Out-of-work artisans had flocked to northern Oregon: carpenters, masons, weavers, engineers.
Some weekend tours are linked to folklore festivals; others feature Orthodox monasteries, shopping excursions with the chance to meet working artisans, hiking in the Rhodope Mountains, wine tasting, or visits to Roman and Thracian archaeological sites.
If your project is artistic, network with a community of stone working artisans and serious rock collectors.
The work of artisans, he says, is why American cheese "is catching on like wildfire".
The fresh money puts to work French artisans whose skills are at risk of extinction, and breaths new life into deteriorating structures.
Ali Hewson and her husband Bono, the musician and philanthropist for Africa, founded the Edun label in 2005 to give work to artisans across the world.
This summer, they will feature the work of artisans from the area's three foundries: Beacon's own Tallix, Argos and Polich Art Works PAWW).
SAVARONA High-end Turkish food will be offered amid the work of artisans in hammered metals, fabrics and glass: 420 East 59th Street, no phone yet.
This is not industrial production but the work of artisans, many of them named along with the region and often the farm where the tea bushes are grown.
It introduces people to the work of artisans from around the world.
No longer does one wealthy benefactor have to subsidize the life and work of artisans.
