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| images are screenprints from the video in the documentation |
The garden with all kinds of decorative elements, as shown above, is located in Hodyszewo, a village with about 140 inhabitants (2011) in the south of Poland, which is part of the municipality of Nowe Piekuty.
Life and works
This art environmend is a creation of Zdzislaw Syczewsk, who started the project in 2011.
He initially worked as a smelter, then as a steelworker, and after a few years, he started working at a factory that manufactured heating systems.
Meanwhile Syczewsk has retired.
Currently he has created a large variety of works, primarily fairytale figures, as can be seen in the surrounding images.
Syczewski doesn't consider himself an artist.
As he has said, he has been decorating the garden to pass the time. Although he also started working for the enjoyment of his grandchildren, that's no longer a motive now that they're grown up.
To make the creations, Syczewski uses willow wood as a material, which is easy to work with and readily available in the area.
Some of the fairytale characters he created are well-known, such as Pinocchio and the Smurfs, while others are primarily known in Eastern Europe, such as Masha and the Bear, the Wolf and the Hare, Matołek the Goat and Gargamel.
Documentation
* Article (November 2021) by Radek Łabarzewscy on his website Znalezienie
Video
* Video (0'54", YouTube, November 2021) by Znalezienie
Zdzislaw Syczewski
Fairytale garden
Hodyszewo, municipality of Nowe Piekuty, dept of Podlaskie, Poland
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