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A Handful: Puppetry
Legendary Bread + Puppet; traditional Sicilian marionettes; and puppetry performances you don't want to miss
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Updated Guide to Tile-Gawking in Lisbon
Fantastical gardens and grottos with mythological sea creatures, in-situ scenes at preserved monasteries, and a wildly eccentric…
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Dispatch from Sifnos, Greece
Everything you need to know about the Sifnos pottery circuit; ceramic chimneys and folk museums; an epic film series; and a 6th-generation captain’s…
A Handful: Baskets
The best in British Isles basketry; Yosemite weaving history; and our favorite everyday basket from Bangladeshi artisans
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Endangered Palestinian Craft
Ottoman-era pottery, olive wood carving, artisan tiles, and the art of embroidery
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Worth the Detour: Pottery Villages
Folk pottery deep in the Alentejo; a Moroccan village with the deepest greens; terra cotta in the Costa Brava; plus top five ceramics museums
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A Handful: Textiles
Five things to know about: all the best textile exhibitions, quilts by way of Beirut, and a patchwork bible that takes you on an ethnographic world tour
A Handful: Contemporary Take on Traditional Craft
Keeping the old ways alive with new creative collaborations in textiles, terracotta, wicker, and more
Craft Spotlight: Cerâmica Vieira
Five generations and more than 150 years old, the last traditional ceramics workshop in Sao Miguel, Azores
A Handful: Ceramics
Five things to know about: delftware at the Dennis Severs House, the most accomplished traditional Afghan potter, and an exhibition of work from the…
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Deep Dive: Craft in Sicily
Full of folklore and eccentricity, your three-stop circuit for Sicilian craft: Puppets in Palermo, painted horse carts in Ragusa, a hilltop ceramics…
Talking Travel and Craft Alchemy with ISHKAR
Accessing the world's most remote regions, supporting craft traditions in countries in conflict, and the last remaining glassblower in Afghanistan
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