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Poland Paola Gianturco and Toby Tuttle from their book In Her Hands: Craftswomen Changing the World Monacelli Press, 2000 Near
Krakow, Poland, floral painting began in the nineteenth century when
village women One of seventy floral artists in Zalipie, Poland,
Zofia Owca models the traditional festival costume she embroidered while
she paints nosegays by her front door. Gianturco and Tuttle photographed and interviewed ninety craftswomen in twenty-eight villages in twelve countries on four continents. For more information, visit:
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brightened the sooty walls of their chimneyyless cottages
with white lime dots, which the following generqations developed into
flowers. Now, women decorate their houses inside and out with floral
designs and sell vases, bells and other gifts decorated with painted
blossoms.
