Artisans of Muhu island in Estonia

1. Artisans of Muhu Island
Estonia, Muhu
12.12.2021

2. Kalju Tuulik - a man who knows the soul of a tree
Wood craftsman

3. Kalju Tuulik: “Some people say that Muhulans do not
accept strangers. I think whoever is the person can get
through everywhere, but they still have to be able to say
hello”.
People could notice the heart of the disability more. From
the trunks of the trees in Muhu, Kalju has cut the washer,
numbered it and placed it on a heart-shaped base. A list
of these trees is also available.

4. At the request of choir director Anne Kannu, Kalju made album covers. To the
Muhu hunting society, which tidied up the old house on the border, the master
craftsman gave a large table with two legs from the wild in the middle, a dog
and a hunting trunk at each end.

5. An excerpt from an interview with
Saarema resident Kaisa Treier.
“We find coffins from juniper washes in
the bedrooms, but the most magnificent,
large coffin stands in the hallway. It was a
real challenge for the master, because all
the washers have to be made, fitted and
fastened separately, and sometimes on a
curved surface,"

6. Other works by Kalju…
Kalju made washer-technique table, boxes,
sailors' sauce box, curtain rods, 9 m2 floor, a
large table in the hallway, etc. have been
completed by the carpenter.

7. Marget Tafel
Potter

8. Marget Tafel (born January 30, 1946 in Tallinn) is an
Estonian potter.
She graduated from Tallinn Secondary School No. 21
and ERKI in 1972 with a degree in ceramics. She is a
member of the Estonian Artists' Union, the Estonian
Ceramics Association and the Art Education
Association.
She lives in Muhu and works for the tenth year in his
Jüri-Jaani farm studio in Lõetsa village.

9. Marget started in a pottery factory during the Soviet era, but has now realized
her big dream and set up her own pottery workshop in the yard of a
homestead in Muhu, as well as a garden gallery; she runs courses and
workshops there, teaches others and learns herself, and inspiration never
seems to leave Marget Tafel behind.

11. Marget has been participating in exhibitions since 1973.

12. Thank you for you attention!
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