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Weekly half-hour show, produced in 2023-2024.
A series of half-hour documentaries presenting traditional arts and techniques in the 21st century, filmed in various locations across Greece.
The second season consists of 10 original half-hour documentaries filmed from the foothills of Mount Parnassus and Pentalofos, Kozani to Crete and Rhodes, Didymoteicho, and Sparta. These are places where economically sustainable traditional arts continue to be practiced, some of which have been included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list.
Renowned stand-up comedian Hera Katsouda attempts to learn the secrets of crafting the lyre or the 'stivani', stone construction, copper craftsmanship, and pebble mosaics in the locations where these arts are practiced. Alongside her, the viewers experience each art's labor, difficulties, and peculiarities.
Today:
"The Art of Coppersmith in Kozani" [With English subtitles]
Episode 6
In the center of Kozani, were until twenty years ago, dozens of coppersmiths who manufactured cauldrons, coffee pots, and pots, as well as statuettes for tourist shops. Today, after a fall in demand in the previous years, the market is again asking for copper products. In the new episode of Meet the Craftsmen, Ira visits the workshop of a family that keeps on practicing the art of coppersmith in Kozani exploring new opportunities and markets, but without moving away from traditional techniques. Together with Ira, the viewer will discover how copper sheets are transformed into utilitarian objects after a long process and plenty of hammering; while learning when visiting the furnace, that apart from processing copper to make copper pots, it can also hide tasty surprises!
Direction - Concept: Grigoris Vardarinos
Screenplay - Scientific Collaborator: Philippos Mandilaras
Production Management: Ioanna Douka
Music Composition: Georgios Mouchtaris
Opening Titles - Graphics: Panagiotis Giorgakas
Host: Hera Katsouda
Available on ERTFLIX.
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