To get in my quota of culture while in Prague I decided to visit the Mucha museum. Mucha had a link with Paris where he lived for a few years. The museum combines 2 benefits: good selection (subjective of course!) and is a fairly quick visit. It also has a nice gift shop (about as big as the museum!) so stock up on the cards and other gifts.
Afin de remplir mon "quota culture" lors de ma visite de Prague, j'ai opté pour la visite du musée Mucha. Le musée combine deux grandes qualités à mes yeux: une bonne sélection d'œuvres (avis subjectif!) et la visite est relativement rapide. Attenant au musée, un magasin de cadeaux (presque aussi grand que le musée lui même) pour faire le plain de cartes et autres cadeaux.
Between visits and meetings I managed of course to do some fabric shopping at a very messy & cool fabric store in Prague. Hey is that my apartment?! Oh no it's the shop...
Here is the lovely wool I got in two colors as I could not make-up my mind...
They also have a a good selection of ribbons and yarns...
Mar Len - (www.marlen.cz)- Karolíny Světlé 12, 110 00 Praha 1, Open until 6PM during weekdays & not open on the week-ends.
Reporting from Prague to answer this important question... a "marionette" is a string-puppet.
Puppetry is part of the Czech culture and many shops can be found in Prague selling these fascinating creations or should I say creatures as they almost seem alive.
Amongst the various tourist shops that crowd the center of the old part of Prague, one shop in particular immediately stood out, "Trular Marionety", with an amazing collection of their own creations, and marionettes from other Czech puppet creators.
The shop owner was assembling the puppets below when I came in, sewing on an antique sewing machine the detailed costumes.
Halloween approaching I made friends with a witch.
Here is the remainder of her family. Kings, pirates and chefs, all with a distinct personality.
Finally a family of musician bugs right out of the cartoon for Roger Glover's "Love is All" (the Butterfly Ball):
For more information on the Marionety Truhlar marionette studio and their creations go to http://www.marionety.com/ they have 2 locations in Prague: U luzickeho sem. 5., Mala Strana, Prague 1 or Unglet Tyn 1, Marionety Truhlar, Stare Mesto, Prague 1 PS: they did a good job wrapping the witch & I made it to the airplane & back home with a complete marionette.
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