Hammering from the Inside: Raising vessels in Ecuador

TY - CONF

T1 - Hammering from the Inside

T2 - At Home with Silver

AU - Ferraro, Emilia

AU - Wilson, Sandra

PY - 2023/3/26

Y1 - 2023/3/26

N2 - Our preliminary findings show that Ecuadorian vessel raising method is "from the inside". This technique, of pre-Hispanic origins, is on the brink of disappearing together with the whole Ecuadorian knowledge system of metalworking, due to the pressure of the global economic conditions that, among other things, have broken the chain of intergenerational transmission of silversmithing knowledge and beliefs system. This is a technique unknown in the UK

AB - Our preliminary findings show that Ecuadorian vessel raising method is "from the inside". This technique, of pre-Hispanic origins, is on the brink of disappearing together with the whole Ecuadorian knowledge system of metalworking, due to the pressure of the global economic conditions that, among other things, have broken the chain of intergenerational transmission of silversmithing knowledge and beliefs system. This is a technique unknown in the UK

UR - https://www.marchmonthouse.com/events/at-home-with-silver

M3 - Paper

Y2 - 24 March 2023 through 25 March 2023

ER -