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British Craftsmanship is coveted by the world and celebrated as one of the ancient European treasures. To support and protect it, London Craft Week was born, an annual event which showcases fine craftsmanship over a journey-of-discovery program featuring peculiar workshops…
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The skill of filigree is extremely rooted in Portugal’s history and culture so Boca do Lobo created a new round mirror with a contemporary design that pays tribute to this technique. Being Portugal one of the only countries that still treasures this beautiful craftsmanship, the brand wanted to honor this remarkable…
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Barbara Nanning describes herself as a ceramic and glass artist and is part of a generation of ceramic artists who have defined contemporary Dutch ceramics since the mid-1980s. Thimo te Duits, art historian 20th century decorative arts, describes Nanning’s work…
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Ernst Gamperl from Munich, one of the best european master artisans, originally trained as a cabinetmaker and stumbled on wood turning by chance. Equipped with a book about woodturning he started as an autodidact, free from convention, creating his own…
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Ondřej Novotný is one of the best european master artisans focused in glass sculpture. It is not too surprising that glass had an important influence on him from a very young age. As a child, he would spend a lot…
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Monica Guggisberg and Philip Baldwin are two of the best european master artisans dedicated to glass sculpture. They have been working together for over 35 years. Their story can be described as nomadic, a notion intrinsic to many of their…
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Lilla Tabasso, one of the best european master artisans dedicated to glass sculpture and lampworking, was born in Milan in 1973, the city where she now lives and works. Following her studies at the Faculty of Biology at the University…
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Gérald Vatrin is one of the best european master artisans dedicated to glass sculpture and glassblowing. Originally from Nancy, with degrees from the fine art school of Épinal and from CERFAV, he combines his skill with a vast knowledge of…
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To the Hungarian glassworker Dóra Varga, one of the best European master artisans dedicated to glass sculpture, the process of creation is central to her work. She feels that she captures a photo, often affected by current events in her…
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Zuzana Kubelková works in glass sculpture art. Trained in glassmaking in Northern Bohemia in the Czech Republic. After her studies at the High School of Applied Arts for Glassmaking in Železný Brod, from where she graduated in glass pressing, Zuzana…
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