zondag 16 augustus 2015

Craftsmanship

At the Fair in Spakenburg several craftsmen were selling their products. This man was producing ships in a bottle.

It is always fascinating to see how they manage this.

Little purses.

Making fishing nets. although these seem more for decoration.

This is the real one used by fishermen.

These women demonstrated the starching and ironing of the special "kraplap", the coloured shoulderpiece they are wearing.

Wicker baskets in all kind of shapes.

16 opmerkingen:

  1. Another event I wish I could have attend.

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  2. Guess it's pointless to ask how and why these shoulder pieces ever caught on. :-)

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  3. I would so enjoy going to this. Very interesting and the ship building in the bottle I could watch all day.

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  4. Die scheepjes in een fles zijn fascinerend!

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  5. Leuk dat al die ambachten op zo'n manier nog te bewonderen zijn. De scheepjes in de flessen vind ik erg bijzonder!

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  6. A great collection of crafts and photos.

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  7. Olen aina ihmetellyt, kuinka he saavat laivat pulloon. Olisi kiva seurata työskentelyä.
    The wicker baskets look same as here.
    NIce photos.

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  8. What a perfect background for the ship-in-a-bottle carver! The little beaded purses would be very tempting.

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  9. You are showing very high quality crafts. This would be a good place to visit.

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  10. Oh I would have enjoyed watching him build ships in the bottle. Something I always wanted to see.

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  11. Dearest Marianne,
    Lovely to observe indeed.
    Always interesting to watch such old crafts and especially how they get created.
    Hugs,
    Mariette

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  12. I've always been fascinated by the ships in bottles Marianne, what a treat to watch the process.

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  13. I've always been fascinated by the ships in bottles Marianne, what a treat to watch the process.

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  14. let's see, I will take a little purse and a sturdy baskets. Wonderful crafts!

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  15. Ships in a bottle.. that takes great care!

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