Hungary is well known for its textile heritage of colourful embroideries and white lace. When you walk along the Danube, on Pest bank-since Budapest is nothing else than the combination of the old cities of Buda and Pest, you get to the main hall market of the city. Built on hundreds of square meters with […]
“Veiled, Unveiled” – Vienna
If you finished visiting all the Viennese Secession buildings and that you have felt for the 36th time to get your ticket for the Bruegel exhibition, then My Craft Curator would advise you to cross the street between the museum of fine arts and the museum of cultural history to go to the latest to […]
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Terre Ourika pop up store
On a beautiful sunny Thursday, May 24 we took a walk and meet with Marie Petri Guasco. She was holding her first ever pop up store for her brand Terre Ourika at 38 rue de Babylone , Paris (France). Past the beautiful facade of the Lutetia Hotel and slaloming between the tables filled with […]
Interview of Margaux Saint Frison, textile creator
We had the pleasure of meeting Margaux Saint Frison, creator behind the brand Saint Frison Textiles. She shared with us the meaning of her work and we marveled at the beauty of the fabrics she brought to life. Margaux’s interview is very honest, full of passion and love for her art and we could […]
30 shades of clay – Week 1
Throughout the month of September My Craft Curator has decided to highlight the ceramic creations of craftswomen and craftsmen from all over the world by posting a photo of a crush every day on our Instagram page. Under the hashtag #30shadesofclay we can give free rein to our passion for small pots, vases, plates, […]
What handicraft beauties can you bring back from Oslo ?
Earlier this year, we had the chance to visit a bit of Turkey, this August half the team went discovering Oslo! The capital of Norway is just two hours away from Paris (i.e quite close to our basecamp!). This city is the perfect escape from this burning summer we have been through in Western Europe. […]
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Visit at the Lundja Pop up !
The sun was high in the sky this friday 22 nd of June for our new visit to the bookshop “La librairie des voyageurs du monde”, 48 Saint Anne street. This time, after Mexico, then India, we are heading to Tunisia to discover the selection of Lundja handcraft. Some […]
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A new Pop’Up discovery: “Tissé Main Indien”*
*Handwoven from India Between two flashes of rain on Wednesday of June, we managed to find the time to go back to the bookshop of les Voyageurs du Monde to discover a new Pop’up Voyageur. On that very day, a world traveller and more specifically a traveler of the Asian continent […]
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THEM, video of the pop up store
My Craft Curator recently got to know Marion and her project THEM: we did an interview with Marion and visit her very first pop-up shop. This visit gave us the opportunity to make our first video on our YouTube channel! For all the English speakers : turn on the subtitles ! We have just started […]
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Interview of Marion from THEM project (Part 1)
We had the opportunity to sit down with Marion from THEM project, whose first pop-up store was held on the weekend of May 26-27 in Paris. [Pop-up Store: is an ephemeral store of small surface that mounts very quickly thanks to the use of a light and specially thought out structure] The beginnings […]