The popular Spring Pottery and Craft Markets will return to Beroun on Saturday and Sunday

The Beroun Spring Pottery and Craft Markets will take place for the twenty-second time this weekend, May 11-12, on Husova náměstí. And since not everyone can fit there, the second round will take place on June 8-9 in the same place.

In the sign of the willow

They take place on Saturday from 8 am to 6 pm and on Sunday from 9 am to 5 pm. Both terms will be signs of willow, pedig and rattan. “In Bohemia and Moravia, everything in the world was woven. The oldest archeologically documented evidence of basketry comes from prehistoric times. finer work was peeled or pinched. In order for the twigs to bend well, they had to be boiled,” explains the founder of the markets Vladimir Izbicky.

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IN Beruna knitters will also present themselves on the weekend and offer small decorations from baskets to carpet knockers, rattan furniture, rocking chairs and garden sculptures. “And, of course, the authors themselves, artistic basket makers, and knitters will once again present their basketry products and wicker goods. It is also possible to arrange a larger, more demanding order with them personally, such as knitting doors on the kitchen counter, frames, a specific chandelier, or a bed for a pet,” he points out Izbicky. Masters in the field will offer their goods at the markets, we can name Zuzana Tilajcsiková, Leoš Křížek or Hana and Martina Mádl for all of them. Another interesting author is Andrea Holzknecht, who produces designer wicker handbags.

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“At the end of Saturday, we cordially invite everyone to the opening of the MKC Beroun exhibition at the Museum of Beroun Ceramics: Holakovská Helena, Hájek Vlastimil – wicker & metal. Helena Holakovská is one of the most sought-after basket makers. French producers approached her with an order to make South African shields for the filming of the famous movie Indiana Jones. Another of the films where she supplied her goods was Tristan and Isolde and also the beautiful fairy tale The Royal Promise, where her firewood baskets and firewood baskets were used in the period kitchen,” reveals Izbický.

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He will show his art in Beroun to 200 craftsmen both from home and abroad. Glaziers will present contemporary, artistic and historical glass, stained glass, blacksmiths and tinsmiths will present our grandmothers’ enamelware, carvers will present kitchen boards, stools, furniture, bag makers will present handmade handbags, bags, ornate belts. There will be textile techniques such as patchwork, designer bags made of waxed canvas, weaving, linocut prints on locally sewn linen covers, pillows, cloth tablecloths, tea towels, decorations, naturally dyed hand-spun wool for knitting, hand and machine embroidery, crocheting, scrubbing – macrame . Handmade soaps and natural cosmetics. Products from antlers, bones, pewter figurines, hand-crafted stone – jewelry, home accessories. Candles, bee products, mead. Literally a craftsman’s paradise. Ceramics and porcelain will be the most represented, as always. Always handmade, garden, used and decorative. Cups with a heart, traditional earthenware pots, flower pots, bowls and our grandmothers’ saucers. Vases, statues, sculptures, decorative ornaments.

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Several musical groups will perform during the markets between the stalls and in the wine corner. “On Saturday, we will start the markets with a performance by the Marching Band from Beroun, then the music will traditionally be taken over by Muzika Špalíček Praha and the dance group Matenik. In the wine corner you will hear a group of great musicians who will play hits and evergreens from Nohavica, Radůza, Koubek, and Čechomor. But there will also be music French, Jewish klezmer, Moravian and Czech folk music and Old Prague hašler music. On Sunday, Arnošta Hanfa’s band, Pár mu jich band, will play,” Izbický entices.

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On Náměstí Joachim Barrand, MKC Beroun also invites you to a Saturday festival of folklore ensembles called Berounský kolák, where, among other things, bagpipe music from Domažlice will be heard. There will be refreshment stands. In front of the U Aleny restaurant, they traditionally prepare grilled piglet and sausages. Directly at the markets, visitors can look forward to old Bohemian cuisine, grill rooster hot dog, excellent grilled fish, homemade potato chips, fries with minced meat, burgers and wraps, homemade Slovak cheeses, delicacies. There is also a pottery raffle, the proceeds of which will go to the charity collection of the Catholic parish in Berun. Winning lsoy will be sold by local scouts for twenty crowns.