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Käsitöö. Artesanía. Rzemiosło. Kunsthåndverk. Rokodelstvo How do you say “craft” in your language? How do you say “craft” across Europe? What does that word actually mean to the people who live there?
In this documentary episode of Craft Matters, we travel from Scotland to Georgia, and Sweden to Malta, bringing together over twenty voices to answer that question.
Listen in as we build a sonic mosaic across the continent. Adriana explores how different countries view their craftspeople, the shared struggles of keeping traditional knowledge alive, and the beautiful, unspoken language of working with hands that unites every craftsperson, no matter where they live.
Hear this special European choir!
Featuring voices from: Scotland, France, Malta, Slovakia, Germany, Portugal, Poland, Spain, Denmark, Hungary, Slovenia, Georgia, Italy, Estonia, Norway, the Netherlands, Cyprus, Belgium, and Sweden.
Speakers in this episode
- Ana Cristina Mendes – Centro de Formação Profissional para o Artesanato e Património (CEARTE), Portugal
- Andrea Orelová – Centre for Folk Art Production (UL’UV), Slovakia
- Annalisa Apicella – Italy
- Costanza Materassi – Centro per l’Artigianato Artistico e Tradizionale della Toscana (ARTEX), Italy
- David Places Balsalobre – Consorci de Comerç, Artesania i Moda de Catalunya, Spain
- Elton Micallef – Malta Crafts Foundation, Malta
- Hege Henriksen – Norwegian Crafts, Norway
- Helle Dyrlund Severinsen – Danish Crafts & Design Association, Denmark
- Irene Kernan – Craft Scotland, Scotland
- Kati Sekirnik – Consortium of Craft Centres of Slovenia, Slovenia
- Ksenia (Lexi) Fadina – Michelangelo Foundation, Estonia / Switzerland
- Madina Benvenuti – Mad’in Europe, Belgium
- Maj Sandell – The Swedish Crafts Centre (KHVC), Sweden
- Maka (Mariam) Dvalishvili – Georgian Arts and Culture Centre, Georgia
- Maria Anaxagora – Cyprus Handicraft Service, Cyprus
- Marianne Kassamba – Bundesverband Kunsthandwerk Deutschland (BK), Germany
- Marion Poortvliet – Crafts Council Nederland, Netherlands
- Monika Osinkowska – Stowarzyszenie Nów. Nowe Rzemiosło, Poland
- Silvia Martin Delgado – Fundesarte, Spain
- Tamara Valkama– Italy / Sweden
- Timmi Kromann – Arts & Crafts Association Bornholm (ACAB), Denmark
- Vanda Illés – Hungarian Heritage House, Hungary
- Xavier Long –L’ Institut pour les Savoir-Faire Français, France
Credits
Host and producer: Adriana Campo
Continuity announcer: Rachel Kelly
Sound editor: Johan Chandorkar, Umamiproduktion
Story editor and dramaturg: Ana Kuntarič Brodersen
Executive producer: Laura Miguel Baumann
Produced by the European Crafts Alliance
Music: The Walking Song by Adam Ben Ezra (album: Hide & Seek)
Disclaimer
Co-funded by the European Union. The views expressed are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the granting authority.
Furthermore, any views or opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily represent those of the European Crafts Alliance.
The podcast Craft Matters is a podcast by the European Crafts Alliance exploring the people, policies, and practices shaping craft across Europe — from independent makers to cultural institutions and decision-makers. Through interviews, stories, and field recordings, the series reveals how craft lives, evolves, and contributes to Europe’s economic and cultural future.
