Go & See Trade Vouchers for selected Crafting Europe artisan are ready!

Crafting Europe has selected 2 craftspeople from each project partner’s country in order to help them reach a craft fair, event, or exhibition related to the craft sector. A total of 16 craft businesses will participate to Go & See.  This is a Trade Voucher that gives the craftspeople selected the scope to explore overseas markets in preparation for them to export their business. In exchange, Crafting Europe asks them to complete a case study, the results will be published on the Crafting Europe website to allow other craft businesses to benefit from their research.

Each of the participants has been selected to visit a specific fair.  This is based on their application and Crafting Europe partners needing a bigger range of case studies that can benefit the wider sector.

A variety of fairs have been selected:

1. Mostra Internazionale dell’Artigianato, Florence, 23 April-01 May
2. Sieraad Art Fair, Amsterdam, 26-29 May (wearable art)
3. Revelations, Paris, International Craft Biennial, 9-12 June
4. Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milano, 7-12 June
5. Schmuck Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munich, 06-10 July (coincides with TrendSet International Interior Design Fair)
6. NY NOW (Summer Market), New York, 17-24 August
7. Oslo Design Fair 31 Aug – 2 Sep 2022
8. Maison et Objet Paris, 08-12 September
9. London Design Fair, 17-25 September

Below are the names and activities of participants that were selected for the experience of Go&See:

• Alice Corbetta – surface designer, Italy
• Vera Belikova – mosaic artist, Italy
• Sara Chyan – wearable art, UK
• Mariam Syed– handwoven textile designer, UK
• Saraden Designs Millinery Atelier – wearable art, Ireland
• Ann McBride – ceramic artist, Ireland
• Celia Macedo Ceramics– ceramic artist, Portugal
• TEX MB – macramè interior designer, Portugal
• María del Carmen Diego Lafuente– interior and furniture designer, Spain
• Inés Rodríguez– textile artist, Spain
• Fenna van der Klei – textile artist, Nederlands
• Marieke van Heesbeen– ceramic artist, Nederlands
• Teona Gorgiashvili  – ceramic artist, Georgia
• Tsiala Gigauri – jeweler decorator, Georgia