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...The “indirect” or “reverse” method evolved in the 19th century, enabling artisans to work on designs in the studio. The motifs are worked in reverse on paper, in numbered sections....
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...After a number of years working for different companies, in 2010 he set up TaylorHood Metalworks with Neil Hood, whom he had met on that original apprenticeship....
...who nominated Aparicio for the annual prize — created by Lisa Saltzman on behalf of the Saltzman Family Foundation to honour the legacy of the late Ralph Saltzman, co-founder and president of materials company...
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...But at the Decorex interior design fair in London this weekend, October 8-11, she is showing her first foray off printed paper with a series of rugs, in a collaboration with the rug company Knots Rugs....
...“The artisans and brands who are really proud of the leather they use, they love to talk about it,” he says....
...A plaque above the organ nods to the city’s once-thriving ceramics industry, honouring local potter George Meakin, who in 1851 founded ceramics manufacturing company J & G Meakin with his brother James....
...One is in simple wood, the other wrapped in Bottega Veneta’s signature intricate intrecciato weave — fine interlaced strips of leather which, since the late sixties, the brand’s artisans have woven into...
...In 1958, he met Bruno Danese, who had just established his eponymous company with his wife Jacqueline Vodoz, and they hit it off....
...And even for artisan teas, there already exists a grading system in certain countries, similar to standardised premiums on other commodities....
...Hermès executives say limiting supply is not company policy but a result of their fabrication process, where bags are stitched by hand by highly skilled artisans in ateliers in France....
...At 18, Ficola joined the exodus to the north, where he studied electrical engineering before joining a multinational consulting company in Milan....
...And the contributions to Only Watch by small independent artisans have kept growing. In 2019, Gronefeld, De Bethune with Urwerk, and Rexhep Rexhepi all took part....
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...“The Les Cabinotiers offer is testimony of the creative liberty of our designers, watchmakers, and artisans,” says Ferla. “This is what our clients look for.”...
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