Alabaster Carving Crafting in Spain Country of the crafting: Spain Region of the crafting: Aragón Town of the crafting: Zaragoza Type of the crafting: Marble, stone and plaster 1. Location and History The alabaster, like the old-fashioned, or plaster stone, is scratched with the nail. Its crystalline system is monoclinic. This fine grain variety is […]
Alabaster Carving in Spain Country of the crafting: Spain Region of the crafting: Aragon Type of the crafting: Marble, stone and plaster It’s made of plaster.There are alabaster mines in different parts of Europe. The alabaster has many applications, both in architecture, as in lighting and or namentation. The technique of sculpting consists in extracting, […]
Albarcas Cantabra Shoe making in Spain Country of the crafting: Spain Region of the crafting: Cantabria Type of the crafting: Wood 1. Geographic area The Cantabrian apricot is a rustic wooden footwear of a piece, which has been used especially by the peasantry of Cantabria, in Spain. This apricot is similar to the other models […]
Cantabrian Albarcas shoes in Spain Country of the crafting: Spain Region of the crafting: Cantabria Type of the crafting: Wood 1. Geographic Area This type of crafts are common in the north of Spain,in the Cantabrian Community.The Cantabrian albarca is a rustic wooden footwear of a piece, which has been used especially by the peasantry […]
Wood Carving and Cabinetmaking Country of the crafting :Europe Type of the crafting :Wood 1. Geographic Area the term “cabinetmaker” (ebanista) appeared in France in the seventeenth century, where the ebéniste differed from the menuist or carpenter.Just as the carpenter worked carved pieces of ordinary wood, the cabinetmaker was engaged in much more detailed furniture, […]
The Kiss of the Death in Spain Country of the crafting: Spain Region of the crafting: Catalunya Type of the crafting: Marble, stone and plaster 1. Geographic Area The sculpture is located on the grave of the textile entrepreneur Josep Llaudet Soler. This marble sculpture entitled “El Petó de la mort” (The Kiss of Death) […]
The Sculpture of the Kiss of Death in Spain Country of the crafting :Spain Region of the crafting :Cataluña Town of the crafting :Barcelona Type of the crafting :Marble, stone and plaster 1. Geographic Area In the cemetery of Poblenou or Pueblo Nuevo, a camposanto founded in 1775 and located in the neighborhood of the […]
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