
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INDEPENDENT SUMMER CAMP (WORKSHOP GROUPS)
2012 m.
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FELTED DECORATIONS TO WOMAN
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FELTED SLIGHT WEAR
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SCARVES AND SHAWLS
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THANK YOU.
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