HUNGARIAN TRADITIONAL HANDCRAFT

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HANDCRAFT

Handcraft is any of a wide variety of types of work

where useful and decorative objects are made

completely by hand or by using only simple tools.

It is a collective noun for the handcraft jobs.  It is also an object that is crafted by skilled hands or a

craft or occupation. The producers of these objects called craftsmen.

CRAFTSMEN

The wide range of creative and design

activities includes work with textiles, moldable

and rigid materials, paper, plant fibers, etc.

Many specific crafts have been practiced for

centuries, while others are modern inventions.

We can make difference between jobs made by men or

women.

WOMEN’S JOBS

DOLLS MADE FROM STRAW

DOLL MAKER

NEEDLEWORK:  ANYTHING THAT USES A NEEDLE FOR CONSTRUCTION CAN BE CALLED NEEDLEWORK :THE MOST

POPULAR STYLE IS’ KALOCSAI’

PATCHWORK OR "PIECED WORK" IS A FORM OF NEEDLEWORK THAT INVOLVES SEWING TOGETHER PIECES

OF FABRIC INTO A LARGER DESIGN

LACE IS AN OPENWORK FABRIC, PATTERNED WITH OPEN HOLES IN THE WORK. THE MOST POPULAR LACE IN HUNGARY IS CALLED ‘HALASI’. IN CSERKESZŐLŐ THERE IS AN ARTIST: MÁRTA RÉVÉSZ.

WREATH MAKERS

FLORAL DESIGN USES DRIED FLOWERS, LEAVES

PEARL TACKING PRODUCES JEWELLERY: NECKLACES, EARRINGS, WRISTLETS

EGG DECORATING IS QUITE A POPULAR ART/CRAFT FORM BECAUSE OF THE ATTRACTIVE, SMOOTH, OVAL SHAPE OF

THE EGG.

CRAFTS MADE BY MEN

BASKET WEAVING IS THE PROCESS OF WEAVING  VEGETABLE FIBERS INTO A BASKET OR

OTHER SIMILAR FORM. PEOPLE AND ARTISTS WHO WEAVE BASKETS ARE CALLED BASKET

MAKERS, BASKET WEAVERS

BONE CARVING IS THE ACT OF CREATING ART FORMS BY CARVING INTO ANIMAL BONES AND OFTEN INCLUDES THE CARVING OF

HORNS.

TOOLS MADE OF HORNS SUCH AS SALTCELLAR

HORSEHAIR PRODUCTS

WOOD CARVING IS A FORM OF WORKING WOOD RESULTING IN A WOODEN FIGURE OR  ORNAMENTATION

OF A WOODEN OBJECT.

TUB OR BOAT CUTTER

FURNITURE DECORATING . BRIDES’ SETTLEMENT WAS STORED IN BIG ORNAMENTED HUTCHES

MASK MAKERS. THE MOST POPULAR MASKS MADE IN HUNGARY CALLED BUSO MASKS ARE FROM THE

TERRITORY OF MOHÁCS, THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY.

COWBELL MAKERS. THE COWBELLS WERE MADE FOR THE ANCIENT HUNGARIAN CATTLE CALLED GREY CATTLE.

LOAM MAKERS. THE HOUSES WERE MADE OF ADOBES WHICH WERE PERFECT INSULATORS.