Tag: Polish
Artist Creates Intricate Pysanky Eggs With Wax
Artist Katherine Alexander is a second-generation Polish immigrant who creates intricate traditional pysanky eggs. She painstakingly draws designs onto the eggs using melted wax and then immerses them in dye, allowing the exposed parts of the eggs to be c...
Polish Cabbage Roll Soup
Chef John's cabbage roll soup tastes exactly like Polish-style cabbage rolls, because it has all the same ingredients. This delicious and comforting one-pot soup satisfies the exact same craving, but involves a fraction of the work.
Pysanka: The Ukrainian Easter Egg (1975)
"To celebrate the first day of spring, or Velykden (the great day), ancient people of Ukraine decorated eggs with bright and fiery designs."
Cabbage and Sausage Soup
This cabbage and sausage soup has many renditions. Some ingredients or spices will depend on who’s making it.
The Life Of The Forest - Orchids
Orchids are associated with tropical vegetation, jungles and equatorial forests. In Poland, these beautiful and unusual plants are also found, although the country lies in the temperate climate zone in Eastern Europe. Orchids are not as colorful and impre...
The Life Of The Forest - Richness of Undergrowth and Understory
The Polish forests, especially deciduous ones, are characterized by a multi-story structure, which can usually be divided into four layers.
Josef Herman, Sketches of Wales
This video series examines some of the stories behind Tate’s archives of British art, exploring questions and processes that are emerging from their collection, conservation and use.