A symmetrical drawing of two starlings facing each other, separated by a flower. The piece is done in traditional Polish style inspired by wycinanki. Ink pens and a marker are displayed to the right of the sheet.
"Szpaki" ("Starlings")
Ink and alcohol markers on paper, 14.8 x 21.0 cm, 2026
#art #traditionalart #polishart #polishfolkart #folkart #birds
A red wycinanka (Polish paper cutout) laid on a black sheet of paper. The design is symmetrical, shaped like a heart, and depicts two birds facing each other, sitting on branches among leaves and flowers.
A little bit late to the party, but better late than never :)
A wycinanka for Valentine's Day!
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First try in Wycinanki
Wycinanki
Giving the #PolishFolkArt #Wycinanki a try. It’s all cut out paper. I did a basic one and then the second took longer because it h as color pieces added to it. It will take time to get it where I want it to be. It’s pretty meditative.
#Art #FolkArt #Polish #Poland #paperart
Wigilia
Wigilia
Wigilia
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday & a quiet start to this new year before it got all 🤪! I sat with my ancestors & also created my #pająk. It is next to my #podłaźniczka & the #dziady is in the chair which is a symbol of the #Ancestors.
#PolishFolkArt #StrawDecorations #Poland #Polish #Wigilia
A symmetrical digital drawing of two ravens standing in front of each other and extending one of their legs towards one another; they're separated by a flower stalk with a pink flower blooming out of it and leaves extending above their heads. The raven on the left is black and the one on the right is colorful. The background is dark with small white sparkles scattered around. The piece features "NAWET KRUKI MAJĄ BARWY" written on it, which is "EVEN RAVENS GOT THEIR COLORS" in Polish. Everything is done in Polish folk art style (wycinanka).
Nawet kruki mają barwy - Even ravens got their colors 🌈
A symbol of my experience as a queer Slavic person while reclaiming the cultural space for identities that have long been excluded and misrepresented.
#art #digitalart #polishart #polishfolkart #folkart #raven #bird #birds
A red and white bird charm in Polish folk art style made of polymer clay with a wing made of Baltic amber
A lil bird charm inspired by traditional paper cutouts from the Polish region of Kurpie (with a Baltic amber wing) - handmade. And a *very* unfinished wycinanka of my own in the background, hah!
In my defense, I haven't used polymer clay for 7+ years...
#polymerclay #art #polishart #polishfolkart
A stylized circular design in Polish folk art wycinanka style (inspired by gwiozda), depicting a white stork in monochrome (white) resembling a paper cutout overlaid on a background composed of various shades of brown and tan. The stork is holding a fireball in its beak and it reflects in its eye. The background also features flower stalks sprouting between both of the stork's wings and its head.
OGIEŃ! 🔥 FIREBALL!
White stork... again! We've got many stories about them in our culture; one is that when a stork nests on your house, it protects it from fire. I like to imagine it just snatches it and throws it away somewhere.
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A digital drawing of a caroler in a white stork costume with embroidered wings; the background is dark with lighter snowflakes
Kolędnik bocian 🌟 Stork caroler
Caroling in Poland originates from its pre-Christian form connected with the cult of ancestors, blessing people with health and good fortune, which later got incorporated into Christianity.
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A stylized circular design in Polish folk art (wycinanka) style depicting two magpies clutching a piece of emerald; the background consists of simple drawings of branches, flower stalks, sticks and feathers
sroki - magpies ✨
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A stylized circular design in Polish folk art wycinanka style (inspired by gwiozda), depicting a colorful European starling (dorsal view), flying with a cherry in its beak. Flower stalks sprout out of its shoulders and cherry juice splashes out of the cherry and out of the starling's wings. The starling is surrounded by a simplified design of a blossoming flower bud.
The cherrypicker 🍒
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An intricate symmetrical pattern in Polish folk art style (wycinanka) portraying two songbirds with their wings open, heads up, open beaks, surrounded by leaves and flowers. The pattern is white against a dark background. Behind the pattern, above the birds' heads, there's a magenta and green ribbon symbolizing aurora borealis. Additionally, small sparkling stars surround the piece.
Słowiki - Nightingales
Spring is in full swing. Going outside at midnight and hearing nothing but a nightingale singing its heart out... always hits the same, no matter how many times I've heard it already.
#art #digitalart #polishart #folkart #polishfolkart #bird #birds
A digital drawing of a hawfinch in flight dorsal view, against a simple blue sky with white clouds, with feather patterns based on Polish folk art (wycinanki), with "grubodziób", its IPA equivalent and the English name "hawfinch" written next to its head.
The humble and elusive hawfinch - rendering it with Polish folk patterns was so fun.
I've always imagined it as a rather grumpy and reserved bird. I did manage to spot it a few days ago! Not too easy during breeding season.
#art #digitalart #folkart #polishfolkart #bird #birds #hawfinch
A digital drawing of a colorful rooster holding a viper by the tip of its tail; the viper has its head on the ground. The art is done in Polish folk "wycinanka" style.
"FUCK YOUR EPISTEMIC INJUSTICE"
The viper thought the rooster was too stupid to wake everyone up in the morning. But the viper shouldn't hiss where the rooster crows.
#art #digitalart #folkart #polishfolkart
A digital drawing of a white-tailed eagle on a branch, with feather patterns based on Polish folk art (wycinanki), with "bielik", its IPA equivalent and the English name "white-tailed eagle" written next to its head. A paper cutout-like depiction of a pike is in the sky behind the bird.
Another bird joins the party! And this time it's the white-tailed eagle. The king of all birds whose gaze pierces the Sun itself. An important figure in our founding myth as well.
Commonly preys on pike (hence there's one in the sky).
#art #digitalart #folkart #polishfolkart #bird #birds #eagle
A digital drawing of a hooded crow standing on one leg, with feather patterns based on Polish folk art (wycinanki), with "wrona siwa", its IPA equivalent and the English name "hooded crow" written in top right
Back to the Polish folk-inspired birds! Kicking it off with some corvids.
Hooded crow this time! And figured you all could use some of my language.
#art #digitalart #folkart #polishfolkart #bird #crow
A digital drawing on a cartoonish jackdaw in flight, side view. The patterns on its feathers are based on Polish folk art
Jackdaw!
Tried more dynamic shapes overall, plus emphasized the Polish "wycinanka" patterns - body feathers are based on the typical "cuts", and the patterns on the wings are based on flower stalks.
Gonna explore this style some more for sure!
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A digital drawing of a colorful bird in Polish folk cutout (wycinanka) style on a black background. The bird's head is tilted backwards and a rainbow shoots out of its open beak with several Polish phrases on it.
An illustration I did for International Mother Language Day; "...iż Polacy nie gęsi..." ("...that Poles speak not Anserine...") - from a quote by Mikołaj Rej (1505 - 1569).
And some notes on my relationship with language in replies below. ⬇️
#langsky #art #digitalart #folkart #polishfolkart #bird
A digital drawing of a red Kurpie-style Polish folk cutout (wycinanka kurpiowska) depicting (bottom to top) roosters, hens and birds in the crown of a tree. Two roosters are standing on the ground; the rest of the birds are perched on branches and in the tree.
Pokolenia - Generations
I love chatting with my aunt. Every time we meet, our conversation spirals into the past. And the more I listen, the more I learn; and the more I learn, the more I am grateful for my family's resilience over the centuries.
#art #digitalart #folkart #polishfolkart #bird
A digital painting in the Polish "wycinanka" (paper cutout) style depicting an Eurasian magpie in flight, surrounded by leaves and a red flower in the upper left corner.
Sroka - Magpie
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Święty Ogień - Sacred Fire
This is my latest major piece with which I am extremely satisfied. I intended to draw it for our Independence Day (Nov 11) and instead of the Eagle, I depicted a bird that is extremely prominent in our culture: the white stork.
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