La cité du Doudou a eu droit à son coup de projecteur en 2015 en étant capitale européenne de la culture. L'occasion de partir à la rencontre de son folklore !
La carte postale ancienne Alsacienne et Lorraine France Folklore, est située en France
La carte postale ancienne Moeurs et Types Bretons France Folklore, est située en France
Institut du Grenat - L'officiel du bijou en Grenat de Perpignan et du costume roussillonnais
Après un volet social dimanche, place à l'expérience "nature" !
Les poupées de bois ont eu une place importante dans mon enfance. Je n'en ai pas eu mais je les ai souvent admirer. Elles venaient plus de retour de voyage, comme une petite preuve d'avoir mis les pieds dans un autre pays et
Baba yaga’s house
From "Bland Tomtar och Troll" (Among Elves and Trolls), an annual Christmas book for children. John Bauer [Swedish painter and illustrator, 1882-1918] ____ Slight digital enhancement by plumleaves.
Blog vintage : déco, jouets, livres et autres petites trouvailles pour enfants
Putting the folk back into folklore since 2015!
Illustration by Ivan Bilibin for an 1899 edition of the Russian fairytale Vasilisa the Beautiful. Here we see the supernatural being Baba Yaga, the ground strewn with fly agarics, hallucinogenic mushrooms. (Private collection)
Вы догадались по картинке, о ком речь? Непонятно, почему это он стал таким. Он просто мистик. Нельзя, наверно, сотворить эти картины, не почувствовав их сердцем. Он погружался в сферу ужасного и извлекал оттуда мощные русские образы, и обыденное у него переплеталось с инфернальным, создавая сказку,…
pretty teeth
personal paintings
It's frequently said that children are especially able to see the fairies- perhaps because of their innate innocence, perhaps because they are endowed with a sort of second sight and so are open to wonder and magic and are not closed off mentally by rationality and 'good sense,' as adults can be. Children's Second Sight…
Every child in Russia has seen the illustrations of Ivan Bilibin (1876-1942), but many probably don’t know his name. If you grew up in Russia and...
Ahh, but sometimes the best plans go awry. About a month ago while I was perusing Pinterest for copyright free art to hang on my wall for the holiday, I stumbled across the (to the best of my knowledge, not copyright free) art of the artist Lennart Helje. I had seen a few pieces of his before, but I was freshly intrigued, and looked up his name on there specifically. I was in love with all of the pieces I saw.
