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Craftsmanship+ Fostering A New And Competitive Approach To Crafts And Semi-Industrial High Added-Value Sectors is an European co-funded project whose goal is to promote new and creative businesses in traditional crafts and semi-industrial business areas anchored on high added-value production techniques.
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Craftsmanship+ intends to develop and make available to the public an innovative learning solution for the younger adults entering the labour market and for the existing craftsman.

Craftsmanship+ eLearning Course & Platform

Our course and platform are now freely available for the public (fully functional beta version). The Course offers 3 independent modules that you can take according to your needs, filled with illustrative business cases on the crafts sector from around Europe.
 
It covers 10 crafts from different countries: Portugal (basket making and weaving), Greece (leather sandals and silver bracelets), Spain (enamel and fretwork), France (marquetry and stain glass), Italy (book binding and ceramic) and addresses important market and innovation key contents for crafts business.
The Study on apprenticeship and ICT based learning practices in the crafts sector
Is Now Available!

Watch our craft highlight!

The ancient craft of marquetry in France.

Inspiring Stories

We want to know from you. The good experiences, the challenges you faced and what you have accomplished in your craft.

Share your story with us and inspire others!

DO YOU WANT TO LEARN THE STORY OF ADRIEN?

Adrien Lemardeley started his business in the craftsmen area of Vaise, in the center of Lyon.
No signage, a space of 300 m² somewhat faded, at the end of an impasse, nestled along the railway track. Since the 25th February 2016, Adrien passes by of 70 hours per week: here he is at home.
ATTOM, phonetically relevant acronym for Atelier Technologique Traditionnel Ouvert et Mutualisé (Open Traditional Technological and shared Workshop).
An astonishing profile: son of a military doctor, he passes six years of his life in West  africa (Cameroon in particular). He dreamt of cabinetmaking but in the evening, before falling asleep, he delighted devouring treats of medicine.
At the Catholic University of Lyon, Adrien obtained a degree in biology and biochemistry.
For seven years at Aventis Pasteur, he manufactured vaccines against Polio. In July 2015, he interested himself in Fab Lab.

Result?
  
"It's great to democratize conceptual approach but it lacks the professional dimension”. He found it through an announcement on the BonCoin [second hand adverts website]: "You're tired of being in your garage? To undergo the critism of your spouse? Let's meet up !"
 
The craftsmen have no money, no visibility, no comfort and a need of space. Adrien launched, invested its savings (35 000 €), found the local and strove to create a balanced ecosystem. When starting, it regrouped five craftsmen but two left: now remain a upholsterer, a cabinetmaker luthier and a watchmaker. All are contributors and give, every month, ten hours of their time to the community.
 
Today, ATTOM is at the end of an experiment and the manager decided to open to five businessmen with transversal functions to further structure the business model.
The ambition? Incubate a Fab Lab within ATTOM in order to make it a true growth driver. It’s also a prospective for the design and technical team which will seek to demonstrate the economic feasibility of a project.
 
ATTOM Workshops will need to move quickly, to double the surface to accommodate the team, as well as fifteen artisans in workshopsharing.
oTHER STORIES: Filipe (Portugal)
I make handmade-furniture pieces for the past 3 decades. I started as an apprentice for a well established woodworker in my local community. As time went by, I felt the need to have more freedom to do my own creations. My employer and master was stick to a concept of classic furniture design and there was little space to try new things.

I eventually started a business of my own, with the idea of making furniture pieces with a more trendy design that could appeal to the growing younger population in the area. In the beginning things were not easy, I relied on a few loyal costumers as  I had to struggle to understand the costumers' needs and to come up with new appealing furniture designs.
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By chance, a few months later I met a young architect with whom I later partnered. He supplied me with the needed market orientation and commercial support and I made use of all my craft to designed and make original furniture pieces. A year and a half later my pieces were in some high-end furniture and design stores around the country. The business grew over the years and today I manage a small but sound business that employs 6 people.