Written by Jagoda Urban-Klaehn Friday, 25 July 2003 17:00
In the early nineties, when I first fell madly in love with Baltic Amber -- for its beauty, folklore, history and its intrinsic ties to my ancestral homeland, I was offered a lot of beautiful mossy green amber set in handworker sterling silver. I asked the seller if it could possibly be a real colour. Absolutely, the finest and the rarest amber of all.
Eyes wide open, I opted to purchase the entire lot on the spot. A few months later, at malls and flea markets across America I began to see this same fine, 'rare' amber in ever increasing quantities and at reasonable prices. How rare was green amber, I puzzled, if suddenly it was everywhere?
Written by Jagoda Urban-Klaehn Wednesday, 11 June 2003 17:00
Polish and Eastern European cinematography is known all around the world. Several movie directors from Eastern Europe gained fame in Hollywood. Two most known are probably Milos Forman, who came from Czechoslovakia to Hollywood and Polish director Roman Polanski.
Read more: Famous Polish and Eastern European Filmmakers: Forman, Polanski, Wajda
Written by Jagoda Urban-Klaehn Tuesday, 26 December 2000 17:00
Polish poster art is famous all around the world. Polish artists, among them Waldemar Swierzy, Jan Mlodozeniec, Franciszek Starowiejski or Henryk Tomaszewski gained international reputation. They created the so-called Polish school of poster. Their work was displayed in many exhibitions, galleries and museums around the world and became highly prized by collectors. They brought the art of wall posters to new levels, using often-flashy combinations of color and images that could be humorous and clever or grotesque and shocking.
Read more: Polish Poster Art from Allison Campbell's Collection
Written by Jagoda Urban-Klaehn Saturday, 04 November 2000 17:00
This is a very disturbing but real story. I heard about this historical fact from a guide during a trip from Krakow to Vienna. On the way between Krakow and Vienna, many beautiful castles were built in order to protect the area from the foreign invasion (build after Tartars attack).
Written by Jagoda Urban-Klaehn Sunday, 29 October 2000 17:00
Poland is a country of mines. Salt, coal, copper, iron ores were excavated here for centuries. It is also a country of miners. Mining is a very dangerous profession. Miners were usually very religious people, they believed that the protection of saints could help them to survive the accidents. There are many underground chapels built for miners' saints (St. Kinga was a guardian saint of salt miners and St. Barbara was a guardian saint of coal miners). Miners believed that saints would protect them from accidents and deaths.
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