Spain · Fine-Art-Adjacent Workshop Craft (paper engineering / wearable art)
No single standardized Spanish term documented
A contemporary Mallorca-based jewelry practice by industrial designer Alejandra Epifani under the Cartonpia name. Discarded paper and cardboard are sorted by color, processed as a wet pulp, compressed and dried into a wood-like material, then formed into jewelry. Color arises from the source paper and layered blends; an insoluble varnish protects finished pieces from everyday humidity and wear.
Risk level: Stable · Not applicable — a contemporary design practice
A supplement record documenting the complete structural reading and quality assessment of a historic hórreo galego — the complete sequence of assessments performed by the canteiro before beginning any restoration work.
The final quality test of the Toledo blade — the doblar y recuperar (bend and recover) test that has been the definitive proof of a Toledo sword since the 16th century.
The building of the llaüt — the traditional Ibizan and Formentera fishing and transport boat with a distinctive lateen sail rig.
The construction of traditional Canarian buildings from volcanic stone (basalt and toba — the soft volcanic tuff of the Canary Islands) — a building tradition that uses the specific thermal and structural properties of the two Canarian…
The making of paper from esparto grass (Stipa tenacissima) — a paper-making tradition that was Spain's primary industrial paper source from the 1850s to the 1970s before wood pulp replaced it, but which survives as an artisan paper…
The calado — drawn thread embroidery of the Canary Islands — is a distinctive needle lace and drawn thread work tradition that combines withdrawn-thread openwork with needle-woven infill patterns.
The illumination of manuscripts, calligraphic panels and documents with gold and color.
Wallpaper printed by hand from relief-carved wooden blocks, one block for each color and each part of the design, onto paper that has first been brushed with a solid ground color.
The handmade paper tradition of Turkey Mill, Maidstone, Kent — the mill of James Whatman the Elder and Younger (18th century) where the wove mold (a paper-making mold woven from fine wire rather than laid wires, producing the smooth…
Shan paper making (ရှမ်းစာ shan sa) is the handmade bark paper tradition of Shan State — using mulberry (sa tree, Broussonetia papyrifera) and local plant fiber to produce paper for Buddhist manuscript copying, folded book (parabaik)…
The conservation of the Heidelberg manuscript collection — centered on the Codex Manesse (c.1300–1340), the largest and most lavishly illuminated medieval German-language manuscript in existence, containing 137 full-page miniature…
The hand book binding tradition of North Germany's Hanseatic cities — a commercial craft serving the extensive print publishing and trade documentation culture of Hamburg, Lübeck, and Bremen from the 16th century, producing both luxury…