Output 14 Traditional crafts
Introduction to pottery in Bulgaria Pottery is a traditional Bulgarian craft that comes from the Thracians and Romans in our land. That is why this art interweave different styles and stages, passed from generation to generation, from family to family, until today. Pottery is associated with the production of pottery, pots, pitchers, bowls, dishes, pots, casseroles, spoons and other objects. This extremely common craft is being exercised in almost every major city in the past.
The fine decoration on pottery is achieved through several techniques of coloring, engraving, color painting and application of various figures. The engraving is called streaky and is done by turning the potter's wheel, thus forming the famous wavy lines, stripes and curved shapes. The color painting included figures of flowers, birds and other animals. Unfortunately, however, nowadays few people in Bulgaria are still dealing with this craft. But our pupils are eager to learn about it, so let’s see what they think about this ancient craft……………..
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Puppets Theatre in Italy From the 17th century until today, in Naples, puppets theatre put down strong roots and saw the rise and consolidation of performances with pupi, with marionette and, with the guarattelle or burattini, that is why we chose this traditional art craft. Artists from IPIEMME (International Puppets Museum ) came in our school and made with our pupils the characters of the Figure Theatre and they also teached to us the differences among Pupi, Marionette and Burattini (Guaratelle). The ‘Pupo’ is animated from above, is sustained by an iron rod which passes through the head and is attached to the chest. The puppet is moved by the puppeteer's hand and arm under their costume and also made lighter by their lack of legs, are much smaller and lighter than the string puppet, moved by a marionettist with strings at the arms and legs.
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Pupils of the 1st – 2nd -3rd- 4th-5th grades
In live Event with our Partners. All together we made puppets!
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After listening to artists and interacting with them, the pupils wrote the screenplay by Exhibition of pupils’ work themselves. This Output 14 allowed to teachers to evaluate their linguistic and artistic skills and, above all, these pupils have demonstrated their ability to work in team for all the time, cooperating with others.
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Quaichs in Scotland The ‘Quaich’ is a traditional drinking cup in Scotland and is often given as a special gift to commemorate an event, such as a wedding, baptism or special visit. A Quaich is also often given as a prize or trophy for winning sporting and other events in Scotland.
The Scottish Team has presented a Quaich to each host school we have visited during the project.
The Quaich is a traditional Scottish drinking cup with two handles (or lugs). The two lugs (which actually means ‘ears’) define it as a cup of friendship. The word ‘Quaich’ derives from the Scottish Gaelic word 'cuach', which is translated as 'cup'. Quaichs have been made from many different materials over the years. The original Quaichs were probably carved from wood, but they have been made variously from clay, silver and most famously, pewter. Our children worked with an artist to design and make their clay Quaichs, learning the techniques of working with clay to produce a decorative finished article based on a real-life traditional object. For Learners Around the Globe For Learners Around the Globe
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Our exhibition of the children’s Quaichs has been on display for our partners’ visit, our Parents’ Evenings and for the ceremonial opening of our new school hall. The children have now taken them home to display proudly in their own houses.
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“Santons” of FRANCE Provence is a historical and cultural region and a former province in the south-east of France ; the Santon is one of the symbols of Provence
The “santons” are small clay figurines, very colorful. The first Provencal cribs arrive in the churches in the 16th century. When they were closed during the French Revolution, the Provencials decided to reproduce the cribs at home, for the Christmas holidays. Tradition was born.
The clay is abundant in the south of France, it is picked up where it is the purest, the finest. The craftman called “santonnier” size in the earth a character model. The santons are then dried, baked at 1000 degrees then painted. They represent the life of the villages and the traditional trades.
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A famous ceramist came in our classroom with clay. She showed us how to shape a "santon". She brought the characters to cook in a special oven (1000°) and we painted them.
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Exhibition of pupils’ work
Our exhibition of the children’s santon will be on display in the hall of our school, in a landscape of Provence for our partners’ visit in may !
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Willow wicker craft in Poland Polish Pavilion at Expo 2005 in Japan
World's largest wicker basket, Nowy Tomyśl, Poland
Wicker is a technique of making different things of a variety of cane-like materials, including rattan, willow, reed and bamboo. Poland is famous for its willow wicker craft. There are 30 000 – 40 000 willow wicker craftmen in Poland and Poland is one of the biggest manufacturer and exporter in the World of willow wicker craft. Even the facade of the Polish Pavilion at Expo 2005 in Nagoya was made entirely of wicker. We have visited our local craftman in Kraczkowa. During this visit children have seen the work of craftman and they have tried to help him. After the visit children have made some activities connected with willow wicker craft and an exhibition of craft had been organised in our Kindergarten.
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Exhibition of willow wicker craft
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Weaving
is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric. The longitudinal threads are called the warp and the lateral threads are the filling. There are several methods of weaving in Slovakia. There are a lot of traditional weaved products even now in everyday life in Slovakia: rugs, tableclothes, traditional clothes, handbags, decorative art pieces...
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Pictures of the pupils, parents and teachers working with tutorial of our craftswoman
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