THERE'S A BAGEL renaissance on, with artisans turning out hand-rolled, heavily seeded, wood-oven-baked bagels all over the country.
Locally, Tsakonas has developed close working relationships with artisans, whose traditional techniques are behind the houses' stacked stone walls and perfect whitewash.
The craftsmen own 26% of the equity in each company, with Artisans Micro Finance, a Fabindia arm holding 49%, and employees and other private investors holding the balance.
Ms. de Taillac splits her time between Paris and Jaipur, where she works with artisans who use methods dating back to the maharajahs, and she has stores in Tokyo and Paris.
The course included a trip to South America and meetings with local artisans.
To begin with, artisans in dying trades craftsmen who have no apprentices have come to pass on their skills to the next generation.
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Facing a May 1997 deadline set by Mr. Costner for the resort to open, Ms. Detmers says she contracted with other artisans and an art foundry in Wyoming and went to work sketching and sculpting small-scale wax figures.
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Ni Loinsigh mentors the fledgling artisans with frequent workshops, and supports them by taking a commission of sales instead of charging rent.
The elaborate, gaudy jewelry was crafted by artisans with a medallion at the bottom and an 18-karat gold chain with more than 200 rubies, emeralds and diamonds.
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The Kulturpark, whose high walls protect a vast tranquil tract of green in the heart of the city, will be an oasis of budding creativity, with workshops for artisans and interchanging exhibitions when it opens in June.
After extended negotiations with the local government, the Lindens were afforded a 40-year lease on an intact pre-revolutionary property, which now boasts modern amenities and 14 guest rooms decorated with furniture made by local artisans.
We admire artists and artisans who make things with their hands yet we often overlook the concept when it comes to working with our minds.
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The world of artisans was fundamentally at odds with the world of the large corporations.
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For that's the thing about armor: Its makers have to adapt it to changes in warfare, and nobody did this with more flair than the artists and artisans employed by samurai.
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The manager has also tried to turn her store into a destination with live musical performances, workshops by artisans visiting from overseas and a seating area where free Ethiopian and Nicaraguan coffee is served.
Xuan paper has become synonymous with the region, where a score of artisans still keep the craft alive.
From morning to evening, this area buzzes with the sounds of handiwork in progress and artisans calling out greetings to passers-by in five languages.
It includes objects from more than 100 designers and lenders, including some of the biggest names in the jewelry industry along with well-known independent designers and unknown artisans.
To encourage the next generation of artisans, Context Travel developed a scholarship program with the Scuola delle Arti Orafe, a prestigious jewellery school in Florence.
There are stories about the makers, the artisans, the inventors who are using old methods with new technologies (or even vice versa).
That failure brought me to the model the site is launching now with an IndieGoGo campaign, which serves citizens, musicians, artisans and local businesses by helping them sell and promote their independent commerce locally while also supporting free community media by and for Brooklynites.
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This made each senior artisan something like a small business owner or tenured professor, managing a certain amount of risk, negotiating pay dynamically with bigger capitalists and the government, and contracting out work to other artisans.
Each district works with musicians to play in the orchestras that accompany the parade as well as diverse artisans to assemble, decorate and disassemble the floats, which proceed in an order determined each year by lottery.
To take walks along with the dirt paths, greet the loose (but friendly) dogs, visit the homes of Pueblo artisans, and receive an impromptu eagle feather blessing.
The vehicle brims with hand-painted T-shirts and handbags from designers such as Beirut-based Sarah Beydoun, whose artisans are women in prison in Lebanon.
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