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The horseshoer, outstanding craftsman in Montiferru

The figure of the horseshoer is one of most characteristic in the agricultural and sheep-rearing world of Montiferru,. It is the horsehoer who for ages has been dealing with the shoeing of horses (...)

Metals without secrets for Sardinian craftsmen

Metals are worked in a good part of Sardinia, according to a consolidated tradition. In the Logudoro-Meilogu, the craftsmen of Ittiri (...)

The real masters of the cowbells work in Tonara

Tonara (Barbagie) is the village specialized in the production of cowbells for the cattle (bovine and ovine). The cowbells are worn “in bunches” by the Mamuthones of Mamoiada in theirs applauded (...)

The wrought iron is worked in Sassari since seven centuries

The small nuraghic bronzes have been one of the first expressions of the metals melting work in Sardinia, in the course of the millenniums. The wrought iron working is really diffused (...)

Pattada, the center par excellence of the jack-knife

Pattada is the centre par excellence of the jack-knife, which in the local dialect is called “resolza” or “leppa”. Its steel blade is quite long and sharp, usually it is smooth but sometimes it is manufactured with fanciful inlays; the haft is in sheepskin or stag-horn(...)

The ability of the coppersmiths of Isili. Heirs to the Pisans or to the Gipsies...

Isili (Sarcidano) is the centre in Sardinia where is high the specialization in the copper working, as can be inferred from a visit to the local Museo Civico per l'Arte del Rame e del Tessuto (...)