Preserve traditional crafts
Preserve and boost traditional crafts' economic and societal value
Horizon Europe project
Future-oriented
approach in Europe
Supporting the preservation and transformation of traditional crafts knowledge through research, innovation and collaboration.
Transforming craft knowledge for the future
Tracks4Crafts examines and transforms the transmission of traditional crafts knowledge (TCK) to enhance the societal and economic value of crafts and support a future-oriented heritage approach in Europe.
Enhance crafts valuation
Achieve an enhanced economic and societal valuation of crafts
Connect crafts and technology
Combine old crafts techniques with cutting-edge technologies
Explore the pilot cases across Europe
Select a point on the interactive map to discover each pilot case, learn about its local craft ecosystem and explore the practices, experiments and knowledge developed across the Tracks4Crafts network.
Interactive map
Waag FutureLab (The Netherlands)
Icelandic Textile Center (Iceland)
Bokrijk (Belgium)
Onl'fait (Switzerland)
Semne Cusute (Romania)
The Art of Silk Museum (Greece)
MX3D (The Netherlands)
Artex (Italy)
The pilot cases are at the centre of Tracks4Crafts. As a ‘case’, they have been building expertise on or related to traditional craftsmanship, but still see opportunities to further develop their practices.
Based in different geographical settings across Europe, they will experiment with new tools and formats for learning, share good practices, and learn from each other to enhance traditional crafts knowledge transmission .
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Shared network
A European network for craft knowledge
Tracks4Crafts brings together universities, research organisations, cultural institutions, craft networks and innovation partners from across Europe.
Partnership
Shaping the future of European crafts together
CRAFTOUR is a European initiative bringing together 75 partners and six major projects to safeguard, support and modernise traditional craftsmanship through innovation, research and community engagement.
Through this partnership, Tracks4Crafts contributes to a shared European vision for craft heritage, education, sustainability and innovation.
Discover CRAFTOUR