In the southern and midwestern regions of the US, I think the cowboy aesthetic occupies this weird space in between actual cultural clothing that some people wear seriously and a touristy gimmick (cowboy boots, hats, bolo ties, belt buckles, etc). It really depends on the design, where you get the clothing from, and how it's being worn that decides which of the two it is!
Midwest is more Moss oak and Real tree. It's a lot of camo, the cowboy look isn't a Midwest thing at all. The Midwest is Farmers not cowboys big difference.
With the Pacific Northwest we get more of the weird Lumberjack aesthetic. We do wear a lot of flannel because it's warm and sheds most of our types of rain really easy. But you can get "flannel print" anything, from Denim to coasters to wind chimes to chairs. Especially around winter, every store is drowning in red and black flannel print on everything.
I would have to say here in the US the original "souvenir" would have to be Native American Indian art. Trading posts were set up on the outskirts of reservations and Natuve Americans had no concept of money they traded handmade goods and set up posts to trade and eventually sell their own wares to travelers. My ancestors even made items specifically for early tourists that were never made as a custom like chairs made with bison horns for legs. Today, every reservation has their "tourist outpost" selling jewelry, baskets, blankets , sand paintings etc. Some items have retained original motifs but most have been modernized to appeal to a wider selection of buyers.
I see this here in Australia too, the two souvenirs you will see in any souvenir shop is native animals (kangaroos, koalas etc) or a boomerang with an imitation of the dot painting traditional in _some_ Aboriginal cultures (in a couple of parts of the country). But its easy to find cheap knockoffs made in a Chinese factory but much harder to find art that will support an actual Indigenous artist.
so I am Canadian, and I live in a true "Canadian" tourist area (The Canadian Rockies). Ours is maple. Maple toffee, maple sugar, maple syrup, maple coffee, maple tea, maple leaves on everything, maple leaf-shaped container for all the above mentioned. Also Significantly more expensive than just going to the grocery store and getting a jug. Still not cheap, but not... that expensive.
Yes please! I'd love to see the pressed flower cross-stitching method! I can sort of picture the process in my head, but my brain wants to switch it to how I make pixel art on a computer, so... a detailed, step-by-step video documenting how you did it, what choices you made, and why would be excellent! Both old and new art styles have their own type of beauty that I wouldn't call a comparable match. I love reaching back to my ancestors' roots and bring forward their unique, simplistic designs into everyday crafts--my dad and I just ordered our family's 10th-11th century tartan this week, in fact!--to see where the concepts and motifs first developed. Newer cultural designs and motifs transport me to this feeling of standing in my ancestor's shoes where they studied their forefathers' initial work, brainstormed their own contributions to the family's lineage, and passed it along to their children for them to create and add upon in turn, resulting in an anthropological tapestry of designs that document the evolution of art with each generation leaving their mark, yet they still draw from and respect the "origin" of where our family tree first took root (origin of the lineage, not the art).
A modern version of that would be to print a grid/mesh pattern on acetate sheets and place that over the dried flower (or photograph of live flower) to be copied for cross stitch.
It isn't only our embroidery, our culinary (art) is also shows many similarities.. The usage of many types of paprika (sweet, semi-sweet, mild, spicy, extra hot etc) all the spicy foods.. I really love Mexican food. We have several Mexican restaurants in my hometown Budapest, even an entirely vegan one, called Vexicana which is one of my fav. They serve the best veggie burritos and tortillas🇲🇽🇭🇺🌯
There was a lot of German immigration into Mexico for a time, which explains how accordions ended up in Mariachi music. Probably some of the embroidery motifs cross-pollinated as well.
@@jackieOAT there are places here also like: Las Vegans (with Texmex infused menu and also fully plant-based) Tacos Locos Gringos Amigos Arriba Taqueria.. Just a few that I memorized cause those have a cool name
Swedish souvenirs - elks. Elks elks elks elks (tourists often steal the elk-warning signs along the roads, so they have to be made really big and put up really higi). And dalahästar (Dalecarlian painted wooden horses - according to my dictionary). And the occasional historically inaccurate viking.
In Estonia, there is this one yellow striped skirt pattern from one of the islands, which is absolutely gorgeous but has become really over-used in all kinds of "etno"-designs. It feels like people are forgetting the diversity of traditional regional fashions when they just re-use the same pattern over and over again. Also, I'm definitely a Bougie Blossoms supporter. I had a long discussion with my friend once on the topic of how traditional fashions have become so inaccessible to people because there are certain purists, or there are these purist expectations of how folk costumes should be worn. But most people can't afford full sets of authentic clothes and young people especially feel like they're losing touch or losing interest in folk costumes because they feel like these clothes arent who they are. This is why I am fully in support of modernising traditional designs. These are the clothes of our culture - we the people are always changing and the clothes and designs should change with us to reflect that. If we keep swatting people's hands like "You can't wear that item for X or X reason!", it's all literally just going to die out because it just represents some distant past and not who we culturally are now.
Speaking of souvenirs - I'm Russian and oh boi do I have a lot to say. Most souvenirs have to do with ceramics and woodwork and I don't have much to say about those, but when it comes to costume my biggest pet peeve is what they sell under the name of kokoshnik. Obviously those neon colors were nowhere to be found in the 19th century, but it's more about the construction of it. The souvenir ones are basically fancy pieces of cardboard glued on top of a swimming had, while the ones people actually wore - and that is easy to google - would cover the back of your head, there was fabric behind the fancy front. This is probably the worst and the most ubiquitous one I've noticed so far
I can see through your lines how this issue ardently annoys you! And I totally understand! I don't know if there can ever come an end to crappy costume pieces sold for cheap 🙄
In the part of U.S. where my family comes from, lots of tourists are interested in buying Amish crafts, like quilts & furniture, or going on Amish horse & buggy rides. Oh, and the tulip motifs you show actually look very similar to flowers used in Pennsylvania German folk art. This was a really interesting video, by the way. What you explained about how the tree of life motif is forked at the roots to symbolize the fork in the Milky Way & female fertility - it reminded me of your video about traditional folk hairstyles throughout a woman's life. There was one style you showed that could either be parted in the middle with two braids (hen style), or have just one braid (rooster style). In the video you said that you weren't sure why there were called that, but I think it's the same kind of symbolism that you're talking about here. Like in this quote from England's Queen Elizabeth I, where she rails at her councilors for talking down to her & says something like, "you would not speak to me so had I been born crested instead of cloven."
What is interesting to me is the Americanized-Hungarian embroidery that became popular in the various Hungarian communities in the US after WWII. It's as if all the immigrants from different towns and villages created one unified Hungarian style to represent their country as a whole. I guess I like the "modern" versions better, even though they're from the mid-20th century. Wonderful episode. Thank you!
It all makes sense to me. Goddess worship has occurred since nearly prehistoric times. Also I'd like to add that the placenta looks like a tree, a direct physical world connection to the divine.
Goddess worshiper here. Thank you for saying this! Male worship is so dominant that there are those that say that God is male and that there is nothing else.
As someone else said, in Germany souvenirs away from mass tourism have mostly postcards and fridge magnets etc with photos of scenery, castles, ruins etc. Regions with mass tourism/more kitschy souvenirs are the Baltic/North sea, Berlin, Bavaria and the Black Forest maybe. On the coast it’s everything seagulls, light houses, maritime designs with stripes, miniature ships in glass bottles (Buddelschiffe) and anything with sea buckthorn (juice, liqueur, sweets) and especially at the Baltic Sea amber anything. Some are quite kitschy others more classy/traditional. In the Black Forest it’s Cuckoo clocks and the traditional headgear of one town/village (a wide brimmed straw hat full of little red wollen pompons) as magnets and key ornaments. The most touristy souvenirs are in Bavaria, everything Dirndl and Lederhosen or edelweiss etc, magnets purses everything. The most awkward was a magnet with a dirndl bust shelf (basically breasts with a bit of blouse and dirndl). The Ore mountains region they sell lots of woodwork figurines like Rachermannl (incense smokers). All the Clocks, Buddelschiffe, Dirndl, Smokers you can get in a range of quality. From cheap touristy to high quality made by local workmen that interested inhabitants of that region would buy for themselves.
I believe that archaic art should not be put on a pedestal in a sense that it is "better", but it should definitely be preserved somehow - because influences are ever so present and I think having that tiny bit of original artwork to hang on to, linking you to your ancestry, is super interesting and meaningfull .. bougie blossoms are imho also great, because they can be so much easier to implement into your daily wear/life and not scream for attention .. anyway .. Czech original souvenirs are mainly handrafted crystal glass or local beer and wine - but sadly our souvenir shops usually do not represent that at all
This is all super interesting and I'd love to see a video of you trying using a pressed flower as a guide for embroidery, that seems so cool. I'm more B in my personal tastes for things like my own clothes because I really love florals but I appreciate it all out in the world.
Well, that explains why my Hungarian grandfather sent baby clothes to us when we where small. I think he never send anything other than Hungarian clothes to us that we could use. I loved those clothes as a kid, but I outgrew them. And I haven't been able to go to Hungary, maybe when I get the time, I will embroider them myself. A thing that is everywhere when it comes to souvenirs in Sweden: Dalahäst (Dalecarlian horse or Dala horse) Love the Kurbits style of painting. And characters created by our loved author Astrid Lindgren: Pippi longstocking, Emil in Lönneberga and more. And some Moomin related souvenirs. (even tho Finland own it more, but Sweds like to argue that we own moomin partly too, Since Tove was a finnish-swed.) And thank you for confirming my suspicion, I started to suspect it when I drew them for fun in school, and the teacher and classmates called out on me drawing lady parts. And I just wanted to draw Hungarian flowers.... QAQ A team, since it's the style I grew up with and I love it to death. But the Bougie Blossom has it's charm too.
Around here, we have cowboy hats -- you can tell the tourists right away. Worst yet, you can tell the tourists who are coming from the city in your own state. Archaic Art and Bougie Blossoms -- I'm glad some people hold on to the Archaic Arts, more power to them. However, I still believe that if the girls way back then could get dollar a yard fabric and churn it out on sergers and sewing machines, by dang, they would. This was Very Informative (And FUN!)
The iconic souvenirs here in Argentina are: anything leather (belts, wallets, necklaces, wall hangings) with gaucho motifs, silver jewellry, mate gourds/cups (mate is a kind of green tea), gaucho clothing such as ponchos and alfajores (two maiz flour cookies filled with dulce de leche and covered in chocolate).
The most popular souvenirs in Paraguay are: anything ñanduti (a type of handmade lace inspired by nature), ao po’i shirts, blouses, dresses, etc (ao po’i is a type of loosely woven textile that’s also handmade, but the designs are more geometrical than ñanduti, which is more ‘organic’), filigree jewelry (which is made in a style that resembles ñanduti), and stuff made from leather. Everything I mentioned has the ‘touristy’ appeal, and although not used in every day clothes (especially ñanduti and ao po’i, since they are very delicate), they are still highly regarded in society. For example, I have a pair of filigree earrings that are gorgeous, and also some clothes with ñanduti appliques; and many people have water thermos or jugs (it’s really hot here, so everyone as one of those) covered with traditional leatherwork as embellishment. Also, lmao but as a biologist I laughed so much at the thumbnail. Linneo (Carl von Linné, dude who invented the taxonomic system) already had a sorta pervy description of flower parts, and many botanists followed that path when naming new flowers. It seems like it’s a common theme 🤣🤣🤣
personally i really prefer the archaic because those types of patterns tend to be more... story-oriented if that makes sense? like they tend to have more symbolism, with the stylization. Also yes, please to the video of you trying out the sieve technique (also here the souvenirs are the little mermaid fcking everywhere)
I like both! Here in Scotland, it’s royal Stewart tartan on everything, as well as clan badges etc….as a Kiltmaker I’m yet to come across someone Scottish who wears a clan badge in a serious way 😂
im american and my dad is barely scottish but he would act like it was his ~identity~. i always thought it was weird. bro, ur from new hampshire. he would be like "this is our familys clan and its important!" my actual scottish friends said "nahhh nobody does that, thats weird"
Hi Anna, thank you for this. I've always loved Hungarian embroidery its so strong and beautiful and it isn't something you see a lot of here in the UK, so its lovely to finally know something about the past and culture behind it. Thank you! xxxx
Being Hungarian but still learned many new things from your video, so thank you 💖 I really adore your style. I wonder what people, around you, are saying about it. I mean mainly the elderly people wear traditional clothes, younger ones are not anymore even in villages. So I imagine you being quite conspicuous. Do you actually wear these clothes, for example, the one you wore in the video just before this, outside?
You mean the grey+blue Dirndl from the hairstyle vid? Yes! It's one of my current favourites! ☺️ I wear it with an apron and a folksy dirndl blouse if I feel like going full-blown folk, but sometimes I just wear it with a floral tank top - that makes it look more casual 😉
Yea we have flags on some of the most ridiculous stuff, its the point any meaning the flag might have had is washed out, I pledge allegiance to the....swim suit, beer cozy, bandanna?
@@hnelson5609 I don't mind the flags per say, though I'd be happier to see more true patriotism and less flags vs people who fly the flag to cover their mean spirited ideologies. Of course where I am living I see a whole lot of flags displayed by a whole lot of hateful people, so the unfortunate result is the two getting associated in my head. The 'American Dream' is only as good as our ability to obtain it and share the fruits of it with our less fortunate fellows.
@@hnelson5609 no, the flag craze was not caused in recent times by politics at all. Even Campbell’s soup used the flag in an advertisement, even though it was controversial they thought it was a good idea to sell their product. They made an advert depicting a US flag made out of soup cans around 1905. And I’ve seen dresses using Stars and Stripes from the late 1800s. The American flag was everywhere before the last couple of years and will continue to be. Especially since it’s tied to national holidays (biggest holiday for it being the Fourth of July), sporting events, and commercialism. Maybe your area isn’t very “patriotic” or you just never noticed the flag being a thing. Over enthusiastic flag culture was even parodied in Napoleon Dynamite (2004). The character Rex is wearing striped and stars pants, stars bandana, his dojo is plastered in US flags, and his wife’s name is Starla who also wears flag themed clothes.
Yep. I'm from Australia and its usually the animals, like kangaroos or koalas or gum trees. And then there's the cork edged hat that nobody here actually wears! This was great. I really enjoyed this headline version of the history, but it was very interesting and informative. Thank you.
Absolutely the archaic. Love traditional flowers. My grandmother was from Hungary. I have a shirt that apparently was her father’s. It has flower pattern made with cross stitches
Um from Portugal and here is cork that works that way. If you don't know, cork has many uses, you can find handbags, shoes, umbrellas, hats, coasters, jewelry, like, if something can be made out of cirk, it exist in Portugal. Even a wedding dress sometime ago
I am an embroidery addict. I guess I got it from my Mom. I am always looking for old motifs for my projects. The older, the better. Here in Texas we have such a rich mixture of cultures. The motifs you showed remind me of embroidery from Mexico. We are lucky to have so many communities here that have held on to their culture. The most beautiful motifs I have copied so far are from a Wendish Church I visited. Their Churches are painted so beautifully inside. If anyone ever gets the chance to visit these Churches, please don't miss them. Thank you for showing this art form .
Wonderful video, thank you so much! As a needleworker from the USA with East German, Polish, English, and Dutch in my ancestry, I am especially drawn to florals, especially tulips (the Dutch LOVE tulips!), but love the historical techniques and designs as well. I would like to see a video on the making of patterns from real flowers.
This is seriously my favourite video on the internet right now! It's such a niche subject, but one I'm personally very interested about, so I feel very lucky to have your channel to watch. Mooooooarrrr information about the traditional motifs, mooooaaaaaarrrrr please! And do try the embroidery pattern making technique :D
I am from Hessia, Germany. And we have Ebbelwoi (dialect; kinda like apple cider). It's traditionally served in a Bembel (a jug/pitcher, sizes varriade with a blue grey colour and blue leaves drawn on to it) and you pour the Ebbelwoi form the jug into a Geripptes (a glass with a rhombus pattern). aaaand that colour and pattern theme of both - the jug and glass - are all over the souvenir stuff around this region but also Ebblewoi flavoured everything (basically apple soap, candy, jam).
I like to purchase small souvenirs that I can re-purpose to decorate my Christmas tree. I have 2 small, embroidered Chinese silk horses. I have a miniature Swiss cow bell. I have a ceramic Norwegian Nisse sitting on a swing. I have a German gelt schizer made of candy (must be very carefully handled and stored). That sort of thing.
@@flauschigbleiben2439 Also known as a Geldschiesser, it's a "gold money sh*tter". It's a weird, humorous figure of a man or boy squatting and pooping a coin. It's a traditional New Year gift to bring prosperity, usually made of marzipan or chocolate. A friend of mine who lived in Germany said there's a statue or gargoyle of a gelt schizer in Goslar.
I am so happy to have found this video. I recently had a conversation with my grandfather (who moved from Cegléd, Hungary to Canada when he was 18) where he told me that his mother actually worked full time making embroidery designs. I am not sure if anyone currently living in my family does a ton of traditional-motif embroidery but my mom has some baby dresses in storage that were made by her grandmother. They are beautiful and I will have to look at them with a keener eye to see which flowers are on them! And when you mentioned how the lower class workers would pick up different floral motifs just to appeal to the bougie tastes that made me laugh out loud!! My Grandfather definitely mentioned how high-class people in Budapest and London would ask for 'traditional Hungarian motifs' in their without actually knowing anything specific about traditional Hungarian art
Thank you so much for this video it's really interesting. My family is from Hungary but has mainly passed away I believe they were from Budapest and that they came over in the 1950s to the UK they were protected by the British Red Cross. I understand that that will be experts on this book for a person who has no one to ask about the Hungarian culture it would be lovely to see what embroidery styles come from what region and potentially look at the embroidery styles that my family would've been familiar with. I personally feel that there is room for both the old stuff is important because I suppose it's the starting point and the new style bougie stuff is also important as this is how it's developed and culture is always developing.
I love this so much! I have always said that a culture's mythos is where you find the heart of it's people. This was so fun and I would personally love to learn more!
13:00 yes please. I don't like the thought of A being a forgotten technique, however, B is also lovely and also may, eventually, be considered "archaic". I love both.
A&B. I think our traditional art and its evolution is a treasure to be preserved and I really enjoy learning about it and seeing examples. I hope that there are people who are still passing on the older methods so they won’t be entirely lost. Souvenir shops here in Kansas look like bizarre sunflower 🌻 gardens interspersed with gawdy college mascot decorations 🤣
Lassan fél éve, hogy egy-egy videódat megnézem, de eddig valahogy nem esett le, hogy magyar vagy... valamelyik szomszédos nemzethez képzeltelek, bár csak a névjegyzékbe kellett volna belekukkantanom,hogy Magyarország van megadva alapértelmezettnek... Nagyon tetszik a stílusod, és így tovább! :)
Historical or traditional designs are always great to see and can sometimes come back around again regardless of how things change. I really like seeing it all. This was educational. Thank you.
I would like TONS more on this topic. Also, I think the idea of pressing the flowers and doing a study is GENIUS. Both new and old styles have validity but I feel like my personal inner villager is a new design camp person.
The typical souvenirs here in Germany are usually keychains etc with photos of the region. BUT I guess what every foreigner would think that a typucal German souvenir is everything about Lederhosen - even if those are only typical for Bavaria.
Glad to confirm is not only Hungary; Mexican sombreros are souvenirs in Barcelona, even though, you know... Mexico isn't exactly close to Barcelona or anywhere in Spain, for all that matters. We also sell flamenco dressed dolls, although flamenco isn't from Catalonia but from Andalucia (South Spain) which is better than selling something from Mexico... I guess?
Please do the old timey embroidery!!😀😀😀. I would say A but that comes from my art history background😊 This was so fascinating! I live in the US and every state has its touristy items as well as big sections of the country like the West. I live in Oregon and our tourist stuff focuses on animals such as bears, beavers , salmon, whales, and ducks or indigenous people.
Yes. In Minnesota there are loons, and in Wisconsin there is cheese. My sister once had a commission to bring home a Wisconsin cheese hat for a coworker.
In italy is kinda different: every city has it's souvenir thing. For my city, Ravenna, it's all mosaic and Tedorico's Tomb. Other famous examples: Venice and Gondolas and Masks; Rome and the Colosseum...
Thank you so much for a fantastic video, your description of the Tree of Life has given me more info for medieval flower designs that I find. In Australia they either stick a flag on the item or the ubiquitous dot painting decoration, devoid of context or meaning. I think it's important to hold on to traditional designs but more importantly the symbolism and meaning behind them. This creates a much richer understanding of life, history, humanity and hand crafts.
The transition between geometric to flowery embroidery happened in Portugal too! Usually people say it began and evolved in the 20th century, so we display both types of those "costuming" in our folklore group! I love both!! ♥️ Totally agree with you about what is original or not. That's why I don't really get the "cultural appropriation" term, because, it doesn't make sense to me. We are exchanging culture since ever hahaha and all these terms: culture/folklore/tradition are mutable! Constantly changing as we, humans, are changing. And... guess what, we also have a type of "tree of life" in our traditional embroidery 😂
I have to agree, but I guess what constitutes your own culture is more complex nowadays 🤔 If I wear/use elements of a different culture, I always try to do it with the utmost respect - I guess the lack of consideration, recognition and dignity is what most people get angry about...? But then again, I do stay away from inspiration that is off the Euroasian continent 😅
There is some amazing research about embroidery in Hungary and other Eastern European societies. Cross stitching wasn't the usual form of embroidery until the past 100 years. I'll have to find the information on it again but it's something to look into if you do more on the topic. Great video! Love your work!
I like both A& B....there is room for both...honor the collective past while marching to the future since we can only go forward. I like anything and everything with embroidered or with lace
A - because I'm all about preserving traditional art and lore while advancing into the future. In my specific area, carousel horses are the big tourist kitschy item, and in my state, probably little Statue of Liberty figurines, key-chains, mugs, t-shirts, etc...
I’d definitely like to see you try it out, and I think both a and b. Traditional embroidery is beautiful and I think it should continue to be passed down for generations but, I think there’s room for bougie blossoms. I Love the video. I think it’s so cool how different parts of the world have similar traditions I’ve seen similar embroidery styles in Mexican art
I absolutely loved this video! I think it would be amazing if you were to find the time to do a series that goes more in depth. I'm sure the embroidery alone would be incredibly complex. As someone who loves hand stitching and embroidery especially, I would love to see you try out the sieve technique! I think both A and B have their place, A particularly for historical value- I feel like there's an element of connecting with tradition and that having something that can cross many generations has something special. B is definitely fun, and I'm sure that decades (or even centuries!) from now, people will look back on these designs in much the same way we do with the more "Archaic" today. I think so long as you treat them with the proper respect and appreciation they deserve, either is absolutely suitable, beautiful and valuable in their own way.
Wonderful! My mom was Hungarian and her grandparents all immigrated from Hungary around 1890-1900. She grew up in a Hungarian community in Pittsburgh Pa. My grandparents collected a lot of Hungarian art objects and embroideries and the older women in the family embroidered. I have always loved these embroideries. I have been practicing shamanism here in the states for about 30 years and have also been very interested in ancient paganism. I will be looking for more of your videos. I hope you will say more about the various symbols and old beliefs.
I live in the uk, so there's always union jack things, red telephone boxes, and in the last decade or so, a weird amount of stuff has started being decorated with the London underground rail maps (which I'm guessing has to do with the popularity of the "Keep Calm And Carry On" poster, that was originally an underground rail sign) In my city specifically, we have a famous artist, so everything comes with pictures of his art plastered all over them.
The algorithm brought me here and I’m so glad it did!! Love how you edit your videos. I’m excited to learn more. Thank you! (Also I’m pro B but think that both designs become enriched when we look to the other.)
Dalecarlian horses. They're everywhere. And now the "krusband" among other folk costume details from my area has become popular to incorporate in bags, lanyards etc. I even have it on some mugs. And I do see a lot of smiliraties between our patterns and the ones from Moldovia, Hungary, Belarus. The flower pattern. We have a version called kurbits, yes the plant, that shows up in paintings from 18th century.
I firmly & definitively vote for both A & B. Variety is such a joy! Btw...I love the (embroidered or printed?) cushion designs in the background of your video. So lovely!
Such an interesting topic. I have really taken a fascination to fiber arts lately, it would be amazing to learn more from people within different cultures!
I have a few beautiful embroideries brought over from Hungary by my mother-in-law. As a Hungarian myself, I see the value of the art form and cherish every piece. By the way, I think my preference is B.
Best story ever! I just want to become a specialist in tattooing all of them ❤. Could you talk about the different colors, shapes, patterns, regions & motifs more? Your channel is amaaaaazing. Thank you!!!
Hello from Puerto Rico! To give you my take on some of your questions: 1. No, your country is not the only one that has specific symbols. In Puerto Rico, you will find the flag 🇵🇷, and the coquí (a small, brown/tan/golden, toad), and hibiscus 🌺 on a lot of the souvenirs. We also include a Garita (a lookout structure in an ancient Spanish fortification) as national symbols. But mostly the flag. 🇵🇷 2. A and B are wonderful in their own way. We have integrated A and B quite successfully in our designs, showing Taino, African, and Spanish symbols into our art and designs. 3. Yes, please expand on this! It's very interesting! 😇
The pressed flower embroidery trick is so clever! I might try that myself, and would definitely love to see you do it. In Finland the Most Touristy Things (tm) are Lapland/Sami stuff like things made of reindeer horns or fur. They're sold in tourist shops even in the Southern-most parts of the country, ~700 km from where any actual reindeer herding is taking place. Also Moomin, but but that's modern and the locals are into it too.
Omg yes I need to see how you'd tackle early embroidery techniques! I've been wanting to make myself a csangos style blouse/shift. don't know if I want to embroider or hand pick weave
Привіт from Canada! have Ukrainian heritage, and I am very very interested in the embroidery styles of Eastern Europe, particularly depictions of the tree of life. I found this video very informative and interesting! I’d love to see you try the old embroidery technique.
I would love to see you try the "pixle by pixle" translation of realistic flowers to embroidery! Such ingenuity. When I was in design school someone did a project trying to find a more "feminist" approach to art and motives since a lot of traditional art, sculpture and symbolism is quite phallic and I immediately thought of symmetrical blossom-like patterns on tapestry and fabrics being very reminiscent of vulvas. So it's cool to know that the galactic vulva of the sky sneakily makes an appearance in folkloric art for centuries.
Great to see and hear a more in depth video on traditional design and it's evolution. Naturaly here in Wales the most common item for tourists is decorated with a Draig Goch ie a red dragon which as in Chinese tradition is Earth energy although our dragons look very different.
I'm pretty late to the party, but regarding the question at 13:56 -- I think that older designs, techniques, recipes, etc. are a way to connect with our predecessors without a personal connection, by doing the same things they did. To me, mimicking the spirit of it is more important than a certain look or using the "right" materials -- I'd much rather practice boro mending techniques on a genuinely worn out housecoat than make a patchwork on purpose -- but I'm not going to deny those options to people who enjoy them. But back to Archaic Art vs Bougie Blossoms -- the more archaic geometry appeals more to my sense of design so I'll have to go with that for now.
My father, Gabor, used to send me pressed flowers in the mail from his garden. The embroidery from my aunties was mostly the tulip form. It is just as beautiful from the back as the front. Now my cousins make their flowers look more lifelike. I like it all, and I think the modern flowers 💐 embody more hope and happiness for the future.
In Slovakia, the Čičmany village motives are extremely popular. They´re various geometrical symbols painted on the original wooden houses. I think they´re protective symbols, but Im not sure. Wooden things are super huge. Spoons, toys, other household items, wall decorations. You can see in many shops little bottles with mead or other alcohol.
I am a person who loves the "old ways" and the fashion styles from the 1800's thru 1940's. As far as tourist-trap items here in Michigan, it depends much on the area developed by particular ethnic groups. My state had many different types of settlers from the British Isles to Europe. Now it has expanded to worldwide. I would pick the archaic styles, and yes, I would love more information. I've done embroidery in the past so designs are endless. Thank you for your embroidery history.
I always felt bad for not seeing the flowers but the lady parts, now I feel like an intelectual
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same
In the southern and midwestern regions of the US, I think the cowboy aesthetic occupies this weird space in between actual cultural clothing that some people wear seriously and a touristy gimmick (cowboy boots, hats, bolo ties, belt buckles, etc). It really depends on the design, where you get the clothing from, and how it's being worn that decides which of the two it is!
Absolutely yep!! That's what immediately sprang to mind for me, too!
agreed
Yep. And cowboy culture came from Mexico before Texas was a state and Spain before that.
Midwest is more Moss oak and Real tree. It's a lot of camo, the cowboy look isn't a Midwest thing at all. The Midwest is Farmers not cowboys big difference.
With the Pacific Northwest we get more of the weird Lumberjack aesthetic. We do wear a lot of flannel because it's warm and sheds most of our types of rain really easy. But you can get "flannel print" anything, from Denim to coasters to wind chimes to chairs. Especially around winter, every store is drowning in red and black flannel print on everything.
I would have to say here in the US the original "souvenir" would have to be Native American Indian art. Trading posts were set up on the outskirts of reservations and Natuve Americans had no concept of money they traded handmade goods and set up posts to trade and eventually sell their own wares to travelers. My ancestors even made items specifically for early tourists that were never made as a custom like chairs made with bison horns for legs. Today, every reservation has their "tourist outpost" selling jewelry, baskets, blankets , sand paintings etc. Some items have retained original motifs but most have been modernized to appeal to a wider selection of buyers.
I see this here in Australia too, the two souvenirs you will see in any souvenir shop is native animals (kangaroos, koalas etc) or a boomerang with an imitation of the dot painting traditional in _some_ Aboriginal cultures (in a couple of parts of the country). But its easy to find cheap knockoffs made in a Chinese factory but much harder to find art that will support an actual Indigenous artist.
so I am Canadian, and I live in a true "Canadian" tourist area (The Canadian Rockies). Ours is maple. Maple toffee, maple sugar, maple syrup, maple coffee, maple tea, maple leaves on everything, maple leaf-shaped container for all the above mentioned. Also Significantly more expensive than just going to the grocery store and getting a jug. Still not cheap, but not... that expensive.
Maple sugar candy is amazing! Best stocking stuffers I ever got
Also, anything with a moose or beaver on it.
Maple, geese, and beavers lol
Mounties and Canada Geese!
West coast style totem poles sold in Nova Scotia shops, Banff selling prairie Anishinaabe and Métis beadwork items.
Yes please! I'd love to see the pressed flower cross-stitching method! I can sort of picture the process in my head, but my brain wants to switch it to how I make pixel art on a computer, so... a detailed, step-by-step video documenting how you did it, what choices you made, and why would be excellent!
Both old and new art styles have their own type of beauty that I wouldn't call a comparable match. I love reaching back to my ancestors' roots and bring forward their unique, simplistic designs into everyday crafts--my dad and I just ordered our family's 10th-11th century tartan this week, in fact!--to see where the concepts and motifs first developed.
Newer cultural designs and motifs transport me to this feeling of standing in my ancestor's shoes where they studied their forefathers' initial work, brainstormed their own contributions to the family's lineage, and passed it along to their children for them to create and add upon in turn, resulting in an anthropological tapestry of designs that document the evolution of art with each generation leaving their mark, yet they still draw from and respect the "origin" of where our family tree first took root (origin of the lineage, not the art).
Yesssssssssssss!!!
A modern version of that would be to print a grid/mesh pattern on acetate sheets and place that over the dried flower (or photograph of live flower) to be copied for cross stitch.
Yes! It would be so cool to learn more about it
Mexican embroidery has some similarities with Hungarian embroidery and yes, it is also EVERYWHERE
It isn't only our embroidery, our culinary (art) is also shows many similarities.. The usage of many types of paprika (sweet, semi-sweet, mild, spicy, extra hot etc) all the spicy foods.. I really love Mexican food. We have several Mexican restaurants in my hometown Budapest, even an entirely vegan one, called Vexicana which is one of my fav. They serve the best veggie burritos and tortillas🇲🇽🇭🇺🌯
There was a lot of German immigration into Mexico for a time, which explains how accordions ended up in Mariachi music. Probably some of the embroidery motifs cross-pollinated as well.
@@izabellaszendi6131 Vexicana - that is briliant :-) someone nailed that name!
@@jackieOAT there are places here also like:
Las Vegans (with Texmex infused menu and also fully plant-based)
Tacos Locos
Gringos Amigos
Arriba Taqueria..
Just a few that I memorized cause those have a cool name
I've often thought this as well about Polish and Mexican embroidery!
Swedish souvenirs - elks. Elks elks elks elks (tourists often steal the elk-warning signs along the roads, so they have to be made really big and put up really higi). And dalahästar (Dalecarlian painted wooden horses - according to my dictionary). And the occasional historically inaccurate viking.
In Minnesota (USA) where there were LOTS of Swedish immigrants, you can find places with hundreds of (small) Dala Horses for sale.
In Estonia, there is this one yellow striped skirt pattern from one of the islands, which is absolutely gorgeous but has become really over-used in all kinds of "etno"-designs. It feels like people are forgetting the diversity of traditional regional fashions when they just re-use the same pattern over and over again.
Also, I'm definitely a Bougie Blossoms supporter. I had a long discussion with my friend once on the topic of how traditional fashions have become so inaccessible to people because there are certain purists, or there are these purist expectations of how folk costumes should be worn. But most people can't afford full sets of authentic clothes and young people especially feel like they're losing touch or losing interest in folk costumes because they feel like these clothes arent who they are. This is why I am fully in support of modernising traditional designs. These are the clothes of our culture - we the people are always changing and the clothes and designs should change with us to reflect that. If we keep swatting people's hands like "You can't wear that item for X or X reason!", it's all literally just going to die out because it just represents some distant past and not who we culturally are now.
(explosive) mine yellow aka miinikollane
Speaking of souvenirs - I'm Russian and oh boi do I have a lot to say. Most souvenirs have to do with ceramics and woodwork and I don't have much to say about those, but when it comes to costume my biggest pet peeve is what they sell under the name of kokoshnik. Obviously those neon colors were nowhere to be found in the 19th century, but it's more about the construction of it. The souvenir ones are basically fancy pieces of cardboard glued on top of a swimming had, while the ones people actually wore - and that is easy to google - would cover the back of your head, there was fabric behind the fancy front. This is probably the worst and the most ubiquitous one I've noticed so far
I can see through your lines how this issue ardently annoys you! And I totally understand! I don't know if there can ever come an end to crappy costume pieces sold for cheap 🙄
I feel you. To me it is atrocious what people wear to Oktoberfest🤢 Animal prints and super short skirts with tulle... do I need to say more?
In the part of U.S. where my family comes from, lots of tourists are interested in buying Amish crafts, like quilts & furniture, or going on Amish horse & buggy rides. Oh, and the tulip motifs you show actually look very similar to flowers used in Pennsylvania German folk art. This was a really interesting video, by the way. What you explained about how the tree of life motif is forked at the roots to symbolize the fork in the Milky Way & female fertility - it reminded me of your video about traditional folk hairstyles throughout a woman's life. There was one style you showed that could either be parted in the middle with two braids (hen style), or have just one braid (rooster style). In the video you said that you weren't sure why there were called that, but I think it's the same kind of symbolism that you're talking about here. Like in this quote from England's Queen Elizabeth I, where she rails at her councilors for talking down to her & says something like, "you would not speak to me so had I been born crested instead of cloven."
What is interesting to me is the Americanized-Hungarian embroidery that became popular in the various Hungarian communities in the US after WWII. It's as if all the immigrants from different towns and villages created one unified Hungarian style to represent their country as a whole. I guess I like the "modern" versions better, even though they're from the mid-20th century. Wonderful episode. Thank you!
It all makes sense to me. Goddess worship has occurred since nearly prehistoric times. Also I'd like to add that the placenta looks like a tree, a direct physical world connection to the divine.
Goddess worshiper here. Thank you for saying this! Male worship is so dominant that there are those that say that God is male and that there is nothing else.
As someone else said, in Germany souvenirs away from mass tourism have mostly postcards and fridge magnets etc with photos of scenery, castles, ruins etc. Regions with mass tourism/more kitschy souvenirs are the Baltic/North sea, Berlin, Bavaria and the Black Forest maybe. On the coast it’s everything seagulls, light houses, maritime designs with stripes, miniature ships in glass bottles (Buddelschiffe) and anything with sea buckthorn (juice, liqueur, sweets) and especially at the Baltic Sea amber anything. Some are quite kitschy others more classy/traditional. In the Black Forest it’s Cuckoo clocks and the traditional headgear of one town/village (a wide brimmed straw hat full of little red wollen pompons) as magnets and key ornaments. The most touristy souvenirs are in Bavaria, everything Dirndl and Lederhosen or edelweiss etc, magnets purses everything. The most awkward was a magnet with a dirndl bust shelf (basically breasts with a bit of blouse and dirndl). The Ore mountains region they sell lots of woodwork figurines like Rachermannl (incense smokers). All the Clocks, Buddelschiffe, Dirndl, Smokers you can get in a range of quality. From cheap touristy to high quality made by local workmen that interested inhabitants of that region would buy for themselves.
I believe that archaic art should not be put on a pedestal in a sense that it is "better", but it should definitely be preserved somehow - because influences are ever so present and I think having that tiny bit of original artwork to hang on to, linking you to your ancestry, is super interesting and meaningfull .. bougie blossoms are imho also great, because they can be so much easier to implement into your daily wear/life and not scream for attention .. anyway .. Czech original souvenirs are mainly handrafted crystal glass or local beer and wine - but sadly our souvenir shops usually do not represent that at all
I LOVE embroidery and always pounce on anything I see that is embroidered, even mass-produced commercial machine embroidery.
This is all super interesting and I'd love to see a video of you trying using a pressed flower as a guide for embroidery, that seems so cool. I'm more B in my personal tastes for things like my own clothes because I really love florals but I appreciate it all out in the world.
Well, that explains why my Hungarian grandfather sent baby clothes to us when we where small. I think he never send anything other than Hungarian clothes to us that we could use. I loved those clothes as a kid, but I outgrew them. And I haven't been able to go to Hungary, maybe when I get the time, I will embroider them myself.
A thing that is everywhere when it comes to souvenirs in Sweden: Dalahäst (Dalecarlian horse or Dala horse) Love the Kurbits style of painting. And characters created by our loved author Astrid Lindgren: Pippi longstocking, Emil in Lönneberga and more. And some Moomin related souvenirs. (even tho Finland own it more, but Sweds like to argue that we own moomin partly too, Since Tove was a finnish-swed.)
And thank you for confirming my suspicion, I started to suspect it when I drew them for fun in school, and the teacher and classmates called out on me drawing lady parts. And I just wanted to draw Hungarian flowers.... QAQ
A team, since it's the style I grew up with and I love it to death. But the Bougie Blossom has it's charm too.
Around here, we have cowboy hats -- you can tell the tourists right away. Worst yet, you can tell the tourists who are coming from the city in your own state. Archaic Art and Bougie Blossoms -- I'm glad some people hold on to the Archaic Arts, more power to them. However, I still believe that if the girls way back then could get dollar a yard fabric and churn it out on sergers and sewing machines, by dang, they would. This was Very Informative (And FUN!)
I absolutely agree! 🌿🙌
I love those little animations swishing and sweeping while you talk.
The iconic souvenirs here in Argentina are: anything leather (belts, wallets, necklaces, wall hangings) with gaucho motifs, silver jewellry, mate gourds/cups (mate is a kind of green tea), gaucho clothing such as ponchos and alfajores (two maiz flour cookies filled with dulce de leche and covered in chocolate).
De alpaca, no plata
@@antotombari710 las dos cosas
@Astrea A Con fecula de maiz
The most popular souvenirs in Paraguay are: anything ñanduti (a type of handmade lace inspired by nature), ao po’i shirts, blouses, dresses, etc (ao po’i is a type of loosely woven textile that’s also handmade, but the designs are more geometrical than ñanduti, which is more ‘organic’), filigree jewelry (which is made in a style that resembles ñanduti), and stuff made from leather. Everything I mentioned has the ‘touristy’ appeal, and although not used in every day clothes (especially ñanduti and ao po’i, since they are very delicate), they are still highly regarded in society. For example, I have a pair of filigree earrings that are gorgeous, and also some clothes with ñanduti appliques; and many people have water thermos or jugs (it’s really hot here, so everyone as one of those) covered with traditional leatherwork as embellishment.
Also, lmao but as a biologist I laughed so much at the thumbnail. Linneo (Carl von Linné, dude who invented the taxonomic system) already had a sorta pervy description of flower parts, and many botanists followed that path when naming new flowers. It seems like it’s a common theme 🤣🤣🤣
personally i really prefer the archaic because those types of patterns tend to be more... story-oriented if that makes sense? like they tend to have more symbolism, with the stylization. Also yes, please to the video of you trying out the sieve technique (also here the souvenirs are the little mermaid fcking everywhere)
I like both!
Here in Scotland, it’s royal Stewart tartan on everything, as well as clan badges etc….as a Kiltmaker I’m yet to come across someone Scottish who wears a clan badge in a serious way 😂
im american and my dad is barely scottish but he would act like it was his ~identity~. i always thought it was weird. bro, ur from new hampshire. he would be like "this is our familys clan and its important!" my actual scottish friends said "nahhh nobody does that, thats weird"
Hi Anna, thank you for this. I've always loved Hungarian embroidery its so strong and beautiful and it isn't something you see a lot of here in the UK, so its lovely to finally know something about the past and culture behind it. Thank you! xxxx
Being Hungarian but still learned many new things from your video, so thank you 💖
I really adore your style. I wonder what people, around you, are saying about it. I mean mainly the elderly people wear traditional clothes, younger ones are not anymore even in villages. So I imagine you being quite conspicuous. Do you actually wear these clothes, for example, the one you wore in the video just before this, outside?
You mean the grey+blue Dirndl from the hairstyle vid? Yes! It's one of my current favourites! ☺️ I wear it with an apron and a folksy dirndl blouse if I feel like going full-blown folk, but sometimes I just wear it with a floral tank top - that makes it look more casual 😉
In America I would say that the symbolism we see everywhere is definitely our flag. Stars and stripes are everywhere
Yea we have flags on some of the most ridiculous stuff, its the point any meaning the flag might have had is washed out, I pledge allegiance to the....swim suit, beer cozy, bandanna?
@@hnelson5609 I don't mind the flags per say, though I'd be happier to see more true patriotism and less flags vs people who fly the flag to cover their mean spirited ideologies. Of course where I am living I see a whole lot of flags displayed by a whole lot of hateful people, so the unfortunate result is the two getting associated in my head. The 'American Dream' is only as good as our ability to obtain it and share the fruits of it with our less fortunate fellows.
@@hnelson5609 no, the flag craze was not caused in recent times by politics at all. Even Campbell’s soup used the flag in an advertisement, even though it was controversial they thought it was a good idea to sell their product. They made an advert depicting a US flag made out of soup cans around 1905. And I’ve seen dresses using Stars and Stripes from the late 1800s.
The American flag was everywhere before the last couple of years and will continue to be. Especially since it’s tied to national holidays (biggest holiday for it being the Fourth of July), sporting events, and commercialism. Maybe your area isn’t very “patriotic” or you just never noticed the flag being a thing.
Over enthusiastic flag culture was even parodied in Napoleon Dynamite (2004). The character Rex is wearing striped and stars pants, stars bandana, his dojo is plastered in US flags, and his wife’s name is Starla who also wears flag themed clothes.
A and B! I love seeing how these things change over time.
Yep. I'm from Australia and its usually the animals, like kangaroos or koalas or gum trees. And then there's the cork edged hat that nobody here actually wears!
This was great. I really enjoyed this headline version of the history, but it was very interesting and informative. Thank you.
Absolutely the archaic. Love traditional flowers. My grandmother was from Hungary. I have a shirt that apparently was her father’s. It has flower pattern made with cross stitches
I think there is room for both types of design and all that goes in between. Thank you for your research and the kitty is cute!
Um from Portugal and here is cork that works that way. If you don't know, cork has many uses, you can find handbags, shoes, umbrellas, hats, coasters, jewelry, like, if something can be made out of cirk, it exist in Portugal. Even a wedding dress sometime ago
I am an embroidery addict. I guess I got it from my Mom. I am always looking for old motifs for my projects. The older, the better. Here in Texas we have such a rich mixture of cultures. The motifs you showed remind me of embroidery from Mexico. We are lucky to have so many communities here that have held on to their culture. The most beautiful motifs I have copied so far are from a Wendish Church I visited. Their Churches are painted so beautifully inside. If anyone ever gets the chance to visit these Churches, please don't miss them. Thank you for showing this art form .
Wonderful video, thank you so much! As a needleworker from the USA with East German, Polish, English, and Dutch in my ancestry, I am especially drawn to florals, especially tulips (the Dutch LOVE tulips!), but love the historical techniques and designs as well. I would like to see a video on the making of patterns from real flowers.
This is seriously my favourite video on the internet right now! It's such a niche subject, but one I'm personally very interested about, so I feel very lucky to have your channel to watch. Mooooooarrrr information about the traditional motifs, mooooaaaaaarrrrr please! And do try the embroidery pattern making technique :D
I am from Hessia, Germany. And we have Ebbelwoi (dialect; kinda like apple cider). It's traditionally served in a Bembel (a jug/pitcher, sizes varriade with a blue grey colour and blue leaves drawn on to it) and you pour the Ebbelwoi form the jug into a Geripptes (a glass with a rhombus pattern). aaaand that colour and pattern theme of both - the jug and glass - are all over the souvenir stuff around this region but also Ebblewoi flavoured everything (basically apple soap, candy, jam).
I like to purchase small souvenirs that I can re-purpose to decorate my Christmas tree. I have 2 small, embroidered Chinese silk horses. I have a miniature Swiss cow bell. I have a ceramic Norwegian Nisse sitting on a swing. I have a German gelt schizer made of candy (must be very carefully handled and stored). That sort of thing.
What a great idea! ✨
I live in Germany and I have to ask... What is a gelt schizer? :D never heard of it
@@flauschigbleiben2439 Also known as a Geldschiesser, it's a "gold money sh*tter". It's a weird, humorous figure of a man or boy squatting and pooping a coin. It's a traditional New Year gift to bring prosperity, usually made of marzipan or chocolate. A friend of mine who lived in Germany said there's a statue or gargoyle of a gelt schizer in Goslar.
This is a perfect idea for all my souvenirs. Gonna steal it, If ok with you.
please do talk about methods used to create designs! i loved the sieve idea! so modern!!!
Imádom hogy ennyit beszelsz a Csangokrol.. úgy érzem nem kapnám elég creditet 😌
I am so happy to have found this video. I recently had a conversation with my grandfather (who moved from Cegléd, Hungary to Canada when he was 18) where he told me that his mother actually worked full time making embroidery designs. I am not sure if anyone currently living in my family does a ton of traditional-motif embroidery but my mom has some baby dresses in storage that were made by her grandmother. They are beautiful and I will have to look at them with a keener eye to see which flowers are on them!
And when you mentioned how the lower class workers would pick up different floral motifs just to appeal to the bougie tastes that made me laugh out loud!! My Grandfather definitely mentioned how high-class people in Budapest and London would ask for 'traditional Hungarian motifs' in their without actually knowing anything specific about traditional Hungarian art
Thank you so much for this video it's really interesting. My family is from Hungary but has mainly passed away I believe they were from Budapest and that they came over in the 1950s to the UK they were protected by the British Red Cross. I understand that that will be experts on this book for a person who has no one to ask about the Hungarian culture it would be lovely to see what embroidery styles come from what region and potentially look at the embroidery styles that my family would've been familiar with. I personally feel that there is room for both the old stuff is important because I suppose it's the starting point and the new style bougie stuff is also important as this is how it's developed and culture is always developing.
I love this so much! I have always said that a culture's mythos is where you find the heart of it's people. This was so fun and I would personally love to learn more!
Loved the history of embroidery in this video! Would love to see more sewing /textile /embroidery historical content! Xoxo! 😘
13:00 yes please. I don't like the thought of A being a forgotten technique, however, B is also lovely and also may, eventually, be considered "archaic". I love both.
+1 this, both is good
I loved the historical , etnographic content - very interesting and presented with such a motivating spirit
A&B. I think our traditional art and its evolution is a treasure to be preserved and I really enjoy learning about it and seeing examples. I hope that there are people who are still passing on the older methods so they won’t be entirely lost.
Souvenir shops here in Kansas look like bizarre sunflower 🌻 gardens interspersed with gawdy college mascot decorations 🤣
Lassan fél éve, hogy egy-egy videódat megnézem, de eddig valahogy nem esett le, hogy magyar vagy... valamelyik szomszédos nemzethez képzeltelek, bár csak a névjegyzékbe kellett volna belekukkantanom,hogy Magyarország van megadva alapértelmezettnek...
Nagyon tetszik a stílusod, és így tovább! :)
You are quite possibly the most sweet natured and adorable woman on RUclips. I love your content and truly enjoy your posts.
You should definitely try that embroidery method! That would be so cool
Historical or traditional designs are always great to see and can sometimes come back around again regardless of how things change. I really like seeing it all. This was educational. Thank you.
What a great video! Thank you for the education, more on this would be wonderful! Also both motifs old and new are so beautiful
I would like TONS more on this topic. Also, I think the idea of pressing the flowers and doing a study is GENIUS. Both new and old styles have validity but I feel like my personal inner villager is a new design camp person.
The typical souvenirs here in Germany are usually keychains etc with photos of the region. BUT I guess what every foreigner would think that a typucal German souvenir is everything about Lederhosen - even if those are only typical for Bavaria.
Yes! And when we visited Bavaria last month, they had fridge magnets of breasts in a dirndl (no whole human attached only the bust area) so awkward!
@@dottiewi661 yeah those are popular too
Glad to confirm is not only Hungary; Mexican sombreros are souvenirs in Barcelona, even though, you know... Mexico isn't exactly close to Barcelona or anywhere in Spain, for all that matters. We also sell flamenco dressed dolls, although flamenco isn't from Catalonia but from Andalucia (South Spain) which is better than selling something from Mexico... I guess?
I’m Scottish. Just in case anyone has been living under a rock our overdone souvenir is tartan.
Great interesting video. 👍
I definitely recognize some of those motives from Czech folk costumes. And as always you make me find out more about my folk roots. Thanks.
Please do the old timey embroidery!!😀😀😀. I would say A but that comes from my art history background😊 This was so fascinating! I live in the US and every state has its touristy items as well as big sections of the country like the West. I live in Oregon and our tourist stuff focuses on animals such as bears, beavers , salmon, whales, and ducks or indigenous people.
Yes. In Minnesota there are loons, and in Wisconsin there is cheese. My sister once had a commission to bring home a Wisconsin cheese hat for a coworker.
In italy is kinda different: every city has it's souvenir thing. For my city, Ravenna, it's all mosaic and Tedorico's Tomb. Other famous examples: Venice and Gondolas and Masks; Rome and the Colosseum...
Thank you so much for a fantastic video, your description of the Tree of Life has given me more info for medieval flower designs that I find. In Australia they either stick a flag on the item or the ubiquitous dot painting decoration, devoid of context or meaning. I think it's important to hold on to traditional designs but more importantly the symbolism and meaning behind them. This creates a much richer understanding of life, history, humanity and hand crafts.
you're such a captivating storyteller, love it
The transition between geometric to flowery embroidery happened in Portugal too! Usually people say it began and evolved in the 20th century, so we display both types of those "costuming" in our folklore group! I love both!! ♥️ Totally agree with you about what is original or not. That's why I don't really get the "cultural appropriation" term, because, it doesn't make sense to me. We are exchanging culture since ever hahaha and all these terms: culture/folklore/tradition are mutable! Constantly changing as we, humans, are changing. And... guess what, we also have a type of "tree of life" in our traditional embroidery 😂
I have to agree, but I guess what constitutes your own culture is more complex nowadays 🤔 If I wear/use elements of a different culture, I always try to do it with the utmost respect - I guess the lack of consideration, recognition and dignity is what most people get angry about...? But then again, I do stay away from inspiration that is off the Euroasian continent 😅
I was adopted and this is the most I have learned about my Hungarian culture 💚 Thank you very much
There is some amazing research about embroidery in Hungary and other Eastern European societies. Cross stitching wasn't the usual form of embroidery until the past 100 years. I'll have to find the information on it again but it's something to look into if you do more on the topic. Great video! Love your work!
I like both A& B....there is room for both...honor the collective past while marching to the future since we can only go forward. I like anything and everything with embroidered or with lace
Very well said 🌿
A - because I'm all about preserving traditional art and lore while advancing into the future. In my specific area, carousel horses are the big tourist kitschy item, and in my state, probably little Statue of Liberty figurines, key-chains, mugs, t-shirts, etc...
I’d definitely like to see you try it out, and I think both a and b. Traditional embroidery is beautiful and I think it should continue to be passed down for generations but, I think there’s room for bougie blossoms. I Love the video. I think it’s so cool how different parts of the world have similar traditions I’ve seen similar embroidery styles in Mexican art
I absolutely loved this video! I think it would be amazing if you were to find the time to do a series that goes more in depth. I'm sure the embroidery alone would be incredibly complex. As someone who loves hand stitching and embroidery especially, I would love to see you try out the sieve technique! I think both A and B have their place, A particularly for historical value- I feel like there's an element of connecting with tradition and that having something that can cross many generations has something special. B is definitely fun, and I'm sure that decades (or even centuries!) from now, people will look back on these designs in much the same way we do with the more "Archaic" today. I think so long as you treat them with the proper respect and appreciation they deserve, either is absolutely suitable, beautiful and valuable in their own way.
I'd love to see you try our the sieve embroidery mapping!
If you draw a flower/lady garden motif today it will be just as beautiful as the one drawn by your great grandmother, culture is a living thing😊
Wonderful! My mom was Hungarian and her grandparents all immigrated from Hungary around 1890-1900. She grew up in a Hungarian community in Pittsburgh Pa. My grandparents collected a lot of Hungarian art objects and embroideries and the older women in the family embroidered. I have always loved these embroideries. I have been practicing shamanism here in the states for about 30 years and have also been very interested in ancient paganism. I will be looking for more of your videos. I hope you will say more about the various symbols and old beliefs.
I live in the uk, so there's always union jack things, red telephone boxes, and in the last decade or so, a weird amount of stuff has started being decorated with the London underground rail maps (which I'm guessing has to do with the popularity of the "Keep Calm And Carry On" poster, that was originally an underground rail sign)
In my city specifically, we have a famous artist, so everything comes with pictures of his art plastered all over them.
This is fascinating. I need to know more.
The algorithm brought me here and I’m so glad it did!! Love how you edit your videos. I’m excited to learn more. Thank you! (Also I’m pro B but think that both designs become enriched when we look to the other.)
Dalecarlian horses. They're everywhere. And now the "krusband" among other folk costume details from my area has become popular to incorporate in bags, lanyards etc. I even have it on some mugs.
And I do see a lot of smiliraties between our patterns and the ones from Moldovia, Hungary, Belarus. The flower pattern. We have a version called kurbits, yes the plant, that shows up in paintings from 18th century.
In Turkey we have Nazar or “evil eye” 🧿 it is everywhere at all times! I’d love to go to Hungary the folk art and traditions are so beautiful❤️❤️
I firmly & definitively vote for both A & B. Variety is such a joy! Btw...I love the (embroidered or printed?) cushion designs in the background of your video. So lovely!
Such an interesting topic. I have really taken a fascination to fiber arts lately, it would be amazing to learn more from people within different cultures!
More embroidery motif content! Please!
Incredible video :) Yes please do try out the sieve flower grid embroidery style; I'd love to see!!
I like A & B! And I'd love to see you try that embroidery technique!
I have a few beautiful embroideries brought over from Hungary by my mother-in-law. As a Hungarian myself, I see the value of the art form and cherish every piece. By the way, I think my preference is B.
Best story ever! I just want to become a specialist in tattooing all of them ❤. Could you talk about the different colors, shapes, patterns, regions & motifs more? Your channel is amaaaaazing. Thank you!!!
Hello from Puerto Rico!
To give you my take on some of your questions:
1. No, your country is not the only one that has specific symbols. In Puerto Rico, you will find the flag 🇵🇷, and the coquí (a small, brown/tan/golden, toad), and hibiscus 🌺 on a lot of the souvenirs. We also include a Garita (a lookout structure in an ancient Spanish fortification) as national symbols.
But mostly the flag. 🇵🇷
2. A and B are wonderful in their own way. We have integrated A and B quite successfully in our designs, showing Taino, African, and Spanish symbols into our art and designs.
3. Yes, please expand on this! It's very interesting! 😇
The pressed flower embroidery trick is so clever! I might try that myself, and would definitely love to see you do it.
In Finland the Most Touristy Things (tm) are Lapland/Sami stuff like things made of reindeer horns or fur. They're sold in tourist shops even in the Southern-most parts of the country, ~700 km from where any actual reindeer herding is taking place. Also Moomin, but but that's modern and the locals are into it too.
Omg yes I need to see how you'd tackle early embroidery techniques! I've been wanting to make myself a csangos style blouse/shift. don't know if I want to embroider or hand pick weave
Привіт from Canada! have Ukrainian heritage, and I am very very interested in the embroidery styles of Eastern Europe, particularly depictions of the tree of life. I found this video very informative and interesting! I’d love to see you try the old embroidery technique.
Yes! Please try out this older embroidery technique for mapping out a design 😃
Definitely the archaic. It has a ancestral feelings for me 😄
I would love to see you try the "pixle by pixle" translation of realistic flowers to embroidery! Such ingenuity.
When I was in design school someone did a project trying to find a more "feminist" approach to art and motives since a lot of traditional art, sculpture and symbolism is quite phallic and I immediately thought of symmetrical blossom-like patterns on tapestry and fabrics being very reminiscent of vulvas. So it's cool to know that the galactic vulva of the sky sneakily makes an appearance in folkloric art for centuries.
Great to see and hear a more in depth video on traditional design and it's evolution. Naturaly here in Wales the most common item for tourists is decorated with a Draig Goch ie a red dragon which as in Chinese tradition is Earth energy although our dragons look very different.
I'm pretty late to the party, but regarding the question at 13:56 --
I think that older designs, techniques, recipes, etc. are a way to connect with our predecessors without a personal connection, by doing the same things they did.
To me, mimicking the spirit of it is more important than a certain look or using the "right" materials -- I'd much rather practice boro mending techniques on a genuinely worn out housecoat than make a patchwork on purpose -- but I'm not going to deny those options to people who enjoy them.
But back to Archaic Art vs Bougie Blossoms -- the more archaic geometry appeals more to my sense of design so I'll have to go with that for now.
My father, Gabor, used to send me pressed flowers in the mail from his garden. The embroidery from my aunties was mostly the tulip form. It is just as beautiful from the back as the front. Now my cousins make their flowers look more lifelike. I like it all, and I think the modern flowers 💐 embody more hope and happiness for the future.
I like more floral than geometric. And the slipper being launched at the "sacrilege" cry, had an element of Mexican Mother....
I'd love another video on this subject.
Also, uh, I like both a and b. Can't appreciate one without knowing about the other.
Love learning about your history through embroidery!
In Slovakia, the Čičmany village motives are extremely popular. They´re various geometrical symbols painted on the original wooden houses. I think they´re protective symbols, but Im not sure.
Wooden things are super huge. Spoons, toys, other household items, wall decorations. You can see in many shops little bottles with mead or other alcohol.
I am a person who loves the "old ways" and the fashion styles from the 1800's thru 1940's. As far as tourist-trap items here in Michigan, it depends much on the area developed by particular ethnic groups. My state had many different types of settlers from the British Isles to Europe. Now it has expanded to worldwide. I would pick the archaic styles, and yes, I would love more information. I've done embroidery in the past so designs are endless. Thank you for your embroidery history.
Such a great video! And I literally choked on my toast because of your Dr Who edits 🤣🤣🤣
A and B. Evolving art and traditions are wonderful
Yes, please do test out the cross stitch technique!
I love both styles. Each has beauty and I like mixing them together, especially when I am creating a filet crochet pattern.