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The Depository documents 14 techniques in Poland; by risk level: 2 endangered, 5 vulnerable, 7 stable. Each record opens with a public summary; the full research record is free to view once registered.
The Bobowa bobbin lace tradition of Lesser Poland — one of two major Polish bobbin lace traditions (the other being Koniakow needle lace CRAFT-1372), using multiple bobbins to create the characteristic delicate white lace motifs of the…
The Kashubian embroidery tradition of the Pomeranian lake district — the distinctive blue, yellow, red, and black folk embroidery of the Kashubian people, whose characteristic floral vocabulary (tulips, roses, forget-me-nots) is executed…
The Koniakow needle lace tradition of the Silesian Beskids — the distinctive white needle lace of the mountain village of Koniakow, using a crochet hook and single fine thread to create the characteristic free-form organic lace motifs that…
The amber working tradition of Gdańsk — the cutting, shaping, and polishing of Baltic amber (succinite) from the deposits of the southern Baltic coast, the world's largest amber source and the material at the center of the prehistoric…
The Gdańsk silversmithing tradition — the production of the distinctive repoussé and chased silver objects (tankards, beakers, cups, and presentation pieces) that were the defining luxury objects of the Hanseatic city of Danzig/Gdańsk from…
The Kurpie wycinanki tradition of the Puszcza (forest) region of Mazovia — a distinct variant from the Łowicz wycinanki (CRAFT-1362), typically single-color (green or black, referencing the forest environment) and characterized by more…
The Łowicz wycinanki tradition — the making of the distinctive multi-layered colored paper cut decorations of the Łowicz region of Mazovia, whose characteristic circular (gwiazda — star) and cockerel (kogutek) forms in vivid contrasting…
The making of oscypek — the smoked, salted sheep's milk cheese of the Podhale highland region, shaped in a characteristic spindle-decorated wooden mold and smoked over spruce wood to produce the dark brown exterior and the specific…
The traditional Polish rye vodka distilling tradition — the production of the specific Polish rye-based vodka whose character is defined by the specific starchy sweetness of Dankowskie Gold rye and the traditional pot-still or column…
The Bolesławiec stoneware pottery tradition of Lower Silesia — the distinctive blue, white, and cream stoneware decorated with the characteristic peacock-eye (pawie oko) and dot-in-circle sponge-stamp patterns that have made Bolesławiec…
The Kraków szopka tradition — the making of the elaborately decorated Christmas nativity scenes (szopki) whose form is not a simple stable but a multi-towered architectural fantasy based on the spires and towers of Kraków's historic…
The Łowicz striped cloth (pasy łowickie) tradition — the weaving of the characteristic vivid multicolored horizontal striped fabric used for the Łowicz folk costume skirts, aprons, and sashes that are among the most colorful folk costumes…
The amber rosary making tradition of Gdańsk — the threading of Baltic amber beads into Roman Catholic rosaries, a tradition that combines the Gdańsk amber working heritage (CRAFT-1364) with the specific requirements of rosary bead size…
The Zakopane-Podhale woodcarving tradition — the specific decorative carving vocabulary of the Polish Tatra Highland region (Podhale), whose distinctive geometric and folk-figurative motifs were codified by Stanisław Witkiewicz in the late…