The local artisan Branzuca Maria from Ceahlau commune, Podis village is one of the artisans from Neamt County that keep alive the traditions of the Romanian traditional village. She was born in 1938 and her entire life was dedicated to the traditional crafts of weaving and sewing and also collecting traditional costumes.
Through the creation of fabrics for daily uses around the house or for clothing, Branzuca Maria managed to keep a certain sensibility and to inspire the love for beauty of the people that live in Neamt County. Together with …

In Neamt County are still kept lots of the old traditions and customs that impress us with its variety. Every detail of the trades that are still kept active reflect the history and the cultural heritage of the area, being at the same time unique tasks transmitted from one generation to another. The creations of the local artisans from these days continue the old traditions and represent a bridge that connects the past and the future.
Transmitted from one generation to another, traditions and customs were strictly respected, assuring the order …

Cecilia Haisan graduated from The Popular Art School from Piatra Neamt under the guidance of Professor Doina Daschievici. Lady Haisan was encouraged by her teacher to learn the art of religious icons painted on glass and to continue this art form that is well known in Transylvania region. This kind of painting was brought in our country first at Nicula Monastery. The main characteristic of this art consists in characters that don’t necessary follow the anatomical proportions but with a balanced chromatic.
For over 14 years the artisan Cecilia Haisan creates …

In Stefan cel Mare commune from Neamt County, the local artisan Ciocarlan Vasile practices the crafts of masks creation. He uses his ingenuity to create a variety of masks that criticize the society. The crafts of traditional masks is an old tradition. These objects are mainly used in customs connected to the winter celebrations.
Ciocarlan Vasile creates masks that have a variety of forms. These creations are special because of their expressivity: the masks express greed, drunk, avarice, sloth. The masks represent old men and women, bears, goat head, ram and …

Ciocarlan Elena from Stefan cel Mare commune, Serbesti village is one of the local artisans that have a small workshop inside her own house. For almost 6 years she learned this craft of weaving with hemp, creating some interesting and beautiful objects.
Although this craft was practiced more by the women from the village, in time few kept the details and the secrets of creating these beautiful objects. Using the hemp rope to create interesting nodes is an art.
The artisan Ciocarlan Elena used old books to learn the basis of this …

The artisan Vasile Gaman was born in 1936 in Lunca village, Vanatori-Neamt commune. He graduated from the Art and Trades School from Targu Neamt in 1954 and he specialized in wood sculpting and carpentry. Vasile Gaman dedicated his entire life to his passion: giving shape to wood and creating objects that remind us of the past life from the Romanian villages.
His dedication and passion for his work was rewarded after a 40 years career with the membership of Traditional Art Academy from Romania and “Carmen Saeculare” Cultural and Art Center.
His …