Stan, Anuța

Stan, Anuța

1961

iao@st-andrews.ac.uk

Romanian

Artisan

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Stan, Anuța

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She is a native of Săpânță, her grandmother introduced her into the practice of weaving at the age of 5, later on when she was 15 she was hired as to work at home within a workers cooperative. She has been weaving within this arrangement for 15 years, and after retiring she continued to supported her family of 3 children alongside her husband. They made a living out this job, creating traditional bags: traistă (in Romanian), carpets (cergi in Romanian), etc.

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fibre and textile crafts,artist

Her mother and especially her grandmother taught her the entire process from shearing, scouring, shedding to carding .

It is a family practice that she passed on to her daugther Mariana, but she is engaged in public events, promoting her skill to the wide public, making sure that the manual production of wool will not be forgotten

Noemi Ganea

female

native

Dexterity, manual skills and practice

She uses first hand wool from the local sheep breeders and occasionaly from outside the region. She uses vegetal colors from plants like walnut leaves, red onions, privet for black color. The long fibers of wool are left white while the shorter yellowish wool will be colored.

full-time paid job

Locally from breeders most of the time.

No leftovers

She manages the entire process manually

She has the loom (război de țesut) more that 100 years old, reel (crâng/vîrtelniță), carder (rășchitor), sley (sucală), warp (urzoi), spindle (fuse), spinning wheel for a thicker type of wool (drugă/fuior)

All her tools that she currently uses have been inherited from her grandmother so they have a personal significance, more than 100 years old.

She says that there is no waste in the process

Yes, next to her home she has an annex equipped.

She produces traditional bags ( traistă), blankets (cergi) and carpets

She sells these items making a living out of it

She participates to dedicated events like local, regional or national craftsmen fairs, tourism related fairs and she is also available to provide commissioned item

No

Tourists mainly both national and international that look for souvenirs.

No

Yes, she is often invited to dedicated tourism fairs where is given a live demonstration of her craft

My hands are my visit card for all those enthusiasts of Maramures

She is steady collaborator of the County Council of Maramures especially within national and international events dedicated to the promotion of tourism and of the regional brand

Access to a wider market, lacking of marketing skills

I created my entire life, i built up my house and raised my children with the use of my skill, so i am lucky to be able to provide for myself by use my talent and skill that my grand mother passed on to me.

Săpânța, Maramures, Romania