The Love Of Beaded Embroidery Is Ingrained Into Her Soul
About 40 km north of the north-eastern Romanian border town of Siret, stands the city of Cernăuți on the upper course of the Prut river in the southwestern Ukrainian territory. In WW2 this Romanian...
Visiting Argeș, Romania – We Were Introduced to Traditional Clothing By Local Weaver From Nucșoara
The range of Făgăraș mountains stretched a long line of alp-like heights in the far distance, bounding the sub-Carpathian hills, their topmost peaks, always crowned with snow, luring us towards them. Driving past a chain...
Romanian Blouses and Costumes from Sibiu, Transylvania
Although in the high-pressure of 21st-century life there seems to the busy to be very little time to spare, still it cannot be denied that embroideries are very much before the public, that new...
Meeting Vladimir After 3 Years – The Young Millennial Keeping Alive a Vanishing Profession
Do you remember Andrei Vladimir, the young millennial loom weaving, spinning and performing heritage textile crafts with a passionate commitment like you rarely find today? Back in 2017, after reading articles about him, we...
Weaving Techniques from Bucovina: Hand Picking Alesături
„In our fast moving world, less and less people have the patience to sit and create something with their hands”, says Floarea Solovăstru, while weaving on her floor loom. She is planning to weave...
Winding a Warp on Warping Mill for Wool Rug Weaving
Separated by a fence from the rest of the yard, where Lucia sat sewing peasant blouses, is a garden where she keeps a small flock of chicken. We pass through a sagging wooden gate between the chicken running around the garden,...
Sewing Peasant Blouses in Romania Can Take Up To 3 Weeks
Among many other meaningful activities, such as creating complicated weave structures on her loom and collecting Romanian folk art, traditional artisan Lucia Ciocoiu sits sewing peasant blouses in the garden. Within and without, all...
Complicated Weave Structures With Shed Sticks and Heddle Rods
In the Romanian village of Sâmbăta de Sus, we had a unique occasion to admire Romanian folk art creations made by textile artisan Lucia Ciocoiu. At the age of 71, after a lifetime in...
Romanian Folk Art in the Village of Sâmbăta de Sus, Transylvania
Varying from region to region, or even from one village to another, you will never discover all the same traditional Romanian costumes when you ramble in the countryside. For instance, the costumes encountered in...
Weaving Art Thrives in This Village Thanks to Dedicated Artisans
In Romanian Village of Drăguș Textile Weaving Art is a Labor of Love for These Busy Bees Throughout every settlement of Transylvania, whether cities or villages, strong German architectural influences are visible. The structure...
Weaving Complex Patterns in Village of Drăguș, Transylvania
With snow covered mountain peaks on the horizon, the village of Drăguș, one of the most beautiful villages in Romania, has a well-known community of skilled craft workers, many more than it’s neighboring villages...
Romanian Folk Costumes Spotted on Rural Transylvania Tour
Discovering Traditional Crafts on Rural Transylvania Tour in The Land of Făgăraș The basic features of the Romanian folk costumes in Transylvania region are two rectangular aprons (catrințe or reg. cretințe), black or in...
Heavy Bead Embroidery Work on Romanian Peasant Blouses
Heavy Bead Embroidery Work on Romanian Peasant Blouses Traditional clothing didn’t go out of style in the region of Bucovina. The resurgence of village social events is fuelling the demand for unique costumes. In...
Life in Maramures Villages Is So Much Simpler – Look How They Do Their Laundry
In old times, people used to wash their clothes in rivers, but in Maramures villages, they had their own way of doing the laundry. Before washing machines were invented, the people from Maramureș took their clothing to nearby...
Romanian Traditional Costumes and Dances On Our Maramures Trip
Romanian Traditional Costumes From Maramureș Since day one, the local people of Maramureș or moroșeni, as they are called, won us over with their hospitality. Our first interaction with the locals happened in the...
Traditional Weaver Winding Warp for Patterned Bands
Meeting Romanian Traditional Weaver Veronea Mutescu In The Village of Vicovul de Jos When visiting a Romanian village, it feels like people in the countryside live in a different timezone. Most of the village...
