Hand Made

I see your 'exercising'—all of it—as everyday resistance to stereotypes and ageism

Project: hand-made studio

The quantity of talented craftsmen who skillfully create interesting attractive things that make a competition to similar factory products rises every year. Hand-made have separated in single creative direction. Hand-made production is gaining increasing demand among consumers in the domestic market. Despite of this tendency there are precious few shops in Ukraine where buyers could buy only hand-made goods

Project: hand-made studio

The quantity of talented craftsmen who skillfully create interesting attractive things that make a competition to similar factory products rises every year. Hand-made have separated in single creative direction. Hand-made production is gaining increasing demand among consumers in the domestic market. Despite of this tendency there are precious few shops in Ukraine where buyers could buy only hand-made goods

The digitally 'Hand Made' object

This article will outline the author’s investigations of types of computer interfaces in practical three-dimensional design practice. The paper contains a description of two main projects in glass and ceramic tableware design, using a Microscribe G2L digitising arm as an interface to record three-dimensional spatial\ud design input.\ud \ud The article will provide critical reflections on the results of the investigations and will argue that new approaches in digital design interfaces could have relevance in developing design methods which incorporate more physical ‘human’ expressions in a three-dimensional design practice. The research builds on concepts indentified in traditional craft practice as foundations for constructing new types of creative practices based on the use of digital technologies, as outlined by McCullough (1996)

Flame Resistance of Hand Made Wool Carpets

Handmade wool carpet production in Albania constitutes an important outcome for local producers. In order to guarantee the continuity of production, the quality of the products should be assured. Apart from various physical and mechanical properties necessary for the production line and long-life usage, the fire resistance of the carpet, in particular concerning flammability, is an important property mentioned in EU regulations. Hence, this paper focuses on testing the flammability of handmade carpets used primarily for floor coverings. In this research project five different handmade carpets, randomly chosen and consisting of sheep and goat fibers, are considered. Samples were tested according to ISO 6941:2003. Based on the obtained results, the tested products demonstrate very good behavior in terms of fire resistance and appear to meet the EU standard regarding the flammability of floor coverings