FOLK ART

Lesvos was and still is one of the most significant and known centers of traditional pottery. Possibly due to the Lesbian clay’s composition, Lesvos is full of traditional ceramic’s workshops, which the natives call "Tsoukaladika”. The most famous and significant were established and still today exist in Agiassos and Mantamados, where pottery is a tradition inherited from generation to generation without any changes.

Wood-carving is another popular tradition art characteristic of the Lesbian civilization. Experienced workers were carving and still today carve the wood of olive trees, chestnut-trees and cherry-trees, converting it into various shapes inspired from the Christian life ( items for monasteries or churches – iconostasis, throne of the Patriarch) or for the decoration of the Lesbian house (consoles, sendouki), items immortal through time. Nowadays the wood-carving tradition continues in Agiassos, Mytilini and Asomatos.

Also weaving still exists today. This popular art has been rescued through women who used to make their houses apparel (a necessary piece of their dowry) to the traditional Lesbian loom. Fortunately our ancestors have rescued and still try to teach all these traditional techniques to the new generations. And today we can see all these young people to reproduce this popular art using the same techniques and methods.

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