COLLECTION OF DECORATIVE OBJECTS INSPIRED BY ALBANIAN ETHNOGRAPHY Student: Supervisor:
Arlinda Dhimertika Agron Mesi/Dea Buza
Decorative objects are found in almost every environment where people develop their life activities . These facilities serve to make a more attractive environment to create an atmosphere and often to express an attitude , a memory or to show a social status . By their identity can be established ethnic cultural , historical and religious object itself or manufacturers or buyers . Creating a collection of decorative objects inspired by the feminine forms of Albanian ethnography is a very interesting and attractive . Costumes show the perception of an ethnic group on the female figure and feelings that they convey. These forms are closer to individuals as related to maternal relations convey tenderness , warmth and are more youthful . Albanian ethnography is rich and has great diversity in materials , colors and symbols does have a great creative potential as a representative of our culture . Observing decorative objects that provides the market in Albania , there is a lack of such facilities , while in other countries they are present and required as follow concurrent values of tradition in a contemporary context . Albanian craft products are developed support our culture and are a result of the millennial experience of the Albanian people from prehistory to the present day . As part of our culture, our identity represent| 62
ing a material ethnic ones . Traditional products are characterized by their practical function . Materials that are used for popular creativity are ceramics , wood , stone, metal and fabrics. Albanian folk production has been mostly based on workshops and later during the communist era have building enterprises before . These works inspired by popular enterprise and meet the needs of the country for production of objects of design . Uniqueness of these companies was the creation of buildings with decorative purpose , but inspired by popular works . Decorative objects with organic real format anthropomorphic preserve human figures and fully complies. Ornaments clothing stay true to the original outfits . These objects are made in ceramics ( pottery or porcelain ) and painted by hand. The strong and vibrant colors match with popular folk themes . Decorative forms of these objects remain true to the organic forms although stylized . The dresses have pastoral graphics and the colors used are vibrant . And also production material is mainly pottery . Their style is archaic and primitive . The purpose of this project is to create a collection with feminine forms of decorative objects that contain elements of Albanian ethnography by bringing in a contemporary context .