How to make a baskets of hazel wood with our traditional master in his workshop in a small Polish village ? How to create a spruce root basket? How to sew straw with a spiral technique?
If you want to visit us and spend some time with Polish basketry masters learning how to weave in a traditional way – write us! We are friends for so many years that we know each other very well and we can take you for an amazing trip. You can see there also Polish traditions, you can try Polish traditional food and spend time with us and our masters. You will never forget their smiles and hospitality!
If you want to organize a unique workshop of tradition and handicraft in your institution, guesthouse, or another place – contact us! We can also prepare a workshop for you here in our basketry center in Cieszyn. The instructors are Serfenta team and masters of basketry, people who have learned their skills from their ancestors. This way, they’ve got a chance to get into the modern market.
We organize also ethnographic field research for scientific as well as marketing and business purposes. In 2011 one of our projects – “On the basketry trail of the Vistula river” – won the “Folk Oscar” for the best research project. We were also awarded the Polish National Commission for UNESCO Certificate of Appreciation