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Traditional collars of Maramures

An element of beadwork while making

A straw hat decorated with beadwork

Cergă from Săpânța

A small white woven woolen carpet made by Anuța Stan

Simple wool belt made by Anuța Stan

Simple wool belt made by Anuța Stan

The weaver working on traditional wool shoulder bag in Maramures

The Design Circle nourishes and spreads the culture of design, helping to strengthen the local design system and promoting connections between design skills and the productive, social and cultural world.

At the theater cinema Arenan you can experience film, theatre, dance, stand-up, lectures and concerts.

A one-handle jug that starts from the neck and ends at the widest part of the body. It has a trilobate lip, with a wide neck that narrows as it joins the globular body. The body tapers down to a circular base. This piece is made using a slow wheel…

Square pillow in rose path and tabby pattern in un-bleached linen and red yarn, with red tassels at the corners.

A cheese vat is used in the initial stage of the cheese-making process, and the holes in the surface are made to allow the whey to escape through them. Also, this kind of pottery is known as 'black pottery,' which is due to the smoke used during…

A cheese vat is used in the initial stage of the cheese-making process, and the holes in the surface are made to allow the whey to escape through them. Also, this kind of pottery is known as 'black pottery,' which is due to the smoke used during…

A cheese vat is used in the initial stage of the cheese-making process, and the holes in the surface are made to allow the whey to escape through them. Also, this kind of pottery is known as 'black pottery,' which is due to the smoke used during the…

Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis

Chapel of Bezerreira and the peaks of the Caramulo Mountain Range

Ceramic lamp base with Harris Tweed shade, created by ceramicist Sue Blair of Borgh Pottery, Isle of Lewis, Scotland.

The County Centre for Conservation and Promotion of the Traditional Culture Dolj is a public cultural institution with legal personality, subordinated to Dolj County Council, specialized in researching, collecting, archiving, transmitting and…

The broken pieces of a corroded cast cauldron were found in 2013 during an excavation of a pre-Clearances longhouse in the Caen River Valley, in the Strath of Kildonan. The presence of tripod feet and looped swing handles suggests it was used over an…

The broken pieces of a corroded cast cauldron were found in 2013 during an excavation of a pre-Clearances longhouse in the Caen River Valley, in the Strath of Kidonan. The presence of tripod feet and looped swing handles suggests it was used over an…

The broken pieces of a corroded cast cauldron were found in 2013 during an excavation of a pre-Clearances longhouse in the Caen River Valley, in the Strath of Kidonan. The presence of tripod feet and looped swing handles suggests it was used over an…

University of St Andrews Open Virtual Worlds research group

Castanet used for musical accompaniment. The body is entirely decorated with geometric motifs, with a prominent eight-petal rosette featured at the center. A carved inscription shows the date “VIII-XXXIIII” (August 1934). This piece comes from Cangas…

Castanet used for musical accompaniment. The body is entirely decorated with geometric motifs, with a prominent eight-petal rosette featured at the center. A carved inscription shows the date “VIII-XXXIIII” (August 1934). This piece comes from Cangas…

A carpet with pattern in needle punched felt, sturdy enough for being used as a floor carpet. It can also be hung on walls. The carpet has both warming and sound damping qualities.

A well used carpenter pencil

Carol Sinclair is an artist and maker living and working in Forfar, Scotland. She creates one-off ceramics and up-cycled material installations for exhibitions. Her inspiration comes from the global issues, colours, textures and shapes in the world.…

I’m an artist and maker based in Forfar, Scotland. Since graduating from Grays School of Art in Aberdeen, I’ve developed my practice from tile making to creating forms and vessels with porcelain and paper clay. All of my work is hand built using…

The Calanais Standing Stones are an extraordinary cross-shaped setting of stones erected 5,000 years ago. They predate England’s famous Stonehenge monument, and were an important place for ritual activity for at least 2,000 years. We don’t know…

Calanais Stone Circle 1

Cabeceiras de Basto is a municipality in the district of Braga in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 16,710, in an area of 241.82 km².

Pampilhosa da Serra is a town and a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 4,481, in an area of 396.46 km².

At Brunskog's Hembygdsgård, Brunskogs rural community centre, located in western Värmland, there are about 30 buildings, both old and new. We are open all year round and organize several events during the year. The office's opening hours are 10am-3pm…

Glazed pottery used as part of household ware. Made of pink clay, the interior is coated with a white glaze and decorated with a triskelion motif.

Glazed pottery used as part of household ware. Made of pink clay, the interior is coated with a white glaze and decorated with a triskelion motif.

Borgh Pottery is a working studio overlooking the Atlantic ocean on the Isle of Lewis. For five decades Sue Blair has made unique ceramics interpreting the raw elements of the landscape in simple, striking forms. At the heart of the building is the…

Helena Cardoso is a Portuguese designer and visual artist. Cardoso has worked since the late ‘70s, with several artisans specialising in different handmade techniques and materials in northern Portugal, especially traditional Portuguese crafts.…

By definition, the zgărdan is a narrow band adorned with multicolored beads, either woven or braided, worn by girls around the neck or by men on their hats.

Basket with a cubic shape and a lid attached with two hinges. A semicircular handle allows for comfortable transport. This type of basketry from Forcinas comes from one of the most important workshops, which employed over eighty artisans during the…

Basket with a cubic shape and a lid attached with two hinges. A semicircular handle allows for comfortable transport. This type of basketry from Forcinas comes from one of the most important workshops, which employed over eighty artisans during the…

Asturias officially the Principality of Asturias, is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensive with the province of Asturias and contains some of the territory that was part of the larger Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages.…

Inez has worked as a textile teacher and is now retired. Knitting has been important for her throughout her life. She has had a big exhibition of mittens (she has inherited artifacts of her grandmothers) in entrelac in Sunne at Sundsbergsgård a few…

Arvika Konsthantverk is an association for artisans in Arvika that runs Sweden's oldest specialty shop for local arts and crafts.

Applied Arts Scotland is a membership organisation run ‘by makers for makers‘ in Scotland. We nurture the creative heart and soul of making practice, celebrate expertise, and facilitate practical opportunities for creative and professional…

Textile artisan Ragnhild Lie discovered that most of the wool from the area was being sent out of the country while people were knitting with foreign-produced yarn. This led her to reclaim the wool and cultural heritage in the craft. With a…

Wooden collar with riveted iron reinforcements at both ends, connected by an iron piece designed to hold a bell. The wood is decorated with carved six-petal flowers distributed around the entire piece.

Wooden collar with riveted iron reinforcements at both ends, connected by an iron piece designed to hold a bell. The wood is decorated with carved six-petal flowers distributed around the entire piece.

Wooden collar for livestock, featuring a brass plate nailed to the surface and decorated with stamped motifs. The initials “M. A.” likely indicate the owner of the animal, and the rest of the carved decorations include vegetal patterns and circles.…

Wooden collar for livestock, featuring a brass plate nailed to the surface and decorated with stamped motifs. The initials “M. A.” likely indicate the owner of the animal, and the rest of the carved decorations include vegetal patterns and circles.…

Alma Löv Museum is a contemporary art museum that consists of about ten pavilions scattered in nature and the large main building Paleis Oranjestraat with three floors where there is both a theater hall, exhibition halls and a café.

Digital technology and culture researcher

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…