European conscience – Europe’s high-end artisans

Refined luxury craftsmanship is a European specialty.

True representatives of an identity and culture, master artisans leave behind a footprint of an age for generations to come. Japan’s Living National Treasures, UNESCO’s Intangible Heritage of Humanity and France’s Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant (or Living Heritage Companies) and the Meilleurs Ouvriers de France award are all among an increasing number of diplomas, prizes, government and business initiatives that promote high craftsmanship.

A cradle of art and promoter of beauty, for millennia Europe has boasted expert hands that have carved, sculpted, cut, assembled, engraved, woven, gilded, welded, painted and polished, to create and restore a heritage without equal that is admired the world over.

The noble gestures that create rare objects acquire even greater worth when admired by young apprentices, who will repeat them in their turn and so render the craft of Europe’s high-end artisans eternal.

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