The production of Sardinian artistic handicraft distinguishes itself on national context for its originality, variety and the unitary mark of the manufactured articles.
Handicraft
Sardinia Handicraft
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Iron handicraft
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- Hits: 726
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As the little bronze statues of the nuragic period testify, the metal-processing in the island is very ancient strenghtened by the presence of wide and rich metalliferous areas.
Artistic pottery
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The handicraft tradition of the ceramics in Sardinia dates back to the nuragic period. Still today, in fact, the shapes of the manufactured articles follow the very ancient ones of the early Sardinian everyday objects: jugs, tiles, little flasks and food-containers.
Coppersmith
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Isili (NU) is the only centre in Sardinia which can boast a coppersmith tradition
Jewellery
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- Hits: 905
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Silver is traditionally the metal chiefly used by Sardinian goldsmiths to which only recently have been added gradually gold and some semiprecious stones, such as turquoises, garnets and cornelians.
Artistic weaving
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Weaving represents the liveliest and most important sector of Sardinian artistic handicraft. The products are those typical of the folk tradition,such as blankets, tapestry, table-clothes and forniture-webs.
Basket-weaving art Sardinia
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The vegetation of the island, especially the marsh-plants, offers the raw material for basket handicraft and weaving.
Woodwork
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- Hits: 700
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The most significant product of the engraving art is the traditional Sardinian chest made of chestnut-wood or seldom of walnut and oak-wood.
