Wycinanki: Poland's Art of Paper Cutting A HANDS-ON WORKSHOP

Sometimes it's not what you put on paper, but what you cut away.

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Join us for a hands-on wycinanki workshop. Polish American artist Grace Bazylewski has been a teacher and practitioner of this intricate folk-art form for more than thirty years. Participants will create their own decorative, colorful wycinanki designs to take home. Designs include flowers, trees, animals and more. All materials will be provided.

Wycinanki developed in the mid-1800s as a folk-art tradition of Polish peasants. Early practitioners were often men who used sheep shears in winter, when there were no sheep to shear. The finished paper creations were placed on walls and windows of homes as household decorations.

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