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Tadeusz Kacalak
Poland
Year(s) attended: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011
Supported by Folk Arts of Poland
Carved & Painted Wood Figures
Taduesz Kacalak is a former barber who taught himself to carve while waiting for clients at his barber shop in Mazowsza, Poland. Kacalak’s hand-carved wood sculptures represent a style of sculpture from the Lecynia region of central Poland. They depict religious and village scenes, and birds. Cured Linden wood is carved by hand with chisels and other hand tools and later painted with water colors. Taduesz also paints watercolors of village scenes and religious subjects.
