Name/Title
Tales of tools : the untold narrative of wooden handwork implements from GreeceEntry/Object ID
NK8851.T35 2022Description
"This book pays tribute to the artisanal craft of woodcarving plied in the production of various richly decorated textile tools of the XIX and XX centuries traditionally associated with women's domestic chores. While some of these tools are quite ancient in origin, such as the distaff, spindle and whorl, other implements appear to be of more recent invention and did not arrive in Greece until late in the 19th century, following the adoption of new types of knitting and needlework that came from Europe. By playing with thread and various tools, we have rediscovered many unexpected techniques, from braiding to finger weaving, finger looping, card weaving and macramé, which were practiced at home thanks to the use of these unique tools. The research conducted for this book represents an effort to rehabilitate a quintessentially Greek cultural artefact and as such represents a veritable treasure trove of folk culture that has remained unexplored to date." -- PUBLISHERContext
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Mouseio Benakē, Athens, Greece, May 17-September 3, 2023.Lexicon
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knitting--greece--history, treenware--greece--history, textile crafts--greece--history, tools--greece--history, woodwork--greece--historyLegacy Lexicon
Category
Exhibition catalogBook Details
Editor
Flavia Nessi-YazitzoglouPublisher
Melissa Publishing HouseDate Published
2022ISBN
9789602044315Notes
Length: 335General Notes
Note Type
ContentsNote
Preface / Flavia Nessi-Yazitzoglou -- Introduction / Flavia Nessi-Yazitzoglou -- The woodcarvers and the tools of the textile trade / Flavia Nessi-Yazitzoglou -- Giorgos Konidaris (Skaltsas): the last woodcarver of Meganisi / Elli Kavvada -- The hand and the tool / Flavia Nessi-Yazitzoglou -- Elaborate women's tools from Crete / Louisa Karapidaki -- Spinning / Flavia Nessi-Yazitzoglou -- Distaffs in the Raffaele Corso Museum and the art of Calabrian shepherds / Sergio Straface -- Knitting in Greece / Flavia Nessi-Yazitzoglou -- Ionian island knitting sheaths: the modern Greek 'figurines' of the 20th century / Katerina Korre-Zografou -- From simple knitting implements to the advent of the multipurpose tool / Flavia Nessi-Yazitzoglou -- Household handiwork and its implements / Flavia Nessi-Yazitzoglou -- Tablet weaving / Maria Grigoriou -- Cretan knitting and weaving / Louisa Karapidaki -- The classic iconographic repertoire of Greek handiwork tools / Flavia Nessi-Yazitzoglou -- Resistant weave / Andrea Schroth.