Vojtech Váradi
created: 12. 12. 2019 15:14 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
A collection of photographs documenting a Romani woodcarver Vojtech Varadi. He lives and works in the village Bretka (district of Rožňava). He worked in the village as a cattle shepherd and got to carving craft during his work, when he began to carve out wood in a meadow. The photos document his dwelling where he creates, but also the space in front of the house where he shows his carvings. It is mainly birds, but also utility items such as spoons, ladles, boars. He has three sons, only one of them is carving - Boris Varadi. Woodcarving is a source of livelihood for them.
copyright: State Scientific Library in Prešov
recorded: 05. 12. 2013
category: crafts
tags: active traditional artistic wood carving Vojtech Váradi general audience internal
