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THE
ARTISTS OF WOLIN
The contemporary artists from Wolin and community has been inspired by
the archeological discoveries and unusual richness of the historical
past of Wolin. Famous little figure of pagan god named Światowit
made from wood is one of the inspirations. In the lasts years more
people have been realized its own artistic inclinations thanks to the
little artifacts that are copies of the things that had been used by
Wolin’s inhabitants in the past.
Paweł Żelewski
(pic.
1) works in antler, bone, wood and leather. He made knifes (pic.
34-38), pots (pic. 16), elements of clothes (pic. 30 & 31) and
salt-pots (pic. 4 & 6-11 & 13-15 & 29) of the materials known by our
ancestors. He covers his artifacts with sophisticated ornaments
inspired by the Scandinavian, Slavonic, Irish, Russian - Varegian arts
and from the Vendel period, known from the pictogram’s stones from
Gotland Island (pic. 33). Artist prefers the old Scandinavians styles
like Borre (pic. 2 & 24 & 30), Mammen (pic. 4 & 8 & 17) and Ringerike.
These styles are just the base of useful motives.
Jerzy Budziszewski
(pic. 40 & 41), the second one lives in a very little village near
Wolin. He become to be fond of the old art during the long Wolin’s
archeological excavations. He discovered some finds from the ground
and become to copy them. His special passion is making the combs (pic.
42-45) made of bone and antler, looked just like the old original
ones from Slavonic and Scandinavian regions. The style of a decoration
proceeds from the archeological sources. |
