Handcraft

Man making an axe according to an old craft.

Handcraft

Unique products with sentimental value far beyond the purchase price. Produced in small manufactories and family businesses. Traditional techniques that are passed down through generations and thus hopefully prevent the extinction of old professions in the future.

Standard view

Hand tools and incomplete violin hanging in workshop

Violin making rib of violin

Violin making violin on workbench

Female violin maker at work

A violin maker's workshop. Skilled craftsman drawing around the outline of a wood back board for a violin.

Female violin maker at work holding marked wood

Man blowing molten glass with tube in factory

A glassblower with pliers working on a piece of glass.

Italy Veneto Venice Murano Island Glassblowing art from Murano a craftsman during the a craftsman working glass in a traditional glass factory

Midsection of glass blower holding tongs while preparing jug with coworker standing in background

Potter in workshop working on dog figurine

Close-up of carved ceramic on table at workshop

High angle view of woman carving ceramic at table in workshop

Overhead view of clay vase and paintbrush on table at workshop

Cropped hands of female potter making ceramics at table in workshop

Overhead view of ceramics on table in workshop

Female potter painting ceramic glaze on vase in workshop

Cropped image of craftsperson working on jewelry at bench in workshop

Goldsmith working on golden chain Germany Europe

Midsection of woman working with rubber mallet at workshop

Hand of female goldsmith working with grinder on silver ring

Goldsmith working on ring in his workshop from above

Goldsmith working with bunsen burner on ring

Traditional lacework

High angle close up of person sharpening handmade knife on a whetstone.

Female blacksmith shaping steel in workshop

Hand-forged knifes damask steel

High angle close up of person working on handmade knife using piece of sandpaper.

Axe maker using steel grinder in workshop

Blacksmith putting tongs in bucket of water at workshop

Knife maker working scattering borax over hot damask steel

Cropped image of craftsperson hammering metal on at factory

Germany Bavaria Josefsthal blacksmith with glowing pickaroon at historic blacksmith's shop

Female entrepreneur's hands holding handmade soaps over table

Woman showing bar of soap at workshop

High angle close up of yellow and black homemade bar of soap and kitchen knife.

Mid section of woman applying dried lavender to soap bars in handmade soap workshop

Young woman pouring liquid into soap mould in handmade soap workshop

Close-up of shoemaker working on slippers in workshop

Senior shoemaker working on slippers in workshop

Shoemaker putting the sole on a shoe in his workshop

Shoemaker working on shoe in workshop

A pair of shoes being made

cropped hands of shoemaker cutting leather with awl on workbench at workshop

Cobbler holding digital tablet

Craftsman polishing wooden stool with oil finish

Carpenter with protective face mask lacquering table while working at workshop

High angle view of craftsperson making wooden chair at workshop

Expertise restoring wood chair while standing at workshop

Carpenter making wooden furniture at workshop

Carpenter working on wooden table

Carpenter polishing stool at workshop

Various tools on workbench hatmaker workshop Bad Aussee Styria Austria Europe

Man fitting wet hat body to wooden form hatmaker workshop Bad Aussee Styria Austria Europe

Hands folding and fastening silk ribbon using pins inner lining of a wool felt hat hatmaker workshop Bad Aussee Styria Austria Europe

Close up of woman weaving a basket in weaver's workshop.

Close up of woman weaving a basket in a weaver's workshop.

Close up of woman weaving a basket in weaver's workshop.

Woman weaving a basket in a weaver's workshop.

Close up of woman holding a willow bundle in a basket weaver's workshop.

Tailor with measuring tape around neck working on a cut piece of fabric.

Close-up of seamstress pinning suit jacket

Tailor fitting a jacket on a customer using tailor's chalk to mark the fabric.

Close-up of tailor working on customer's suit at workshop

Fit model in fitting of tailored jackets before fashion show

Fashion designer pinning garment onto dressmaker's dummy

Fashion designer drawing and creating dressmaker's pattern

Worker examining weaving in shop

A woman seated at a wooden handloom creating a handwoven woollen fabric with a blue and white pattern.

Plaid pattern forming on loom

Weaving loom close-up

Close up process of engraving decorating wooden panels

Woman engraving wooden panel using hand tools

Close up process of decorative wood engraving using hand tools

Germany Bavaria Traditional typesetting shop

Germany Bavaria Drawers of alphabets in typesetting shop

Woman working on draft in glazier's workshop

Close-up of woman with draft in glazier's workshop

Close-up of woman working on piece of glass in glazier's workshop

Glazing glazier during work flame. cutting glas

Glazing glazier during work with putty on window pane