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Woodworking Craftsman Builds Rustic Stool With Hand Tools

This is the village of Iaslovăț, a village of high standards with respect to the virtue of diligence, for diligence is the most crucial trait of the people from Iaslovăț. Add talent and skills...
Making roof shingles

Making Roof Shingles With Hand Tools

Have you ever admired the old houses covered with shingles from an open-air village museum? Well, those shingles were most likely hand-split piece by piece in a small carpentry workshop from the village of...
hazel basket weaving basket Weaver Mircea Cordoș

Hazel Basket Weaving From Start to Finish

While in Breb, it was curious to see villagers trotting down the road with hazel pack baskets on their backs. One woman had it stuffed with groceries, another was carrying her freshly picked nettles...
fulling wool in fulling mill Maramureș

The Complete Process of Fulling Wool With VIDEO

The day was here at last! I was going to see a properly operating fulling mill in the locals’ backyard. This is something I’ve been meaning to show you for years. It was the...
Ioan Petric Woodworking Large Scale Porch Pole

Hitting The Woodworking Paradise With Impressive Wood Carvings!

This article features affiliate links, meaning we’ll earn a small commission if you purchase through these links. Please read our Privacy Policy for more details. Driven by the desire to step back in time, once more...
How to Make a Wooden Barrel

The Village Cooper Keeping History Alive in Pleșa, Suceava

This article features affiliate links, meaning we’ll earn a small commission if you purchase through these links. Please read our Privacy Policy for more details. Iosif Alexandrovici, the last cooper standing in Plesa village, once famed...
Beaded Embroidery Viorica Petrovan

The Love Of Beaded Embroidery Is Ingrained Into Her Soul

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Loading The Kiln For Firing Black Pottery

Black Pottery Center With 200 Years History: Marginea, Romania

This article features affiliate links, meaning we’ll earn a small commission if you purchase through these links. Please read our Privacy Policy for more details. Children’s merry voices echoed around as they got off the school...
pelt tanning in romanian tannery

Pelt Tanning in Romanian Traditional Tannery

This article features affiliate links, meaning we’ll earn a small commission if you purchase through these links. Please read our Privacy Policy for more details. Nestled among the Bukovina Ridge, seven kilometers away from Gura Humorului,...
Horse Harness With Brass Ornaments

Horse Harness Making With Brass Ornaments in Rural Leather Workshop

This article features affiliate links, meaning we’ll earn a small commission if you purchase through these links. Please read our Privacy Policy for more details. Handmade horse harness making from 100% Romanian leather, locally tanned In...
glazing ceramic pots in furnace

Pottery Making – From Digging to Processing Clay, Wheel Throwing and Burning Ceramic

This article features affiliate links, meaning we’ll earn a small commission if you purchase through these links. Please read our Privacy Policy for more details. Over the years, Marginea has seen the commune’s ceramic industry develop...
Basket Weaving

Young man, 20, keeping willow basket making alive

This article features affiliate links, meaning we’ll earn a small commission if you purchase through these links. Please read our Privacy Policy for more details. Forty years ago, the village of Calafindești, located in Suceava County,...
Artisan Weaver Olivotto Viorica

Visiting Argeș, Romania – We Were Introduced to Traditional Clothing By Local Weaver From Nucșoara

This article features affiliate links, meaning we’ll earn a small commission if you purchase through these links. Please read our Privacy Policy for more details. The range of Făgăraș mountains stretched a long line of alp-like...
Romanian Glazier Puscalau Vasile Making Stained Glass Windows

Making Stained Glass Windows -Mesmerizing Puzzles of Color and Light

Once essential to the fabric of ancient churches, the stained glass windows feature an array of brilliant colors that gleams with the light of the incoming rays of sun streaming into the building, creating...
Carpenter Making A Wooden Rake

Making a Wooden Rake From Scratch

This article features affiliate links, meaning we’ll earn a small commission if you purchase through these links. Please read our Privacy Policy for more details. If you go to Romania, you must be prepared for hard...
Romanian Leather Art Traditional Vests

Stunning Diversity of Romanian Leather Art – Each Village Has Unique Designs

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