An interactive platform "Living Crafts Picture" will appear in Vologda during an International Festival of Folk Crafts "City of Crafts" that will be held on June 24-26. Vologda’s residents and guests of the city will be able to watch how artisans make their masterpieces.
The Craft Festival is an event that showcases crafts that are authentically made by talented artisans and crafters.
Artisans will show off their virtuosity in the following categories - traditional female crafts, northern niello, wooden and birch bark craft painting, valenki (kind of felt boots), wood engraving and wicker-work, blacksmithing and potter's craft.
The festival will also include creative workshops, lectures and round table meetings where leading experts on folk culture will share their ideas and projects.
Applications for participation in an international festival “City of Crafts” can be sent by May 25.