#folkart

[enchantedbook]

'Princess Cotton Grass' by John Bauer, 1915

[rosieandthemoon]

by Cold Creek Arts

[kaalbela]

Shitalpati (Bengali: শীতল পাটি) is a mat woven from cane or murta plants, originally from the Sylhet region of Bangladesh. The murta plant (Schumannianthus dichotomus) grows around water bodies in Sylhet. The main bearers and practitioners are weavers living mostly in the low-lying villages in the greater Sylhet region of Bangladesh, but there are also pockets of Shital Pati weavers in Barisal, Tangail, Comilla, Noakhali, Chittagong and other areas of the country. After the partition of Bengal, Shitalpati weaving was kept alive among Sylheti refugees in India, and eventually Coochbehar and Jalpaiguri became prominent centres.

Shitalpati is usually rectangular in shape which can be rolled up to put away. When spread on the floor or bed, its upper surface appears glossy and smooth while the inner surface is rough. The people all over Bangladesh use it as a sitting mat, bedspread or praying mat. Although made of flat, thin strips of green cane, its natural look is brown in finished form. The weaving pattern gives it a texture akin to a jigsaw puzzle. The weavers are known as patial or patikaar (meaning 'mat-maker'). Sometimes the cane strips are woven in a way so as to create motifs of birds, animals, flowers and leaves or other symmetric patterns.

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[old-lady-caledonia]

I do filet crochet now.

[songs-of-the-east]

Linocut prints by Ukrainian folk painter Oleksandr Ivakhnenko from a book featuring the poem: "A Cherry Orchard by the House” written by famous Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko

[bigfootboyband]

As Halloween approaches, I’ve been seeing many very talented makeup artists recreate the face of the bride in Tim Burton’s “The Corpse Bride.” I thought this would be a good oppertunity to make some art and remind one and all that the “The Corpe Bride” (known in some tellings as “The Finger” or “The Demon in the Tree”) is a beloved Jewish folktale. Folklorist Howard Schwartz traces the orgins of “The Finger” to 16th century Levant. Aftrer hundreds of years of retelling, the story, like all folktales, has undergone many iterations and also became highly informed by the violence of life in the Pale of Settlement (specifically towards women and young brides).

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[lauragravesart]

"Great Blue Moon Heron" by Laura Graves on INPRNT

An iconic Great Blue Heron (Ardea Herodias) flies across the midnight lake under a magical full moon. Herons are related to their bird cousins: egrets, storks and cranes. A sure sign of the great outdoors.

[allistrations]

Wickerman!!