Programmes

Gilders/goldplaters and decorators design and refine objects and surfaces with traditional and modern craft techniques. They apply gold plating of gold leaf to ornamental and everyday objects or cover them with layers of silver leaf, leaf copper or bronze powder. In addition, they repair and restore historical art and furnishings or parts of buildings (e.B. church altars, monuments, tower clocks)

Revintage aimed to understand and communicate the dynamic of post-war European interiors by looking into local case studies, uncovering a network of stakeholders, and identifying practices of care and destruction that impact a part of our daily life that is key to local culture, but that is not yet formally recognized as cultural heritage. The project focused on setting up an EQF framework for