Near the "national restaurant"- Antico, there is a national workshop for handmade paper. The shop sells handmade papers (of course) and also there is actual performance of making a paper. All papers at the store are made from all natural materials like wood pulp and natural dyes by using traditional methods, which have been used since centuries ago in the Ohrid region. It is amazing to see how natural color can be vivid.
The photo shows a traditional printing machine at the shop. It also sells woodblock prints on the handmade papers. The pictures of the prints are like old buildings of Ohrid such as St. Naum or Church Kaneo. There are also notebooks and albums made by piling these vividly colored handmade papers. It is beautiful work.
The shop is located on a back street of the old town of the Ohrid, near National Museum. You can easily find it. It is another recommended shop to go.
オフリドの旧市街の裏道をちょっと入ったところに、昔ながらの手法で紙を作って売っているこじんまりとしたお店があります。入り口がこじゃれているのですぐ見つけられます。紙を作る材料はすべて自然から取ったもので、パルプはもとより染料も手作り。自然から取れた染料でこんなに鮮やかなものが出来るのかとびっくりするくらいきれいな色の紙が売っています。水に溶かして色をつけたパルプから紙を作るパフォーマンスをその場で見せてくれます。写真は、昔ながらの印刷機。その場で印刷のパフォーマンスもしてくれます。オフリドの教会やらなんやらを描いた木版画が手作りの紙に印刷されます。それ以外にも、その手作りの紙を重ねて作ったノートだとかアルバムだとかも売っていて、それがまたビューチフル。ついいっぱい紙ばっかり買ってしまいました。お土産にもいいし、自分の部屋に飾るのもいいし。これもまたお勧めのお店。マケドニアに来たらぜひ。
Mr. Atanas Talevski is a famous Macedonian photographer who lives and has a gallery in Ohrid. He takes pictures of village scene in Macedonia, which are exact images that people would have about Macedonia. His photos are used in the Bradt Guide Macedonia. You can buy his work in his gallery. It can be very good souvenir from Macedonia.
