Craft
The maker's hours.
Some of these trades are centuries old, some only a few years young. In Antwerp, they sit a few streets apart. But a bench is a bench the world over. These are simply the ones nearest me, for now.
THE OLD TRADE - A MASTER DIAMOND POLISHER
The trade this city is known for, in a back-room atelier a few streets from the station. In black and white - it seemed to ask for the quiet.
PIETER BOMBEKE ATELIER ° ANTWERP
At the scaife
A finished Dreamcatcher
Rare gemstones, cut and polished in Antwerp’s Diamond district.
MAKER - SARA MANCIGOTTI, HUMBLE FORGE
A morning at the bench ° Antwerp ° Ongoing reportage
One workshop, one method - cuttlefish casting in silver.
Sara, studying a cuttlefish bone
Nature’s rhythm embodied in jewellery
The final touch, captured for Humble Forge
IN THE STUDIO