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25 JANUARY,2013DENIZLI

ALDONA DROSEIKIENE LMSU

Lithuanian Textile traditions through time

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FOLK ART TRADITIONS

Folk art is an art form

based on old traditions

that have developed

from the practicalnecessities of country

life.

Farmers would decorate

their various utensils andwomen would weave

material for their clothing

and for decoration.

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WEAVING TRADITIONS Lithuania has a long

weaving tradition.

The earliest Lithuanian

textile fragments foundin the burial groundsdate back to thesecond-third century.

It was found that mostof them are wovenfrom local rawmaterials - wool andlinen yarns.

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WEAVING TRENDS

Since of old each Lithuanian woman takes

pride in textiles of her own make.

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LITHUANIAN FOLK FABRIC

The first millennium featuredmainly woven plain, flat(initial) woven fabrics.

Until the nineteenth century,yarn for weaving was painted

in natural colors: plant blossoms,

leaves, roots, moss,tree

bark, marsh and iron

rust.

Aniline dyes, introduced inthe nineteenth-century, haveenriched and intensified thecolors of the fabric.

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Linen is one of the

oldest textiles sorts in

the world which is

produced from linenfiber. Even 5000 years

B.C. linen garments

were worn in

Egypt.

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The flowers of a flax plant, the stalk

of which is used

to make linen. Flax is a temperamental

plant to grow, and the quality of thefinished product depends largely on the

quality of the plant itself

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The flax fibers are found in

the stalk, which is pickedby hand to preserve the

fibers integrity another

reason flax is expensive.

Separating the fibers isalso a long and tedious

process if performed

correctly.

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Household anddecorative fabrics(towels, tablecloths,linens, bed sheets, bed-

trays in the end of thenineteenth century andbeginning of thetwentieth-century) are

mostly monochrome. They combine bleach and

non-bleach linen or cottonyarns, enabling extractionof geometric patterns.

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LINEN HANDWORKS

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NATIONAL SASHES Frequently mentioned in folk

songs and legends and frequentlygiven as a gift, thejuos ta(sash) isthe prototype Lithuanian wovenarticle and comes in a variety ofwidths and lengths.

Juos toshave been used, amongothers things, as bookmarks,neckties, accent pieces, and alsowidened into table runners.

National sashes are a traditionaland ancient branch of Lithuanianfolk art that lately has beenreviving.

At present hand-woven sashes,especially those that reveal thetaste of the Lithuanian people forcoloration took a new start.

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CLOTHING

Clothing always reflects theeconomic situation.

Woven and embroidered,

these costumes reflectregional tastes, traditionsand motifs and arecherished family heirlooms.

Use of color and theircoordination differs inseparate Lithuanian regions

.

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KNITWEAR Some twentieth-century knitting

also feature medieval-styleLithuanian motifs such ascastles and knights.

Although these are quiteinteresting and beautiful pieces

of handicraft, they are nottraditional folk art designs andmay even have been workedfrom printed pattern

Knit articles are a beautifuland lovely decoration of the

ancient Lithuanian interiorand clothing. Folk' masters upto now use the techniques ofhand weaving, knitting andcrocheting.

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INDEPENDENT SUMMER CAMP (WORKSHOP GROUPS)

2012 m.

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FELTED DECORATIONS TO WOMAN

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FELTED SLIGHT WEAR

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SCARVES AND SHAWLS

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THANK YOU.