Grab your kenditiria to go to the mastic trees [chapter 2]
In this series of short stories about a year in a mastic village, you will get to follow the journey of little
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crafts
The forgotten vocation of pattern design
Pattern design once was a well-respected vocation within the textile sector. The pattern designer or ‘dessinateur’ was the first craftsman involved in
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In the Spotlight: glassblower Thibaut Nussbaumer
When Thibaut Nussbaumer fell from a horse in his teenage years, he had no idea at the time that it would set
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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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In the Spotlight: Limerick Lace
Limerick Lace is an active community of local lace makers, the Limerick Museum and Archives and local educational institutions in Ireland. The
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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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In the Spotlight: artist Eirini Linardaki
The artist Eirini Linardaki creates artworks using a variety of textiles coming from many places throughout the world. Each of these pieces
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The story of Jacquard weaving
Have you ever wondered how the pattern in splendid silk fabrics is created? Or asked yourself how many steps are involved in
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Mastic villages on Chios
One of Mingei’s pilot studies involves mastic; a product from the mastic tree which exclusively grows in the south-west of Chios in
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Between crafts and computer science
Within the Mingei project, we collect the narratives of individual craftsmen and -women describing how they work. Besides those narratives, it is
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