Crafts House - Jaunpilspils.lv

The Jaunpils House of Crafts is home to workshops, ancient values and traditions, creativity and warmth.

Jaunpils House of Crafts introduces guests to Latvian cultural and historical heritage, the preservation of ancient craft skills through the centuries, demonstrating weaving skills and showing their application in modern times.

The beginnings of the craft house

The history of the House of Crafts began in 1970 with the founding of the applied arts group “Dzīpars” of the Jaunpils Culture House. In 2006, the “Dzīpars” association was founded, which ensures participation in various competitions, helping to provide handicraft workers with various equipment and tools. It organizes events for handicraft workers on a Latvian and local scale. On April 2, 2015, the Jaunpils House of Crafts opened. It houses weaving, ceramic, sewing, knitting and other small handicraft groups.

What does Amatu do in the house?

Visitors are offered:

excursion to the House of Crafts “From the Back of a Sheep to the Finished Work”, where everyone can weave their own pattern into canvas, get acquainted with ancient craftsman tools, and learn about the closed cycle of ancient agriculture;
creative activities – braiding with different yarn counts, working with clay, felting lessons; ancient values and traditions
master classes for both children and adults;
A special adventure is also a wedding excursion in the Latvian spirit, where the daughter's traditional dowry is examined, the threads of love are spun, and before setting off on further journeys, each couple has the opportunity to make a clay dish or something else.

Job description and goals of the house manager

Jaunpils Craft House has been run by certified master weaver Velga Pavlovska since 2015. Velga is a passionate leader who cares about preserving Latvian heritage, as well as integrating modern traditions into crafts.

Manager Velga is committed to promoting the Jaunpils region as a space friendly to culture and creative expression, and to creating a favorable environment for learning and preserving ancient and modern craft skills.