Find Your roots and something nice to go with it.
If You’ll take any of the majorly important Polish art or book of the past ,more often then not it was made in Kresy. “Lithuania, my motherland” – starts the national poem “Pan Tadeusz”, and one of the most popular Polish songs “Hej Sokoły” marvels on the beauty of green Ukraine… Kościuszko and Moniuszko were …
It seems odd from today’s perspective when we look at the map, but more then 100 years ago Kurpie land in Green and White forest (Puszcza Zielona & Puszcza Biała) were quite isolated. The most iconic part of Kurpie folk artis the tradition of paper-cuttingknown as wycinanki. Actually colorful paper was not that easy to …
We never regarded Polish old-school books that much; nowadays, when paper is awful, illustrations are crap and design is lacking any creative thought, I see it in a different light. After carefully inspecting hundreds of vintage Polish books for kids as an antique bookstore owner, here are the prettiest and the most well-made. An Amber …
Which is the prettiest Vintage Polish Children’s Book’s art? I searched through hundreds while having an on-line Slavic shop and here are my favourites that nobody is talking about. Szelmostwa Lisa Witalisa There are numerous variants of this famous Jan Brzechwa book, but the one with Maciej Buszewicz pops the most and is also very …