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Filigree

Even in ancient times has been discussed in concept craft, the craftsman who is, what’s its purpose. Craftsman - one who creates something from nothing. And it is something useful for mankind. Creator. He first reviews around, observe dead objects, then select, summarize, and finally, his work is shown to the people. Filigree is considered for one of the most oldest techniques when it comes to metal processing. By the mid-nineteenth century, this technique named as “working with wire”. The main feature of the filigree like a craft is knitting a very thin, already processed wire. Sometimes the thickness of the wire is like a hair. In fact, the name of this craft comes from the Latin words: filum (wire) and granum (grain), which indicates the thickness of the wire which is in the hands of the filigree master. Over the centuries , people have used the craft to create beautiful jewelry as well as other decorative items . But this time our aim in this 21st century , when the evolution of technology , accompanied by the rapid pace of our lives, harder strikes his blow , when we more commonly speak that the crafts are dying and when we wake up we can’t be sure whether there’s still someone who treats a certain craft , to find those people who still dedicate to any of the craft with love and whose creative potential still has been invested in the thin wire to do something from it that will defy the time – filigree masters , who make something out of nothing . And who, with that, do not allow to close down something that is tradition , identity , recognition ...      

 

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