Handicraft

The "Pottery House" is a traditional home where both individual visitors and groups are welcome.

Here visitors can get acquainted with old folk crafts: pottery, decorating gingerbread cakes, making husk dolls, felting – and groups can also listen to artists telling fairy-tales.

(Advance co-ordination required)

Open: throughout the year, according to visitors' requests

Contact:

Address: László Régi, 3176 Hollóko, Petofi u. 4

web: www.fazekashaz-holloko.hu

mobile phone: +36 30 924-5052

telephone: +36 32 379-252

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After a short demonstration with the potter's wheel visitors get a chance to learn the ins and outs of the trade.

Information: Péter Bercsényi:
+36 32 380-063, 70 456-7116, 70 337-6988

Demonstration of the trade: HUF 3,000 / group

Learning the basics with the potter's wheel: HUF 500 / person

Making objects of clay: HUF 300 / person

In the Artisans' House in the centre of Hollókő visitors can learn games and traditional trades. Here small children and adults alike can find some interesting form of entertainment.

Those, who want to try their hands at a trade, can choose among several ones: e.g.: weaving leather strings, making husk dolls, candles, threading of beads, blue dyeing, etc.

Very small children find toys in a nook, and bigger ones can try traditional games of skillsuch as riding a barrel or throwing hoops.

Everyone is welcome.

More information:

Tünde Kiss: tel.: +36 20 569-7525

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3176 Hollóko, Kossuth út 46.

Artisans' courses for groups

Information: Éva Ispánné Péter, +36 32 379-273, 30 289-1946

Cherishing traditions includes the revival of old folk trades, and this is the purpose for which a Weaving House has been opened to the public in the village. The artisans' courses are especially offered to guests and groups of students who spend several days in Hollókő. The available courses are the following (broken down to age groups):

A) from 3-4 years of age:

• Puppetry with agricultural products (appr. 50 minutes), HUF 300 / person (max. 20 persons)
• Decorating gingerbread cakes (appr. 40 minutes), HUF 350 / person (max. 25 persons)

B) from 6-6 years of age:

• Knitting simple patterns (appr. 1 hour), HUF 350 / person (max. 15 persons)

C) from 11-12 years of age:

• Weaving strings (appr. 2 hours), HUF 600 / person (max. 12 persons)
• Weaving cards (appr. 2.5-3 hours), HUF 800 / person (max. 10 persons)
• Weaving on an upright weaving frame (min. 5-6 hours), HUF 2.500 / hour (max. 6 persons)

The puppetry with agricultural products can be combined with a walk along the study trail, during which the participants get acquainted with the geological and geographical features of the Hollókő Landscape Protection Area, its typical flora and fauna, and collect "raw materials" for the puppetry.

Charges for a guided tour (appr. 1.5-2 hours): HUF 5,000 / group (max. 20-25 persons).

Advice: If children can only spend one day in Hollóko, on account of the shortage of time the recommended courses are the "decoration of gingerbread cakes" and "knitting simple patterns".

The products of courses can be taken home.

The courses are only provided when they are ordered in advance.