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Artist Anja Musek in her shop

Artist Anja Musek at the door to her studio in Škofja Loka

Interview with Anja Musek

Wool felting tool

The process of felting a flat surface

Felted scarfs in the Anja Musek's shop

Felted scarfs in the Anja Musek's shop

Creators of handcrafted utilitarian lighting and product design & fabrication. The YB workshop sits quietly nestled within the Cairngorms National Park in the Scottish Highlands . Fusing a background of Sculpture & visual art with design ,…

Creators of handcrafted utilitarian lighting and product design & fabrication.

| Yellow Broom | Lighting , Product Design + Fabrication Creators of bespoke design based utilitarian piece. We are a two person collaboration based within the Cairngorms National Park in the Scottish Highlands . Valuing simplicity and quality…

Wooden hanging light, titled YB18, created by Yellow Broom. Single pendent light hand turned in Sycamore with natural Tan leather and a pastel braided fabric flex. Inspired from a traditional industrial inspection lamp this tactile simple light can…

Wooden hanging light, titled YB18, created by Yellow Broom. Single pendent light hand turned in Sycamore with natural Tan leather and a pastel braided fabric flex. Inspired from a traditional industrial inspection lamp this tactile simple light can…

Woven in the Bone Studio Wool Looms

Artisan cloth made in Scotland. Bespoke lengths and limited edition production of handcrafted Saxony cloth for tailors, designers and small businesses.

Hand-felted scarf is made with wet felting technique, produced from high-quality black, gray, and white wool, combined to give a sense of colours bleeding into each other. A technique was used to produce delicate, lightweight, and airy texture, which…

A 3D model of a skein of wool, or härva av ullgarn in Swedish.

A 2-ply skein of yarn, S-twist. Making Process: Handspun yarn using spinning-wheel. The wool used are from Carl-Joahns own sheep, which are of an older local breed of sheep “Värmalndsfår”. These particular sheep produce a varying wool spanning for…

A wool mitten entirely knitted in entrelac. It's composed with two different grey yarns, with red details and embroidery with grey yarns.

Pattern knitted mitten in entrelac and stockinette stitch with cable knitted collar in two colors of rauma (company name) fine wool yarn. The pattern depicts a reindeer.

Knitted gloves in entrelac, stockinette and purl stitch in white made with rauma (company name) lambs wool yarn and enbroided with flowers in a salmon pink for decorations using leftover yarn. The gloves also bear the emblem "Utmärkt värmländsk…

The know-how about curating, harvesting and selecting the best parts of the sheep wool and different uses according to its natural properties: socks, sweaters, woven fabrics and felted wools. Different breeds will shed different wool textures.…

A decorative item used in household, it distinctive for the area of Săpânța, Maramureș.

A decorative item used in household, it is distinctive for the area of Săpânța, Maramureș, because of its decorative style and colors.The Cerga de Săpânța (Săpânța wool blanket) shrinks to its proper size only in the vâltoare (a traditional…

Chestnut wood gaxapu with a body that has a semicircular base. The front side features floral and geometric motifs and retains traces of red and blue polychromy. On the back, a handle allows the object to be attached to a belt.

Chestnut wood gaxapu with a body that has a semicircular base. The front side features floral and geometric motifs and retains traces of red and blue polychromy. On the back, a handle allows the object to be attached to a belt.

Chestnut wood gaxapu with a body that has a semicircular base. The front side features floral and geometric motifs and retains traces of red and blue polychromy. On the back, a handle allows the object to be attached to a belt.

Chestnut wood gaxapu with a prismatic body that narrows toward the base. The three front faces are carved with geometric and vegetal motifs, highlighting a central rosette and the initials “M. A.” A handle allows it to be attached to a belt, keeping…

Wooden container with a prismatic shape—semicircular at the base and square at the mouth—used to hold water in which the sharpening stone is kept. A handle on the back allows it to be attached to a belt. The front features geometric motifs with…

Wooden container with a prismatic shape—semicircular at the base and square at the mouth—used to hold water in which the sharpening stone is kept. A handle on the back allows it to be attached to a belt. The front features geometric motifs with…

Wooden gaxapu with a prismatic body and a semicircular base. On the back, a handle allows it to be attached to a belt, holding the sharpening stone for the scythe. On the front, two horseshoes with a nail between them appear at the top, while a large…

Wooden gaxapu with a prismatic body and a semicircular base. On the back, a handle allows it to be attached to a belt, holding the sharpening stone for the scythe. On the front, two horseshoes with a nail between them appear at the top, while a large…

Gaxapu used to keep the sharpening stone in water for the scythe. This wooden container has a prismatic body supported by four small feet. A handle allows it to be attached to a belt, and geometric motifs surround the initials “V. V.” on the front of…

Gaxapu used to keep the sharpening stone in water for the scythe. This wooden container has a prismatic body supported by four small feet. A handle allows it to be attached to a belt, and geometric motifs surround the initials “V. V.” on the front of…

Wet felting is a traditional fiber art technique that transforms wool or other natural fibers into a dense, durable fabric by using moisture, heat, and agitation. The process involves layering raw wool, sprinkling it with warm, soapy water, and then…

The West Highland Museum was founded in 1922 by a group of Lochaber folk who wished to create a museum for the West Highlands, second to none in Scotland.

.Săpânța is not a common village, precisely because it holds on its territory a rare treasure, hard to value in money or words – CIMITIRUL VESEL (THE MERRY CEMETERY). The Merry Cemetery of Săpânța – globally unique and world value monument, where…

A human figure, designed and created by Tor-Vegard. A dynamic and minimalistic interpretation of a walking human figure, with long limbs and simple facial features. The figure stands on a rectangular foot, that is marked with the practitioners…

The Viseu, Dão e Lafões Region (VDLR), in central Portugal, is a richly textured cultural landscape shaped by centuries of human settlement, agricultural practice, and artisanal tradition. Comprising fourteen municipalities across 3,483 km², this…

Virtual restoration based on the rest conservated in TimeSpan Museum

Viljandi County is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is located in southern Estonia bordering Pärnu, Järva, Jõgeva, Tartu and Valga counties as well as Latvia.

Black ceramic vessel, made on a foot-powered wheel, with a smooth and blackened surface. It has a truncated-conical shape, with the base diameter smaller than the mouth, which is completely open. The walls and base feature circular perforations.

It is an open and geometrically shaped vessel. It has faceted walls and a pink engobe on the outside with scattered coloured spots.

It is an open, elongated, geometrically shaped vessel. It has faceted walls and a white glaze on the outside with scattered coloured spots.

Värmland County is a county or län in west central Sweden. It borders the Swedish counties of Dalarna, Örebro and Västra Götaland, as well as the Norwegian counties of Østfold, Akershus and Innlandet to the west. Prince Carl Philip is Duke of…

A portrait of UTcraftsperson1

Upper Carniola is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The largest town in the region is Kranj, and other urban centers include Kamnik, Jesenice, Domžale and Škofja Loka. It has around 300,000…

The University of Tartu (UT; Estonian: Tartu Ülikool; Latin: Universitas Tartuensis) is a public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia.[2] It is the largest and oldest university in the…

The University of St Andrews is a world class center for excellence in teaching and research. Open Virtual Worlds is an interdisciplinary group of researchers bringing together expertise in computing, digital design, history and museology. The…

The University of Aveiro (Portuguese: Universidade de Aveiro) is a public university, in addition to providing polytechnic education, located in the Portuguese city of Aveiro. Founded in 1973, it has a student population of approximately 12,500,…

The University of Oviedo (Spanish: Universidad de Oviedo, Asturian: Universidá d'Uviéu) is a public university in Asturias (Spain). It is the only university in the region. It has three campus and research centres, located in Oviedo, Gijón and…

Interview with Javier Ortiz del Peño

Javier Ortiz del Peño's workshop

UAveiro Masters’ students visit in 2024: Learning to weave with linen.

UA.LABDESIGN 2023: Learning to scutch the linen

Turned wooden mushroom figure from Asturias, Spain.

Wooden mushroom made out of turned wood, then electrified to create the lightning-like details. Made by a local artisan in Asturias, Spain.

Pieces made from fruitwood. This is a small cylindrical box consisting of two parts: a cylindrical container and a round lid that fits on top, made from the same wood. The piece is finished with oil in a darker tone, and the lid is decorated on the…

Textile necklace in several strands and in various colours of green and blue.

One of the most important manifestations of traditional culture, the result of the creative effort of a whole community and a real brand of identity, is the traditional/popular costume. In Maramures, the most important piece of clothing and the…

The components that define the image of the traditional costume are the traiste (shoulder bags) and desagi (saddle bags). These items serve both a functional-utilitarian and an informational-aesthetic role. Their purpose and usability distinguish…

Making Process: Handspun linen yarn with drop spindle/spinnrock

Tor-Vegard Mørkved, art blacksmith, The Blacksmith in Sund (Smeden i Sund), with his world: "the only Cormorant-maker blacksmith in the World" (Verdens eneste skar. His emblematic artwork is a sculpture of a native seabird, cormorant (skarv).…

Timespan is a cultural organisation in Helmsdale, a village in the very north east of the Scottish Highlands, with local, global and planetary ambitions to weaponise culture for social change. Timespan is a place for art, research, heritage, local…