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Technique: Basket Making

Basket making is an ancient craft. It's been done by people around the world for thousands of years, enabling them to use available natural materials to make vessels for storage and for hauling water. But the techniques of basketry have long been used for other purposes other than just making baskets. Furniture, jewels and many other are examples of products for which basketry techniques have been applied.

In this module we explore a traditional technique from northern Portugal for producing baskets out of wicker. Experience brings mastery, so is up to you to perfect your craft after learning with us the basics!
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Technique: Weaving

The origins of weaving dates back to the Paleolithic era and it has being reinventing itself since. In this module we explore weaving with a loom, an ancestral technique that lost ground to the industrialization but that has been picked up by a new generation of artisans trying to bring new high added value products to the market.

In this module you can learn the basics about weaving with a loom. How you can improve your technique overtime and create new products is up to you!
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Technique: Fired enamel on metal

Fired enamel on metal is a decorative technique where small quantities of high pigmented glass are applied to a metal surface and then melted to that surface with high temperatures in a kiln as we can see in this video (or in some cases, with a blowtorch), creating a coloured, crystallised covering. There are a wide variety of application techniques and colours available, providing a range of decorative possibilities within jewellery making, both on sheets of metal and melted metal pieces.
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Technique: Metal fretwork

Metal fretwork is an important technique for artisans working both with imitation jewellery and jewellery made with precious metals. Generally speaking, it is most popular with bronze, copper, nickel silver, silver, and gold. In the video, we see the artist apply the technique to a silver sheet. The main tools necessary to carry out this activity are: a jeweller’s saw, a jeweller’s bench, and a range of saw blades. 
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Technique: Leather Sandals

Leather constituted the main raw material for all kind of shoes (sandals, shoes up to the ankle, boots) in ancient times and was often imported. In general, ancients showed a preference to sandals, used mainly to protect their feet from the ground and keep them clean. Sandals are always a distinct part of Greece, even after thousands of years. The local market hosts a profound know-how, years of experience and tendency towards experimentation in the making and design. Every year, new brands flourish demonstrating new ideas, materials and designs.

In the video and accompanying handbook, the basic materials as well as the steps of the leather sandal making (preparation of the shoe last, strap design, strap fitting, sole and heel construction) are presented.
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Technique: Silver Bracelet

Silver (Ag) is the main raw material for the making of silver jewellery. It constitutes a white, soft, highly forging and shiny metal, the best heat conductor available but we can rarely find it self-growing in nature. The degree of silver’s purity is counted in millimeters (percentage of a thousandth of weight). Silver items must bear a stamp, indicating the alloy from which the object or jewel was made, typically 800 ‰ or 925 ‰.
Traditional silversmithing techniques include the following: cutting, hammering, soldering, deoxidation, casting and plating.

In the video and accompanying handbook, the basic materials as well as the steps of silver bracelet making (choosing the metal, metal shaping, metal plating-cleaning, finishing, final product) are presented.
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Technique: Ceramic

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Technique: Book Binding

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Technique: Stained Glass

Either a reproduction of stained glass windows from the Middle Ages or a glass-roof, the steps are always the same. After finding the motif of his drawing, the stained glass maker creates a prototype called "cardboard". Each element of this model is carried on tinted glass sheets and then diamond-cut-off. Temporarily assembled, the pieces of glass can be painted and melted, before being set in lead ribbons for final assembly. The craftsman then installs the stained glass on the final place. A very sure pencil stroke, a sense of harmony of colors and volumes are essential qualities.

Religious history, symbols ... are an integral part of the stained glass culture. Pure creation represents, in general, only 20% of the activity of the workshops. Stained glass is essentially seen in art restoration.
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