Beauties From The Festival
Today I'd like to show you more interesting and beautiful things I saw at the Transylvanian Crafts Festival last weekend and share some interesting stories as well as details about the products I learnt from the crafters themselves.
These events are always the best occasions to try out new techniques and find the answer to any question you may have.
Jewellery is not really my thing, unless it's silver and/or white gold, but looking at them is always a lot of fun. You can see the creativity of the crafter and even if you don't buy any, it's still fun to look at them.
I took some crappy photos here due to the direction of the light, but I hope you can see how beautiful these earrings were.
I don't like wearing a wire around my neck, but this piece was really lovely. The warm orange colors won me over instantly. I didn't buy it as I know I'd never wear it, but really loved it.
These crafters made everything for the fair to look like it should. Even the display was made of wood, old wood actually, to give an old look to the whole thing.
If you were interested in jewellery, you could find a great variety there, all made of natural materials.
These were made of different bones, horns and antlers. Not my kind of jewellery, but I know many are wearing these. This is a special kind of art (all are by the way) as these bones, horns and antlers don't grow on trees, you need to go find them when the animals don't need them anymore and nature makes them fall and this is why this type of jewellery is not cheap.
Speaking of not cheap, here we go again, genuine leather. I know in many countries you don't find genuine leather and when people say leather, they are speaking of so called ecological leather, which has nothing to do with the original and I can't respect it either. These products are durable, I can say you buy them almost for life, especially bags and wallets. One day I'm going to buy a bag at these fairs.
Those sandals were calling my name. I had a pair when I was in my teen years and loved it. Unfortunately my foot problems are stopping me from wearing footwear with slim sole, but I still would love to have one.
Beads can never be missing of any craft fair, especially that some of the folk costumes have bead embroidery on them. Again, it's not my cup of tea, but I have a huge admiration towards those who made these beauties. I made jewellery using very small beads, sand beads we called them, and know how tiring it is for the eye. You need some skills, to handle that extremely slim and fragile needle and also to follow the pattern.
Gingerbread has been invented for fairs, so it's a no brainer to find them at every fair. I bet our European users know what gingerbread hearts look like and are meant for, but for the rest, back in other times, when there were no shops and the only place where supply and demand met, were these fairs and markets, these gingerbread hearts were sold ad presents to take to kids and wives, who usually stayed home.
Today you can find one for every occasion, for the best mom, grandmother, sister, for birthdays, Christmas and whatever occasion is there. This is real art, you need to have some serious skills and I'll show you why.
This lady was painting a gingerbread, if I can call this activity painting. The white thing she's using is egg white with sugar. What she has is a simple, flower shaped gingerbread, but at the table on the previous photo, the lady had way more complicated ones. These beauties are real artworks in my eyes, once you buy them you don't have the heart to eat them.
The other activity you could (probably) see here was egg painting, or egg writing, to be precise.
You have all kinds of eggs on the table, but I'll tell you the process, for those of you who are not familiar with it. On the upper right corner of the photo, you can see the eggshells, which were previously pierced on both ends, in order to remove the egg yolk and the white. After that, the eggshells are washed and dried. Then comes the painting, or the writing, which is done with bee wax. Then the eggshells are placed into the actual paint, that gives them color. It's not an easy process, it takes time and a lot of skills. I tried once and failed miserably, but at least it was fun.
This is it for today. I hope I could show you something new, that you've never seen or heard about. Let me know.
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jewelry is not my thing 😄 i never seen anyone here wearing stuff made with bones though!
the most interesting for me are definitely the painted eggs, that sure take a lot of skills to make one properly, i would say it's same artistic level as a paint... were they expensive?
Yes, these eggs are quite expensive and you need to handle them with lot of care as well, as otherwise your money is out of the window 😬
But even so, it's a special kind of art.
Oh yes so many blasphemies if you just buy it and a little hurt breaks it 🤣
Once again, I must say that the painted eggs are fantastic! I've never tried gingerbread, but it must be delicious.
I'm not sure if I would wear those bone pendants, but I was fascinated by those items, and the crafts at the beginning are great, but I saw some with cats and others with tulips... I fell in love!
Wow, you've never had gingerbread 😯 what are you waiting for? I bet you can find some in Spain.
Tulips 🌷 are traditional flowers of Hungarians and you find them painted on furniture (when people had painted furniture), and on clothing items as well.
Yes, painted eggs are a big deal and you can call it art.
I'll look for it, don't worry, and tulips are my favourite flowers!
I'm glad to know. Tulips 🌷 have a long history in Europe, especially in The Netherlands, I don't know is South America though.
I wanted to have one when I lived in Argentina, but the climate wasn't right and I don't think the soil was either. It's more common here.
I love to see things made by human hands, I'm glad we can still enjoy such objects... until they are all replaced by industrial ones, made by... robots! I remember with pleasure that in my youth I also made many of this kind of things, from marionettes to this kind of wire and metal jewelry. Of course, not so beautiful.
Natural leather, what a pleasure to find objects made of this material. I liked the sandals with this Roman pattern. I wore them in my early youth, and I can confirm that they lasted many years.
There are such fairs in Bucharest. I recently visited one and I will write about it. Unfortunately, they are more commercial, and a wide range of objects is sold, from handmade items to antiques, of varying ages.
This particular festival is dedicated to crafts alone, so what is sold is made by the crafters and they are only allowed to sell what they make. Many of them are holding workshops as well as that is required.
As I see it, they want to bring handmade products back and are doing a great job. We have a fair for local producers, every three weeks for years and people love it.
Yes, genuine leather is now only for the upper class I'd say and for those who choose quality over look or design. I don't call myself upper class but only have leather shoes and don't intend to change my habit or taste. You can buy good quality footwear at a reasonable price if you're smart and know how.
I'm surprised to learn that you were making craft items when you were younger. I used to as well and still do, but time is scarce these days 😬 Or should I say I prioritize trading and studying more.
Now I understand. These recurring fairs are worth seeking out, and I know why they are successful.
Time, yes, is so valuable, I feel it painfully...
Of course, you have to choose, prioritize; you can't do them all.
Is trading going that well?
Everything is beautiful, but those earrings are a dream 🥰
Yes, there were a few that were calling my name, but I know I'd rarely wear them.
I do love the egg painting, It would be very nice to make a collection from those eggs.