From the basket weaver to the clog oil burner
Rare Professions Showcase Their Skills
At the Seefeld Craft Festival, craftsmen from rarer professions provide insights into their work.
Among those participating are: basket weavers, saddlers, violin makers, felt makers, hat makers, blacksmiths, coopers, wainwrights, potters, scissor grinders, sign painters, fabric printers, goldsmiths, wood carvers, sculptors, knife and cutlery makers, gold beaders, quill workers, engravers, lace makers, turners, glass blowers, tanners, engravers, mask carvers, fence builders, sheep shearers, and larch oil burners, to name just a few of the dozens of trades.
For example, the South Tyrolean bakers around master baker Benjamin Profanter showcase the journey of rye grain from the field to the oven under the motto "From Grain to Bread." The locally produced bread dough is shaped into "Breatln, Vinschgerln & Co," baked in a wood-fired oven, and its enchanting scent literally makes many visitors' mouths water.
Of course, also rare and almost extinct crafts will be shown, such as monastic work or craftsmanship that used to be practiced on farms. This includes processing sheep wool and flax, drilling pine wood for water pipes (for which a reciprocating saw is even set up), scythe sharpening, splitting wood for fences, and much more.
The numerous craftsmen look forward to taking you on a journey into the past, or rather into the practically invisible present, and to inspire you with their skills, products, and tools.
This is what true craftsmanship looks like.
Insights into the professions
