Creative handicraft of Leżajsk Region

CREATIVE HANDICRAFT OF LEŻAJSK REGION

Leżajsk Region is the area where traditions of some crafts - very popular throughout the whole country in the past but so-called “vanishing ones” nowadays - are still being maintained.

FOLK TOY-MAKING

The Leżajsk Region folk toymaking centre came into being thanks to numerous church fairs held in the neighbourhood of Leżajsk Bernardine Monastery. At first the toys were made of ceramic clay since the supplies of that raw material could easily be found in the vicinity. The handmade wooden toys appeared a bit later and the toy-making of that kind was closely connected with deciduous forests – the region was abundant in them.

FOLK TOY-MAKING

At present there are only three wood toy-making centres in Poland, including the Leżajsk one. The noteworthy wooden toys of Leżajsk Region are, among other things: pop guns, wing-clapping birds and butterflies, pecking hens.

TISSUE PAPER DECORATIVE GOODS

Tissue paper craft traditions of Leżajsk Region are mosty cultivated by the members of the local country housewives societies and by the owners of the rural tourist households.

TISSUE PAPER DECORATIVE GOODS

The tissue paper goods in the first place take the form of single flowers as well as flower arrangements.

EMBROIDERY

The main products in the field of the Leżajsk Region embroidery are: so-called „cloth pictures”, usually cross-stitched and with nature or religious motifs; adornments of the household objects (tablecloths, curtains).

This presentation has been prepared by the students of Leżajsk Primary School No. 2 (class 6), Poland. It is the result of their joint actions connected with the implementation of one of the Comenius projects - 'Exploring our culture through the eyes of our European partners in the interactive world'.