Folk Designed Ornaments

Among the village folk Christmas was a time to decorate their homes with ornaments made from materials found on the farm. Straw, paper, yarn, scraps of cloth, and whatever else could be found in babcia's sewing drawers was creatively put together to form decorations and ornaments. The ornaments found in this section come from two folk areas. Lowicz, a small town west of Warsaw known for its colorful folk art and Lublin, a center for folk art made from straw.