THE CRAFT PROJECT LAUNCHES THE ORPHAN CRAFTS GRANT, FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND PRESERVATION OF CRAFTS (France)
In 2021, The Craft Project launches the Orphan Crafts Grant. |
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THE CRAFT PROJECT LAUNCHES THE ORPHAN CRAFTS GRANT, FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND PRESERVATION OF CRAFTS (France)
In 2021, The Craft Project launches the Orphan Crafts Grant. |
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This is a press release selected by our editorial committee and published online for free on 2021-03-19
Thanks to our expertise and our community of craft professionals, we identify crafts that are disappearing due to a lack of transmission. We provide financial support to enable a motivated student to learn the craft for 1 to 3 years, depending on the craft and the student's level. Each scholarship is sponsored by a professional recognized in the concerned skill.
The Craft Project Association, co-founded by Raphaëlle Le Baud and Pierre Salagnac, aims to promote, bring together and support craft professionals. It mobilizes a large community of craft professionals, especially on social media. Raphaëlle le Baud explains: "Born from the podcast of the same name, the association The Craft Project is anchored in the digital culture. This allows us to promote the crafts on a new territory". This community gives an important visibility to calls for applications to bring together the right master, the right student and the right craft.
"As professionals of fine crafts, we are confronted with the disappearance of know-how that allows our crafts to exist. Subcontractors, tool makers, finishers, suppliers of raw materials are disappearing little by little. On our scale, we want to allow trades that are no longer taught but that have a market to survive. Pierre Salagnac, co-founder of The Craft Project.
The first scholarship, for which the Rémy Cointreau Foundation is the main sponsor, is awarded to Guillaume Catay, a bookbinding graduate from the Estienne school. The Orphan Crafts Grant will allow him to finance his training with Jean-Luc Bongrain, the last French edge gilder, who retired in 2018.
"Handmade gilding on edges is not only incomparable to its mechanical variation in terms of shine and material, but it also allows the decoration to cross the centuries while protecting the work." Jean-Luc Bongrain, edge gilder
The trade of gilding on edges is appreciated by bookbinders and bibliophiles for the restoration and creation of exceptional works. Louise Bescond, internationally recognized bookbinder and member of the strategic board of The Craft Project, has identified this orphaned profession and its market. She will be the patron of this edition and will accompany the progress of the transmission.
"Gilding on the edge has been neglected by contemporary bookbinders. For my part, I find its beauty unsurpassed. It protects the paper and brings a timeless grace to my creations." Louise Bescond, bookbinder
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