Crafts – Sublime

The Fashion Continent

Laura Santamaria — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 08:30:20 +0000

In the west, African Fashion has long been the victim of preconceived ideas. Reduced to obsolete images, it has struggled (and still struggles) to be respected. Disregarded by the mainstream media it’s chief representatives have rarely been given coverage.

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Some “Green Men” of Cyprus

Martin Clark — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 11:36:09 +0000

Martin Clark is Director of Grampus Heritage, an NGO involved in vocational and non-formal training in 32 countries. Since BREXIT, the developmental engine is based much more in Cyprus than the UK. Grampus and Martin have worked with Sublime for the last 14 years.

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Bespoke Patches

Laura Santamaria — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 08:09:29 +0000

Designer Nadia Piechestein creates bespoke patches and garments from offcuts. Sublime joins one of her workshops on how to rework our clothes and to learn why DIY fashion is good for us and the planet

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Knitcro-nators

Laura Santamaria — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 10:09:46 +0000

What was once thought to be a symbol of grandmotherhood has quickly become a statement of youth culture - knitting and crocheting is becoming increasingly popular with young people of all genders. Sublime takes a look at five innovators who are breaking sexist and ageist stereotypes and changing the game with their unique works.

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Refugee Crisis? Or Opportunity?

Martin Clark — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 06:39:58 +0000

Since 2015 Europe crossed the line from being chiefly rural to more people living in cities. Young people especially, gravitate towards cities. The countryside empties, dereliction creeps in and older people that remain cannot cope. Using Cyprus as an example, rural refugees arrive from Africa, can they replace lost villagers?

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Red Tiles

Martin Clark — Mon, 17 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Grampus Heritage, in partnership with Sublime Magazine, runs one of Europe’s most successful vocational training programmes. Funded by the EU's ERASMUS PLUS grant, organisations all over Europe receive students and teachers for cultural projects. In the past there have been some great stories – here’s one

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Rediscovering Leather Craftsmanship

Laura Santamaria — Thu, 06 May 2021 08:56:18 +0000

When Argentine entrepreneur Carla Busso left her office job in pursuit of a deeper purpose, she built a brand with tradition at its core. Sublime explores the origins of her artisan handbag atelier.

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How To Spend It

Sublime Team — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 10:10:00 +0000

Christmas shopping was once an activity we invested great thought in. Just a couple of decades ago, before the era of high-street retail-chain roll-out and online shopping, selecting gifts for our loved-ones that held some kind of sentiment was essential. Nowadays, the idea of buying a meaningful gift has
changed dramatically, and seasonal gift shopping has turned into a tiresome and nightmarish chore.Starved of time and ideas, we end up with a pile of nicely wrapped quick-fix options that, more often than not, fail to show that we care.

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Corona Induced Creativity

Martin Clark — Tue, 30 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

As for almost everybody, these past months have been difficult. The corona virus pandemic that has swept the world has had a devastating effect – as I write now, 7,113,020 people contracted the virus and 406,549 died from it, 5.7%. Some countries managed the situation better than others; Our “Green Village” European partnership is in...

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Saxon Craft

Laura Santamaria — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 14:14:20 +0000

Sublime: When was Sofas by Saxon established and by whom? Matt Deighton: The business was set up in 1982 by Robert and Teresa Jolly. S: How have the family’s personal beliefs and values shaped the company’s vision and ethos? MD: The personal beliefs and values which have been instilled since Sofas by Saxon was formed...

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