Make Polish Holiday Ornaments with Laura Geryk

Make Polish Holiday Ornaments with Laura Geryk
Join Laura Geryk in the Mill District Local Art Gallery on Sunday, December 8, from 12-3pm, for a wonderful afternoon crafting two different Polish folk art holiday ornaments. In this family friendly workshop, participants will make a Christmas paper star and a paper dove decorated with wycinanki, a traditional papercutting craft. These creations are suitable for everyday home décor or festive holiday decorations and participants will be able to choose from a variety of colored papers to create their preferred style.
All materials provided to create a paper star and wycinanki dove, and patterns to make more.
$15. Ages 8+ with adult accompaniment.

Artist Bio:

Wycinanki (pronounced vee-chee-nan-kee) the Polish word for papercutting, is a traditional Polish folk art from the 19th and early 20th century. Polish peasants used this style of artwork to decorate their cottages, typically pasting the wycinanki directly on the walls or roof beams.
Laura Geryk first learned to make wycinanki as a teenager from an elderly relative from Poland who was visiting the United States. Although Laura didn't know any Polish, and Dziadziu didn't know any English, they spent afternoons together making wycinanki, communicating through the language of art.
Laura still uses traditional methods of creating the papercuts: hand drawing her own patterns, hand cutting the paper with scissors, and assembling them with tweezers and glue. She tends to focus on the wycinanki from from the Lowicz region, which focuses on layers of brightly colored paper, arranged symmetrically, with themes from nature, especially flowers and animals.

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Host or Publisher Mill District Local Art Gallery