Artisan News – Artisans on Hand http://artisansonhand.com Tue, 19 May 2020 17:30:00 +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 Artisan News – Artisans on Hand http://artisansonhand.com 32 32 178037507 What’s Up Pasadena! http://artisansonhand.com/?p=1084 http://artisansonhand.com/?p=1084#respond Tue, 12 May 2020 22:06:25 +0000 http://artisansonhand.com/?p=1084

What’s Up Pasadena!: Features the Pasadena Bead and Design Show, an artisan and craft fair at the Pasadena Hilton Hotel, offering a large selection of handcrafted beads, art jewelry & gems, as well as providing workshops and demonstrations.

]]> http://artisansonhand.com/?feed=rss2&p=1084 0 1084 The Cashmere Crisis https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-51708991#new_tab https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-51708991#new_tab#respond Tue, 12 May 2020 22:06:07 +0000 http://ottersans.com/?p=528 British photographer Andrew Newey has documented the lives of the Changpa nomads in Kashmir, examining the threats to their Pashmina wool production.

]]> http://artisansonhand.com/?feed=rss2&p=528 0 528 Botanical Mind Online: Art, Mysticism and the Cosmic Tree https://www.artlyst.com/reviews/botanical-mind-online-art-mysticism-cosmic-tree-revd-jonathan-evens/#new_tab https://www.artlyst.com/reviews/botanical-mind-online-art-mysticism-cosmic-tree-revd-jonathan-evens/#new_tab#respond Tue, 12 May 2020 22:05:38 +0000 http://artisansonhand.com/?p=923 …]]> Spring 2020 was to have been an appropriate season for the launch of one of the Camden Arts Centre’s most ambitious exhibitions to date. The Botanical Mind: Art, Mysticism and the Cosmic Tree is a major thematic group exhibition investigating the significance of the plant kingdom to human life, consciousness and spirituality, across cultures and through time. Lockdown prevented an actual launch and the exhibition itself is postponed but a complimentary online programme can now be viewed virtually. Read More

]]> http://artisansonhand.com/?feed=rss2&p=923 0 923 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 Suzi Click — A Work of Art https://broadmagazine.com.au/suzi-click-a-life-adorned/#new_tab https://broadmagazine.com.au/suzi-click-a-life-adorned/#new_tab#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2020 10:06:36 +0000 http://artisansonhand.com/?p=908 …]]> Los Angeles based designer and artist Suzi Click is a collector. Widely known for her artisan apparel and accessories line, the embodiment of her own, eclectic more is better boho style, Suzi layers both fabric and memory into each of her creations. Her 1920’s Spanish Revival home and studio is embellished with distinctive fabrics, imagery, ornamental trims and tassels collected from a lifetime of travel and an interest in tribal culture and costume. Read More

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