Its artists and craftspeople, its carnival and historic sector, are cornerstones on which to build.
Gingerbread craftspeople, who also made honey and candles, worked in the area of Northern Croatia.
Creating a link between those far-flung craftspeople and urban markets is Fabindia's mission, says the 43-year-old Bissell.
Khachkars are outdoor steles carved from stone by craftspeople in Armenia and communities in the Armenian diaspora.
It is a proud symbol of the cultural heritage of the craftspeople, their city and the nation.
Throughout the year, craftspeople carry sets of wooden characters and printing equipment to ancestral halls in local communities.
Its bearers, about a hundred outstanding singers and players and some ten craftspeople, have acquired their skills and knowledge from their elders.
The traditional China engraved block printing technique requires the collaboration of half a dozen craftspeople possessed of printing expertise, dexterity and team spirit.
Craftspeople pass on their skills to apprentices, and players transmit their skills by word of mouth and demonstration to young people within their community.
In Cotacachi, 10km north of Otavalo, craftspeople have been making leather products for hundreds of years, owing to the town's position surrounded by cattle and dairy farms.
Be sure and stop by the stable yards to watch the craftspeople demonstrate life on a plantation, and take the tour of the House Museum.
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You will also see stalls run by craftspeople from the township area, Pienaarsig, selling such creations as wire sculptures and decorative bead-studded felt balls.
Practised today mainly by older craftspeople, the art remains a point of cultural pride and an important tool for reinforcing a sense of identity for the community.
Craftspeople sell handmade goods, the food stalls offer dishes from Sri Lanka to the Philippines and men drink large beers outside the Roadkill Cafe, a foodstall within the market.
The product also marks a step toward mainstream adoption with the simple fact that it arrives mostly assembled, so customers don't need to be experienced craftspeople to put the thing together.
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Bringing in neighborhood artists, musicians and craftspeople to promote their talents at themed events, as well as popular local authors for book signing receptions, also helps bring the customers streaming in.
However, the intensive training required, the low income generated, popularization of computer printing technology and diminishing enthusiasm for compiling genealogies have all contributed to a rapid decrease in the number of craftspeople.
The North American Institute of Swiss Watchmaking opened its doors in 2009 with a mission to preserve the art of fine watchmaking and meet an increasing demand for qualified watchmakers and craftspeople.
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It is meant to create a space of exchange to stimulate innovation, improve quality of textile productions and enhance marketing capacities of Bosnia and Herzegovina craftspeople to access national, regional and international markets.
There is a year-long waiting list for the bikes he constructs at his workshop in Hackney Wick, a former industrial area of East London which has been colonised by young artists and craftspeople.
They do private shopping tours, not to the ubiquitous boutiques that are identical to every other major city, but to the private workshops of vetted artists and craftspeople where you meet the artists themselves.
Capacity building, through artisan and designer collaboration, transferred and honed the skill level of the craftspeople in pit-loom woven fabric, chunri making skills, embroidery and ralli-making and developed designs to attract the contemporary market demands.
The headquarters of many banks and businesses are also here, as well as 100 museums including the comprehensive Modern Art Museum and the living history museum Skansen, home to traditional Swedish buildings and craftspeople.
Through placement in arts and crafts institutions, enterprises and associations in other countries, students benefit from the know-how of local craftspeople, acquire new skills to complement their initial training, while also sharing their own experience with others.
The workshop will comprise 33 participants from 23 municipalities, craftspeople or individuals directly involved in the production of textile sector crafts (weaving, embroidery, basketry or any fiber work, plastic and recycling, painting on textile and mixed techniques and media).
The workshop will be attended by 29 participants from 18 municipalities, craftspeople or individuals directly involved in the production of textile sector crafts (weaving, embroidery, basketry or any fiber work, plastic and recycling, painting on textile and mixed techniques and media).
Many of these original workshops have been turned into apartments now, but small open-door shops still populate those same streets, where third- and fourth-generation craftspeople continue to make the mainsprings, bridges and balance cocks that power some of the world's most exquisite and pricey timepieces.
Batik is dyed by proud craftspeople who draw designs on fabric using dots and lines of hot wax, which resists vegetable and other dyes and therefore allows the artisan to colour selectively by soaking the cloth in one colour, removing the wax with boiling water and repeating if multiple colours are desired.
She jokingly refers to the designs she shows as her "children, " but she could also be referring to the artists and craftspeople with whom she collaborates: Not only does she commission a great deal of original work for her exhibitions, she also supports her stable of talent from conceptualization to production and presentation.
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