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  How To Make A Cracow-style Crib (Szopka) - Czyli Jak Robi Szopke Krakowska
  The author, Wieslaw Barczewski, has been making traditional Cracow-style Christmas cribs for 30 years.  This book provides step-by-step procedures and contains over 150 black-and-white sketches and color photographs. 152 pages.


 
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The author has been making traditional Cracow-style Christmas cribs for 30 years.  He says that in the early years many people asked him about the details of crib making and composition of the parts.  This book answers these questions in a simple and well-illustrated way, using both black-and-white sketches and color photographs.  This is the only book of its kind and it is already out of print.  Printed in English and Polish this work is excellent for both the beginner who wants to keep their work simple or the advanced builder who will want to add lights and motion.
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  • Size 8" x 5.75" - 20.5cm x 14.5cm
  • Softcover
  • 152 pages - Over 150 B&W and color illustrations
  • Polish and English text

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Great help February 8, 2011
Reviewer: Susan from McMechen, WV United States  
I have been looking for a book on szopka making and am glad that I found this one.  Gives detailed info on construction, lighting, movable objects...  Love that it is written in Polish and English.  Some of the translations are not exactly the way we would say them, but the translations are cute.  One example- Go to the wood store.  With ideas from this book I made my first Szopka for this past Christmas and going to start another one for next Christmas.  This is going to be a yearly tradition.

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