Mad’in Europe project “Stories of talent by European craftsmen” has been launched as part of the program of the European Commission “European Vocational Skills Week: Discover your Talent”.
Considering its success, we decided to continue this program and to development this section further.
Our objective is to let some selected European professional craftsmen narrate their stories and show their work. We hope these story-telling will stimulate your curiosity and interest for crafts, which are part of our intangible heritage but also a different and more responsible way of buying.
To have your portrait in this section you must be a craftsman member of Mad’in Europe. Please see conditions on the registration page.
Interviews
Stufe in muratura – Un calore naturale che scalda la casa e il cuore. Un sistema di riscaldamento antico da portare nel futuro
Da 12 anni mi occupo di Stufe in muratura. Cercavo un sistema di riscaldamento semplice, ecologico, economico e mi sono imbattuto in questa tecnologia. Ho seguito 2 maestri bavaresi per imparare a fare le stufe ...
Valérie Ceulemans, Valloma, créatrice céramique
Je propose un large choix de sculptures et installations ainsi que des articles destinés à l’Art de la table. Tous ces objets sont uniques et entièrement réalisés par mes soins, dans mon atelier.
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Anita Matell – Flower maker
Nature and Botanica is a never ending source of inspiration and I can hardly see a flower without rapidly counting its petals and figure out the main structure...
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Òscar Ollé, Cabinet maker, Barcelona, Spain
When I was turning a piece of banana tree wood that I cut with my own hands from a tree that saw me grow, which I kept and I had to cure for years before ...
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Jean-Christophe Duperron – Mosaïste – Bruxelles
La mosaïque est présente dans l’imaginaire de chacun, nous en avons de multiples exemples autour de nous. Pour moi, la mosaïque, en résumé, c’est le fait de coller des éléments sur un support, avec un ...
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Francisco Carrera Iglesias, Embroiderer since 1979, Spain
...adaptar la tradición a la vanguardia. Mis vecinos del barrio se emocionan mucho cuando ven que mis bordados los luce la mujer Michelle Obama o la cantante Pastora Soler en el Festival de Eurovisión en ...
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VICENTE GRACIA BENSA – JEWELLERY DESIGNER – SPAIN
Through reading the Sufi poetry I realized that the gardens were described as jeweled lands. They described plants and flowers as precious stones and that made me think that we could make a personal universe...
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Paola and Luciano Fagnola – Bookbinders, book conservators – Italy
I felt the need to do something that could be interdisciplinary, in which to combine art, literature, science, technologies, creativity, history and create tangible objects
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Carme Hermoso Capllonch – Ocarinas maker – (Ocarinera) – Spain
In 30 years, I have made many ocarinas, but none of them were the same because they were all created at different moments of my life and in each I put my feelings, my emotions ...
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Daniela Ridolfi – Calzoleria Petrocchi – Shoemaker
The best moment of my job is when an idea arises and when it begins to take shape in my thoughts.
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Catherine BERNET – Lissier- Tapisserie d’Aubusson
Pour moi, chaque tissage nous plonge dans une aventure humaine et artistique toujours renouvelée où l’on fait des rencontres qu’on ne pourrait faire nulle part ailleurs. Chaque tapisserie est unique et porte trace de cette ...
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Vanessa Cavallaro – Wheel engraver on Glass – Italy
Non tutti siamo destinati ad essere ingegneri, dottori, architetti... bisogna dare la possibilità a tutti di conoscere lavori d’artigianato e d’arte.
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Giovanni Bassi, costruttore di impianti industriali, 1976. Italia
I momenti migliori del mio lavoro sono quelli più problematici, più difficili nei quali esprimo al meglio la mia conoscenza, creatività e passione.
Maurizio Bresesti, carpentiere. Italy
Il saper fare manuale è una Sapienza da non deturpare o da ripudiare perché vista come uno stereotipo di sporco e poco appagante, la vita non può rifugiarsi solo in un riscontro economico fine a ...