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The Sardinian Art Of Jewellery
Catégories Traditions & Folklore Arts & Artisans Tags: traditions & folklore arts & artisans 0 CommentairesSardinian 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...
Lire la suiteThe Shardana: Warriors Of Sardinia
Catégories Personalities History & Culture Arts & Artisans Tags: personalities history & culture arts & artisans 0 CommentairesA Nuragic civilization was born and developed in Sardinia, confined in a period dating from the Bronze Age (1800 BC) to the 2nd century BC, already being Roman Age. The Shardana , populati...
Lire la suiteMaria Lai & The Art Of Threads
Catégories Personalities Arts & Artisans Tags: personalities arts & artisans 0 CommentairesStretched or tangled, sewn, resewn and unstitched, loose or knotted, the threads are the artistic language of a small Sardinian woman: Maria Lai . Maria Lai wanted to stitch the world with t...
Lire la suiteBasketry: The Sardinian Baskets
Catégories Traditions & Folklore Arts & Artisans Tags: traditions & folklore arts & artisans 0 CommentairesIn 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...
Lire la suiteThe Cork
Catégories Nature & Landscape History & Culture Arts & Artisans Tags: nature & landscape history & culture arts & artisans 0 CommentairesOn 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 Gall...
Lire la suiteSardinian Ceramics
Catégories Traditions & Folklore Arts & Artisans Tags: traditions & folklore arts & artisans 0 CommentairesThe 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...
Lire la suiteWood Craft In Sardinia
Catégories Traditions & Folklore Arts & Artisans Tags: traditions & folklore arts & artisans 0 CommentairesWhen 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,...
Lire la suiteCastelsardo: The Most Beautiful Borough In Italy
Catégories Personalities Nature & Landscape History & Culture Experiences & Activities Arts & Artisans Tags: personalities nature & landscape history & culture experiences & activities arts & artisans 0 CommentairesAbout two hours by car, 113 km away from Gabbiano Azzurro Hotel & Suites , Castelsardo is a place worth to visit. It is in fact included among " The most beautiful borough in Ita...
Lire la suiteNule And The Sardinian Carpets
Catégories Traditions & Folklore Arts & Artisans Tags: traditions & folklore arts & artisans 0 CommentairesThe Sardinian carpet is not only the floor rug: in Sardinia, it is woven and used also to cover the wooden chests. Its origins seem to be very far, starting with the mats that were already woven in t...
Lire la suiteByssus: The Magic Fabric From The Sea
Catégories Sealife & Watersports Personalities Arts & Artisans Tags: sealife & watersports personalities arts & artisans 0 CommentairesThe encyclopaedia reads: “ B yssus is a textile fibre of animal origin, a sort of natural silk obtained from filaments secreted by a species of bivalve molluscs (Pinna Nobilis), endemic in the...
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