Embroidery to survive a crisis
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 10:28Embroidered patches - how to survive crisis. Fashion crosshairs on the brand in the world “do it yourself” is not with us as a self-nowym. Polish neck, embroidered and submit to the power of paint. And for at least five years. High-end selling crafts on the Internet.
Virtual network is a place for their meetings and exchange of experiences. Also great product manual work. On the site, known as the gallery of unique objects, his works draw on the sale of 430 craftsmen. Bags and purses, clothing, shawls, jewelry, boxes, small cabinets, graphics. In total, nearly 19 thousand. items. The fact that they are successful, provides a number of items sold in the last several months - close to 75 thousand.
Hand-made and sold embroidery products over the Internet in any way resemble our crafts associated with folk art. This is the original, mostly very nice and aesthetic products, which are colorful magazine for women on their show next to the products of recognized brands and designers. They organize a trade fair in the real. The most well known to National Arts Festival and art (to take place in Poznan and Warsaw) and capital Fair Preparations .
But the Internet is to visit en masse. In GoldenLine virtual community, where people of different professional sectors include your CV, founded the group discussion of “lace, tatting, embroidery, applications, embroiderey crosshairs”, “Polish ethno” and “Something out of nothing.” In total, regularly meet here and discuss with work hand about 700 people - Presidents of the boards of companies, government workers, psychologists, lawyers, doctors, cultural animators. Some people praise their own products, adding pictures or links of private parties.
Among them, Dorota Dutka from Wroclaw book that complicated method on dresses and underwear. Paul Kosidowski, Gdansk University of Technology student, has successfully grown poker, or the burning of pictures in wood. She, coacher, invites to a workshop organized by them Felt Survival, announcing: “Felt a way to survive!” And “Filcuj before you life and shrink.”
Many people with passion and hobby Handicraft made a way to make money and life. Like Mary (television producer) and her husband Thomas (translator), who organized all over Poland in exchange of decorations Decoupage technique. In contrast, Farid and Krzysztof Dubielowie, artists, founded the family toy factory cardboard Three mice. Monika Mrozowska-Szaciłło and Maciej Szaciłło lead for years a private ceramics studio , where companies sell their own ideas, lamps, tiles, even wash basins. These are unique items, valued. Lamps Szaciłły were shown at exhibitions such as Bloomlight and highlighted in the PRODECO. Toys Dubielów shown by the Play Fair at the Joke and Lodz and Design at the exhibition but toys! at the National Museum in Warsaw.
So “Adam Malt” still exists and is good. Not only that, it produces much better than before, because in an era of competitive capitalism, including in the crafts, is growing.