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Iron craftmanship of Sardinia Tags: craftmanship, heritage, history, visit 0 Comments
Iron craftsmanship in Sardinia, thanks to the island’s rich mineral resources, is art going back thousands of years, as confirmed by the bronze statuettes ( brunzìttu nuragicu ...
Read MoreThe Sardinian art of jewellery Tags: craftmanship, heritage, tradition, 0 Comments
Sardinian jewels are of a very particular beauty indeed. Gold or silver, worked in filigree, bejewelled with stones and coral: jewels are an important part of traditional clothing, they have a histor...
Read MoreBasketry - The Sardinian Baskets Tags: craftmanship, heritage, tradition, 0 Comments
In Sardinia, a land rich in aquatic plants, basketry is widespread. Even though there are still craftsmen who create mats and fences, manufacturing of baskets, corbule (decorative baskets) and...
Read MoreThe cork Tags: landscape peculiarities, craftmanship, tradition, excursion, 0 Comments
On both sides of the road, oak woods follow one another and the nude tree trunks are brick-red where they have been already harvested. We are going to Tempio Pausania , the capital of Gallura, an...
Read MoreSardinian Ceramics Tags: craftmanship, culture, tradition, sardinia, costa smeralda, 0 Comments
The Sardinian ceramic past begins with beautiful specimens of pre-nuragic and nuragic pottery, and models recalling the Roman domination. The making of ceramics takes us back to the courtyards of the...
Read MoreWood craft in Sardinia Tags: craftmanship, culture, heritage, tradition, sardinia, 0 Comments
When I first come across with the art and beauty of Sardinian wood craft, it was in 1990 and I could admire beautiful chestnut furniture worked with the asciolu , a tool with a small hoe shape, u...
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