Josiew – Artisans on Hand http://artisansonhand.com Fri, 22 May 2020 16:38:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 http://artisansonhand.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Untitled-4raw-2-32x32.jpg Josiew – Artisans on Hand http://artisansonhand.com 32 32 178037507 Current Promotional Sale http://artisansonhand.com/?page_id=1137#new_tab http://artisansonhand.com/?page_id=1137#new_tab#respond Thu, 14 May 2020 15:05:40 +0000 http://artisansonhand.com/?p=852 Two sisters, Meyla and Nevra, created Beksan Designs as a way to craft jewelry that reflects their Turkish heritage.

Shop their designs HERE. First time shoppers receive 20% Off and Free Shipping! 

]]> http://artisansonhand.com/?feed=rss2&p=852 0 852 Artisans Learning Ancient Craft https://www.bbc.com/news/av/business-52585462/the-artisans-being-trained-in-morocco#new_tab https://www.bbc.com/news/av/business-52585462/the-artisans-being-trained-in-morocco#new_tab#respond Tue, 12 May 2020 16:56:57 +0000 http://artisansonhand.com/?p=1411 At a training centre in Marrakesh, young people are learning how to keep the ancient traditions of Moroccan craftmanship alive.

Trainee artisans can choose from 22 different trades, such as wood engraving, stone masonry, pottery and leatherwork.

]]> http://artisansonhand.com/?feed=rss2&p=1411 0 1411 The delicate material that takes months to weave by hand https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30447229 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30447229#respond Mon, 11 May 2020 20:46:00 +0000 http://artisansonhand.com/?p=1254 …]]> On the banks of the River Lakshya – just outside Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital – the sun is heating the tiny corrugated iron factory I am standing in to oven-like temperatures. Inside, under a string of bare light bulbs, six master weavers sit in pairs, barely breaking a sweat at their bamboo looms. Read more

]]> http://artisansonhand.com/?feed=rss2&p=1254 0 1254 Upcoming Promotional Sale http://artisansonhand.com/?p=941 http://artisansonhand.com/?p=941#respond Sun, 10 May 2020 16:55:44 +0000 http://artisansonhand.com/?p=941 Featuring Elle of California’s collection of antique, vintage jewelry & collectibles. Specializing in estate collected Antique Asian ornaments, vintage Italian metal resin beads and design elements, vintage Czech glass, amber, sterling silver, semiprecious pieces, unusual objects, and more.

]]> http://artisansonhand.com/?feed=rss2&p=941 0 941 Antiquing in the Modern Age http://artisansonhand.com/?p=889 http://artisansonhand.com/?p=889#respond Sun, 10 May 2020 16:54:00 +0000 http://artisansonhand.com/?p=889 …]]> We all know the thrill of scavenging in a tiny antique shop, finding the dusty treasures hidden among useless oddities. We know the crowded flea markets that are all the rage again, estate sales, antique shows… But what about the Ebay shops? Etsy, and Rubylane? If you haven’t been checking these shops first, you are most likely missing out on some very special finds, and deals!

Keep reading for 4 of our favorite online antique merchants!

Vintage Chinese Carved Blue Stone Earrings

Elle of California’s collection of antique, vintage jewelry & collectibles. Specializing in estate collected Antique Asian ornaments, vintage Italian metal resin beads and design elements, vintage Czech glass, amber, sterling silver, semiprecious pieces, unusual objects, and more. Shop the store HERE

Pair Of Vintage Brass Chandelier Earring Pendants

The Modern Antiquarian is a great place to go for Antique and vintage jewelry making components. Lots of great vintage brass, chain, rhinestones, as well as unique antique and vintage jewelry. Shop HERE

Navajo Sterling Silver Turquoise Cuff Bracelet

Tenohsea consists of all southwest, Mexican, vintage Native American, and other collectible silver jewelry. You’re sure to find a treasure! Shop the store HERE

Antique Berber leather Head Ornament with Coral Amber Amazonite and Silver Coins

The collection of Bazar Jawahar features Berber, Ethiopian and Yemeni beads, jewelry and artifacts, ancient to antique. Specializing Berber pieces from Morocco, a culture influenced by the Phoenicians, the Greeks and Romans and Goths. The music and dance of the region is powerful and the weaving (a woman’s art) and the jewelry is widely admired. Shop HERE

]]> http://artisansonhand.com/?feed=rss2&p=889 0 889 Welcome to Artisans On Hand http://artisansonhand.com/?p=1038 http://artisansonhand.com/?p=1038#respond Tue, 21 Apr 2020 14:28:25 +0000 http://artisansonhand.com/?p=1038 …]]>

Hi everyone, we’re excited about the launch of our new site Artisans On Hand. This will be a place where you can see exhibitors and artisans and interact with them; there will be sales and promotions, interesting news, workshops and much more. That’s right here at Artisansonhand.com. I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. We’re excited to launch this site so we can still interact with everyone while we are staying at home and bring arts and crafts to your daily life. We hope to get back to our show schedule as soon as possible but in the meantime stay safe and healthy and we will see you soon.

]]> http://artisansonhand.com/?feed=rss2&p=1038 0 1038 Originality and diversity http://artisansonhand.com/?p=258 http://artisansonhand.com/?p=258#respond Mon, 20 Apr 2020 21:03:00 +0000 http://ottersans.com/?p=258 …]]> The artisan crafts represented here are works of art, jewelry, glassware, cutlery, textiles, pottery, furniture, decoration, clothing making … In order to guarantee a high quality of “handmade” pieces and choice selection, we have chosen experts in their fields, selected exhibitors according to very specific criteria: craft production above all but also originality and creativity.

]]> http://artisansonhand.com/?feed=rss2&p=258 0 258 Gifu Wagasa http://artisansonhand.com/?p=123 http://artisansonhand.com/?p=123#respond Tue, 14 Apr 2020 22:35:00 +0000 http://ottersans.com/?p=123 …]]> By Claire Ann Wellesley

Gifu Wagasa is the traditional Japanese umbrella, which has a sense of ornament, ritual, and design.

It was a period of poetry and painting, and has occupied a central space in Japanese ceremony, and fashion for a thousand years.

Kikugawa Eizan

The sunlight flowing through translucent and colorful washi paper reproduces the feeling of a skylight.

Traditional Wagasa artisans from the village of Gifu, draw on a range of influences to create this impression.

A Gifu Wagasa is made of bamboo from the Kiso River, and Mino-washi, a paper crafted from bark and plant fibers, and coated with flax oil and natural lacquer.

The rib structure is made from a single bamboo cane, which, when closed forms the original shape of the cane. When opened, the wagasa silhouette is an arrangement of geometric design and elegant color.

]]> http://artisansonhand.com/?feed=rss2&p=123 0 123 An unparalleled collection online http://artisansonhand.com/?p=371 http://artisansonhand.com/?p=371#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2020 20:29:48 +0000 http://ottersans.com/?p=371 …]]> The collection of Bazar Jawahar can amazingly be found online on Etsy. Featuring Berber, Ethiopian and Yemeni beads, jewelry and artifacts, ancient to antique.

Specializing Berber pieces from Morocco, a culture influenced by the Phoenicians, the Greeks and Romans and Goths. The music and dance of the region is powerful and the weaving (a woman’s art) and the jewelry is widely admired.

Shop with confidence and if you have any questions don’t hesitate to send Houda a direct message (her customer rating is excellent!) Houda has personally collected all items in the shop and is always open to talk about them! On here and on Ebay here

]]> http://artisansonhand.com/?feed=rss2&p=371 0 371 Sanctus Luxurri By Dana Phayul http://artisansonhand.com/?p=111 http://artisansonhand.com/?p=111#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2020 12:00:00 +0000 http://ottersans.com/?p=111 …]]> Against a backdrop of pristine landscapes, forests, and vast skies, what mattered most was protecting the nomadic spiritual odyssey, which had existed since the beginning… 

As they set about following the migration paths that had been trodden for centuries before them, setting up camps and providing for the necessities of life, ancient people managed to surround themselves with sanctus luxurii, an ensemble of colorful and elegant furnishings, bedcovers, clothes, and jewelry, which animated the nomadic being, protected families from the realities of nature, and laid the groundwork for symbolic art.

Nomadic being was not measured in time or wealth, but in the laws of nature, which were formed at the origins of nomadic experience, when visual patterns were in a pristine state, and form and color were at their fullest and most intricate. Journeying beneath vast landscapes of stars and across immense valleys and deserts, repetitions of color, texture, and shape, formed a coherent pattern that appeared to represent the laws of nature.

The expression of visual patterns in talismanic kilims, sacred textiles, symbolic tent ornaments and furnishings, gold and silver dowry jewelry, glass beads, wedding clothes and bedcovers, had an instinctual clarity that was part of the natural order of things.

Natural elements of design created a complex material and symbolic environment that animated nomadic existence and reinforced the sense that life is not an object to possess but a temporary state of being, a spiritual odyssey that is handed down by the ancestral spirits, to be embraced for a time, and passed on to the next generation.

Traditional hand-work was an essential and dramatic element in the development of an artistic perspective, which focused and organized cycles of light, shadow, color and repeating geometric pattern, into a spiritual and symbiotic relationship with nature.

Images that moved suddenly and dramatically into consciousness presented nomadic hand-work with its motifs, which clearly described the laws of nature –twisting leafy stems, curvilinear waves, jagged lines, octagonal sun discs, intricate stratifications, flowering wreaths –and attested to the origins of nomadic experience.

Cashmere -John Singer Sargent (1908)

Traveling cyclically, in union with weather patterns and migration paths, survival depended on practical life working skills like weather prediction and direction-finding, and the ability to produce shelter, bedding, tools, and weapons, which could meet the strenuous requirements of a highly mobile lifestyle.

The artisan skills, complex tools, and hand-eye coordination, required to represent nature’s visual patterns, were also critical in the design and fabrication of horse trappings, tent fabrics, blankets, bed covers, and furnishings. 

Making their way from one geographic area to another, nomads would come in contact with tribes who could be sociable or hostile, and the accessories of nomadic costume served as tokens of status and power. Beads, earrings, belt ornaments, pendants, and brooches, were designed to express an indeterminable number of traditions, subliminal perceptions, and accumulated symbols, interwoven into nomadic life.

Against a backdrop of pristine landscapes, forests, and vast skies, what mattered most was protecting the nomadic spiritual odyssey, which had existed since the beginning. In this journey, nature and being emerge as one continuous pattern, representing stages in an endless correspondence of form and spirit, entwined in symbol and art, and encoded into nomadic life through hand-work.

Sanctus luxurri was created, used, and passed on by one generation after another. It was the common thread that held the tribal family together. Its mere existence within the context of generational responsibility, personifies its ancient energy.

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