Teaching glass blowing to museum visitors through mixed reality
Author: Anne-Laure Carré About the Centre des Arts et Métiers The Centre des Arts et Métiers (CNAM), Paris, France, hosts a museum of
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Preservation
Mingei Day: sharing knowledge of traditional crafts on international and local level
On March 10, Waag collaborated with several partners to host events in honour of what we have started calling Mingei Day. It included
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International webinar Mingei Day – Preserving heritage crafts using technology
How can we use technology to digitally preserve traditional and industrial crafts for the future? Heritage, museum, technological and craft professionals from all
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Online workshop Mingei Day in A’dam- Traditional textile crafts
On 10 March in the evening globally renowned fashion designer Antoine Peters, speaker of the evening, shares his passion for the craft of
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DigiTraining: Mingei Online Platform supports in representation of cultural heritage
The DigiTaining Project which will run until July 2022, responds to the urgent need for providing specific support to the cultural and creative
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Safeguarding weaving heritage in India
Working with heritage weaving communities in India India has a long weaving tradition. Although the bulk of the country’s textile industry has been
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Capturing the subtle details of crafts
The essence of an expertly executed craft is too nebulous to define. This is the reason why Mingei uses a variety of
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The Mingei approach: we collect, connect and open up
The history of craft goes back almost to the history of man: sharpening stone, carving wood, weaving fabric were amongst the first
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Movement Sonification for glassblowing handicraft
Mingei aims to preserve traditional crafts, spread knowledge about them and inspire people to learn new crafts. The project is inventing new approaches
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