THE VOICE OF A YOUNG GLASSMAKER : CAMILLE OTT
Student in CERFAV Glass school. My project is a glass terrarium or vivarium. The terrarium consists of a wooden base, housing glass plants made using a blowtorch or thermoforming, but…
Zilversmeden
Zilversmeden is een oud ambacht waarbij met hamer en aambeeld grote gebruiksvoorwerpen worden gesmeed en gedreven zoals: schalen, bekers, vazen, kelken, etc. Tegenwoordig noemt men het meer Zilversmeden. Het Zilversmeden…
Zilversmeden
Zilversmeden is een oud ambacht waarbij met hamer en aambeeld grote gebruiksvoorwerpen worden gesmeed en gedreven zoals: schalen, bekers, vazen, kelken, etc. Tegenwoordig worden mannen het meer Zilverkunst genoemd.Het Zilversmeden…
The Museum of Marble Crafts, in Pirgos, on the island of Tinos,
The Museum of Marble Crafts, in Pirgos, on the island of Tinos, is a unique example presenting the technology of marble, a material that holds a particular place in the…
Towards an alternative to rods and lead solders for stained-glass?
The French stained-glass park represents 50% of the world and 60% for the European area; it groups together 450 craftsmen workshops. This glass shaping technique is passed down from generation…
Weaving experts from CRETACOM
The weaving workshop of Crete, CRETACOM located in the Handicraft park of Anopolis is a family business, which dates back to '80s. In the past, the main product of the…
Women weavers from “Aretousa” Workshop
In the modern technologically dominated world, traditional arts and professions gradually tend to become extinct, as the vast majority of people prefer to purchase standardized goods offered at low prices…
Handmade Cretan Woven
Ιn the modern technologically dominated world, traditional arts and professions gradually tend to become extinct, as the vast majority of people prefer to purchase standardized goods offered at low prices…
By fire and clay…
The ceramic tradition on Lesvos island has a long history of 5.000 years, as the potter findings reveal in the prehistoric settlement of Loutropoli Thermi. Ceramic art is the most…
Nisaki Mu
Traveling to islands, cities and distant lands, Greek-German ceramist Korina Doerr, who now lives permanently in Crete, takes the blue of the Aegean, the meltemias of August, the old legends…