23 June, 2022, National Gallery, London
This workshop will bring together professionals from Egyptian and UK institutions to discuss and rethink the ways of documenting the intangible process of making traditional craft. The workshop will explore how digital innovation and a collaborative approach can lead to the safeguarding of craft knowledge across the world, enabling communities of crafters to benefit socially and economically from these activities.
We offer tickets on a first come first served basis: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/csius-events/workshop-on-egyptian-traditional-craft-preserving-the-know-how-into-the-future/e-mzdqmm (please use code: EGYPTCRAFT).
The provisional programme is as follows:
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Coffee and Registration |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Welcome Karina Rodriguez Echavarria, University of Brighton Omniya Abdel Barr, V&A, Egyptian Heritage Rescue Foundation |
| 10:45 – 11:45 | Session 1: Egyptian crafts today Chair: Karina Rodriguez Challenges and Successes Sahar al-Sakkout, Egyptian Heritage Rescue Foundation Traditional Woodwork and Metalwork Nesreen Sharara, Egyptian Heritage Rescue Foundation Ceramics Jane Smythe, Egyptian Heritage Rescue Foundation |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | Coffee break |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Session 2: International activities for safeguarding craft Chair: Omniya Abdel Barr Encounters on the Shop Floor: Embodiment and the Knowledge of the Maker Marta Ajmar, V&A The Torrijos ceiling project at the V&A Mariam Rosser-Owen, V&A Endangered Material Knowledge Programme Paula Granados, British Museum |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30 – 15:30 | Session 3: Crafts documentation Chair: Myrsini Samaroudi Kündekari – A Living Tradition Wael Sabry, Independent Architect Wood Carving Documentation Hedieh Wojgani, Lazo Studios Traditional Inlay Documentation Noha Ali, Egyptian Heritage Rescue Foundation |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Coffee |
| 15:45 – 16:45 | Session 4: on Digital Technologies for the documentation of craft Chair: Nesreen Sharara 3D technologies for safeguarding tangible heritage of craft Karina Rodriguez Echavarria, University of Brighton Digital technologies for the preservation of know-how of woodcraft Myrsini Samaroudi, University of Brighton Targeted digitisation in heritage documentation Tim Weyrich, University College London |
| 16:45 – 17:00 | Closing |
