At the Christmas market on Cologne's Heumarkt, a blacksmith has also set up his workshop and forges small horseshoes that can be engraved with names.
(December 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Schmiede, #blacksmiths, #Handwerke, #handicrafts, #Weihnachtsmärkte, #Christmas_markets, #Cologne

A Druze weaver in Suwayda (southern Syria).
(March 1980)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
For more photos about Druzes see: http://www.rbenninghaus.de/druzes.htm
#Handwerke, #handicrafts, #Weberei, #weaving, #Drusen, #Druzes, #Suwayda, #Hauran, #Syrien, #Syria

A Gypsy (Roma) basket maker in a village of Bayındır district, İzmir province (Western Turkey) with his products.
(December 2009)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Handwerke, #handicrafts, #Korbmacher, #basket_makers, #Zigeuner, #Gypsies, #Roma, #Bayındır, #İzmir, #Türkei, #Turkey

The city of Tire in the province of İzmir (SW Turkey) is known for its traditional felt production.
(May 2010)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Handwerke, #handicrafts, #Filzherstellung, #felt_production, #Tire, #İzmir, #Turkey, #Türkei

A Druze weaver in Suweida (SW Syria).
(March 1980)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Handwerke, #handicrafts, #Weberei, #weaving, #Webstuhl, #loom, #Drusen, #Druzes, #Suweida, #Hawran, #Syrien, #Syria

The printing of cloths using clichés in Tokat (northern Turkey).
(August 1984)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Handwerke, #handicrafts, #Stoffdruck, #Färberei, #Tokat, #Türkei, #Turkey

"Wire art" in the museum of a village in the Žilina district of northern Slovakia, which was and is known for its wire production. Traders with wire articles from the region also travelled through Germany in the 19th/early 20th century.
One of the items traded were mousetraps.
(September 2008)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Handwerke, #handicrafts, #Kunst, #art, #Draht, #wire, #Žilina, #Slovakia, #Slowakei

"Draht-Kunst" in dem Museum eines Dorfes im Kreis Žilina/ Nord-Slowakei, das für seine Drahtherstellung bekannt war bzw. ist. Wanderhändler mit Drahtartikel aus der Gegend sind im 19./ Anfang 20.Jh. auch durch Deutschland gereist.
Hier ein Kunstwerk, das Christi-Geburt zeigt.
(September 2008)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Handwerke, #handicrafts, #Kunst, #art, #Draht, #wire, #Žilina, #Slovakia, #Slowakei

Herstellung von Druckstempeln in Pushkar (Rajasthan, Indien).
Offensichtlich hat man dabei auch israelische Touristen im Blick, die wohl häufig Pushkar besuchen. Allerdings würde mit den hebräischen Stempeln tatsächlich gedruckt, würde das Wort verkehrt erscheinen.
(Februar 2017)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Handwerke, #Holzschnitzereien, #wood_carvings, #Druckstempel, #Pushkar, #Rajasthan, #India, #Indien

Tire in İzmir province (SW Turkey) is known for its felt production.
(May 2010)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Filz, #Filzmacher, #Filzherstellung, #Handwerke, #handicrafts, #Tire, #İzmir , #Turkey, #Türkei