Uruguay · Handmade paper-and-wood illuminated lamp design
No single standardized term documented
Handmade lamps lit from within, built from wooden frameworks with paper or fabric panels: geometric cubes, organic curved forms of wire and fabric, and freestanding sculptural floor lamps. The documented workshop, Taller El Candil, founded in 2000 by designers and makers Pablo Macadar and Raffaela Medici, keeps the line in constant development ('investigamos, creamos permanentemente nuevos modelos' — we continuously research and create new models) and has shown for several years at the LATU craft fair and annually at IDEAS+.
Risk level: Vulnerable · Not Applicable — no UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage inscription exists for this craft at time of writing
Fretwork and carved wood (madera calada y tallada) depicting Uruguayan cultural heritage, extended in 2017 into xylography (woodcut relief printing) revived and adapted to contemporary design, and from printing on cloth into screen…
Blocking and shaping 100% wool felt into wide-brimmed hats in a gaucho-influenced Uruguayan style: creased, pinched crowns, rolled or flat brims, solid colors such as chocolate brown, deep crimson and aubergine, and braided leather or…
Contact printing (eco-print) on natural fiber: leaves, roots and flowers, together with metal oxidation, are pressed against the cloth to stain and mark it directly rather than dyeing it by immersion, so that each garment comes out unique.
Fashion accessories made from natural raw materials and upcycling that draw on Uruguay's gaucho and maritime traditions: a coiled straw or rush bag with a polished horn handle, dense woven sheepskin totes, and a sheepskin backpack with a…
Cobalt-blue floral and figurative motifs hand-painted onto white-glazed ceramic vessels, with gold luster accents at handles and rims on selected pieces.
Ceramics spanning hand-painted figurative vessels (tall, cartoon-featured faces with oversized eyes, glasses, mustaches and rosy cheeks), finely painted botanical planters and cups, stoneware coffee sets with stamped triangle decoration,…
The making of the bota de Jerez — the 600-litre American oak barrel that is the standard vessel for sherry aging and the source of the character of Scotch whisky (sherry butts are the primary cask for Scotch maturation).
The inlaying of mother-of-pearl and shell (khảm trai) into lacquered wood furniture and decorative objects, centered on Chuyên Mỹ commune south of Hanoi — specifically Chuôn Ngọ village, considered the craft's birthplace and, according to…
The carving of the tanoa — the broad, shallow, multi-legged wooden bowl used to mix and serve yaqona (kava), described in Fijian craft literature as the single most important object within Fijian wood carving and central to the kava…
The making of taracea — geometric marquetry inlay using contrasting woods (and historically bone; mother-of-pearl; and metals) arranged in the interlocking star polygon and arabesques patterns of the Nasrid art tradition.
The carving of wood into sculptural figures, Alpine musical instruments, and decorative objects, documented as one of Liechtenstein's principal traditional crafts and a continuation of historical rural woodworking trades — basket weaving,…
The carving of wood into architectural ornament, devotional statuary, and household ritual objects — one of the Khmer 'principal crafts' alongside weaving, silver- and goldsmithing, and stone sculpture, according to standard art-historical…