Topic
The last practitioners of age-old crafts.
TOPIC
The last practitioners of age-old crafts.
The green glassblower on a mission to free his country of foreign glass
- Michael Tetteh, Ghana’s only professional glassblower, recycles scrap glass – drinks bottles, TV screens – by turning it into elaborate vases full of colour
- He envisions a Ghana free of foreign glass, having channelled its tradition of making glass beads into a modern, multifaceted industry
‘An extension of a tree’s life’: carpenters celebrate their craft in show
Carpentry is undergoing a revival in Hong Kong, and its skills and beauty are on show in an exhibition of work by traditional craftsmen and contemporary artisans.
Carpentry is undergoing a revival in Hong Kong, and its skills and beauty are on show in an exhibition of work by traditional craftsmen and contemporary artisans.
Labourer with a passion for calligraphy fights to preserve the Arabic art
Arabic calligraphy recently won recognition from Unesco as intangible cultural heritage, but the handwritten script is falling out of use in the Arab world. One devotee works on a building site in Iraq to support his art.
Arabic calligraphy recently won recognition from Unesco as intangible cultural heritage, but the handwritten script is falling out of use in the Arab world. One devotee works on a building site in Iraq to support his art.