Loom Weaver Still In-Service Makes Folk Skirts for Community at 82-YO
Retired Romanian Loom Weaver Handcrafting Traditional Clothing for Village Community In the region of Bucovina, the folk skirt worn as part of the Romanian costume, is a rectangular piece of cloth, woven on a loom,...
Textile Weaving Demonstration Specific to Sapanta Village, Maramures
Romanian Textile Weaving Demonstration – Slit Weave Tapestry In the village of Săpânța, famous for it’s main attraction – The Merry Cemetery – we ran into many colored textiles exposed for sale outside the...
Fulled Weaving for Felting or Fulling Wool Fabric Pănură
Fulled Weaving A Felt Like Fulled Wool Fabric – Vadmal Postav, Dimie, Pănură In the days before the fall of communism, in rural areas of Romania, girls at a young age would learn to...
Spinning Chunky Yarn in Maramureș – A Thick Wool Weft
Hand Spinning Chunky Yarn in Maramureș – A Single Ply Bulky Yarn Nestled along the Cosău valley, the village of Budești, home to a UNESCO wooden church dating back to 1643, is a beautiful...
Spinning Hemp Fiber Performed by 19 YO Vladimir Andrei
19 Years Old Romanian Textile Artisan Vladimir Andrei Does Preparation and Spinning Hemp Fiber On the verge of the 4th industrial revolution, the era of the robots doing people’s tasks and 3D printers creating...
Romanian Peasant Hand Spinning Wool on a Distaff With Drop Spindle
Romanian Peasant Hand Spinning Wool Fibers into Woolen Yarn on a Distaff The famous Romanian traditional textiles are known to be the result of a hard work and some very special craft skills. These...
Loom Weaving, Spinning Performed by 19 YO Millennial Vladimir
Vladimir, the 19 Years Old Millennial Loom Weaving Fabric, Hand Spinning, Knitting Although he also grew up in an electronic-filled and increasingly online world, Vladimir Andrei, aged 19, is no stranger to the traditional...
Traditional Artisan from Romania Loom Weaving Patterned Bands
A traditional artisan crafts his products by means of primitive tools, most of which could be found in museums. There are tons of fancy weaving gadgets and looms on the market today, but watching...
Romanian Embroidery Designs Collection Counting Hundreds of Pieces
Floarea Ilițoi from Cajvana, Suceava County, has been sewing since she was seven years old. Today, at the age of 65, her huge collection of Romanian embroidery designs counts hundreds of items, and still growing....
Bead Embroidery Work on Romanian Blouse Performed by Traditional Artisan
Peasant Woman Demonstrates Heavy Bead Embroidery Work on Romanian Blouse The Romanian peasant women were spending the cold winter days at home, sewing their clothes. Each one of them had a single goal: to...
Romanian Blouse in the Making – Textile Artisan Weaving on Floor Loom
Artisan Manoilă Aurica Demonstrates The Craft Of The Romanian Blouse There are two types of objects in the world: those which break the time barrier, and those which don’t. The things that you throw away without remorse and...
