The forgotten vocation of pattern design
Pattern design once was a well-respected vocation within the textile sector. The pattern designer or ‘dessinateur’ was the first craftsman involved in
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history
If the harvest fly does not sing, it is not summer [chapter 1]
In this series of short stories about a year in a mastic village, you will get to follow the journey of Dimitris
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In the Spotlight: Limerick Lace
Limerick Lace is an active community of local lace makers, the Limerick Museum and Archives and local educational institutions in Ireland. The
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The story of Jacquard weaving
Have you ever wondered how the pattern in splendid silk fabrics is created? Or asked yourself how many steps are involved in
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Mastic villages on Chios
One of Mingei’s pilot studies involves mastic; a product from the mastic tree which exclusively grows in the south-west of Chios in
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In the Spotlight: The pottery experience at Keramion
Image courtesy of Gang Zhang Pottery is one of the oldest human inventions, originating before the Neolithic period, practiced by elemental materials and
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Silk: The dream fabric
Pure silk, one of the oldest known natural fibres, is still highly fashionable even after thousands of years. This beautiful and elegant
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On the name of the Mingei H2020 project
Mingei is the name of an art movement developed in the late 1920s in Japan by Yanagi Sōetsu (1889–1961), and as a
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