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1. American Folk Art Created by hand by untrained artists, Folk art has a combination of naturalness and simplicity and is highly collectible today. The first real appreciation of American folk art began during the 1920s when artists, returning from World War I, began to...
2. Hungarian floral patterns If you happen to travel to Hungary then you might want to visit an area famous for its folk art and paprika production . Kalocsa is 120 km far from Budapest , the capital - it is in the South by the Danube . The tradition of wall painting and embroid...
3. Nativity Christmas Sets Christmas Nativity scenes exhibit  figures representing the infant Jesus, his mother Mary, and Mary's husband, Joseph. Some nativity scenes include other characters from the Biblical story such as shepherds, the Magi, and angels. The figures...
4. Handcrafted Bottles of Hope For Fargo Patients The cancer patient hospital ward in Fargo, ND is a place where we can  find people in my local community who need some hope. Who wouldn't love to receive a Handcrafted Bottle of Hope? It is a wonderful way to support your local community while s...
5. The Art and Magic of Hex Signs Hex Signs were first seen painted on the sides of barns, stables and houses of the Pennsylvania Dutch in the 18th century. The custom of using these signs was derived from the Old World, brought from Germany and Switzerland by German immigrants who s...
6. Day of the Dead Art History, information and opinions on Day of the Dead, a celebrated holiday in Mexico, and the effect it has on the world at large.
7. Tole Painting - How to Paint Rosebuds Tole painting is also called decorative painting, These are terms used when painting designs, such as roses, rosebuds, other florals, and a variety of designs on functional and non-functional items. Wood is a common surface for tole and decorative pa...
8. Jane Wooster Scott Puzzles My favorite jigsaw puzzles are the ones that have picture "clues" throughout, allowing you to work on different sections at a time. It's easy to scan the scattered puzzle pieces and quickly pick out the pieces that are part of your soon to be assembl...
9. Passion for Primitive Folk Art Primitive is the Colonial/Early American time period from the mid-1650s to the early 1900s. It celebrates the beginning of our nation, and remembers those simpler times long gone. Today, the primitive style of art and decorating is also known as &quo...
10. Rosemaling - Norwegian Decorative Painting Rosemaling (Norwegian rose painting) is the name of a form of decorative flower painting that originated in the low-land areas of eastern Norway around 1750, when Baroque, Rengeny and Rococo, artistic styles of the upper class, were introduced into N...
11. Day of the Dead Art This lens is a collection of Day of the Dead art found from across the Web. Celebrate and remember your loved ones and ancestors with some exuberant and irreverent art that laughs in the face of Death! Image courtesy of Hanoi Mark on Flickr.
12. Scherenschnitte Paper Cutting Craft Scissor cutting craft brought to us from our Pennslvania Dutch Ancestors In the spirit of keeping old crafts alive, preserving them for future generations Scherenschnitte (pronounced Sharon-sh-net) is introduced to us, Scherenschnitte is the German wo...
13. Sam, The Dot Man Sam McMillan, from Winston-Salem, NC, started painting when he was 60 years old. Call his work folk art, outsider art, self-taught art, or vernacular art — I call it inspiring. You have probably heard Thomas Kinkade being referred to as The Pai...
14. Painted Creatures Made In Oaxaca Mexico Oaxacan folk art wood carvings — also called animalitos ("little animals") — are carved and painted entirely by hand in villages in the Southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. Each carving begins with branches of copal wood. For many artists,...
15. Grandma Moses When I was a young girl, I can remember my mom talking about someone she called Grandma Moses. For years, I thought it was the grandma of one of her childhood friends. Grandma Moses was a beloved American primitive artist whose first painting was no...
16. American Primitive Country Folk Art This lens is a tribute to all American Primitive Country Folk Art: Raggedies, Crows, Quilts, Bears, Rag Rugs, Angels, Birdhouses & Primitive Art of all kinds.   Make yourself at home and browse for a while - I am sure you will find something...
17. Everything Hungarian Headquarters Everything Hungarian: This group is about Everything Hungarian including news, politics, shopping, travel, history, genealogy, people, you name it. Have a lens on Dracula or Vampires for example? Well Dracula is a bit of Hungarian and Romanian. Pleas...
18. Pysanky -- Ukrainian Russian Polish decorated Easter eggs A pysanka (plural: pysanky) is an egg decorated in the Ukrainian style using a wax-resist method. Many other cultures in Eastern Europe decorate similar eggs. The famous Russian Fabrege eggs are derivative of this custom. A stylus called a kystka is...
19. Frida Kahlo Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954) was a Mexican painter who depicted the indigenous culture of her country in a style combining Realism, Symbolism and Surrealism. An active communist supporter, she was the wife of Mexican muralist and...
20. Punch and Judy: the other characters CONTENTS John Pole explains List of the other characters Joey the Clown The Baby The Crocodile The Beadle The Boxer The Devil The Doctor and Judge The Dog and Donkey The Ghost The Hangman My other Punch & Judy lenses Pretty Polly Links My other...