Marisa Fick-Jordan: The wonder of Zulu wire art
Marisa Fick-Jordan: La mirindaĵoj de zulua dratarto
South African product designer Marisa Fick-Jordan works with Zulu wire artists to develop a sustainable, worldwide market for their bold and shimmering work. Full bio
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elektronikan komunikadon
ke novaj industriaj materialoj
troveblajn nekulturitajn herbojn.
de la 40-aj kaj 50-aj jaroj.
pri ŝanĝiĝantaj artformoj
kaj orientigan laboron
50 teksistinoj en unu jaro.
por ricevi helpon,
de koloroj niagustaj.
nuntempajn artaĵojn
amasproduktaron,
kaj plejsukcesa projekto.
la magazConran enojn
de kie ili estis elmigrintaj.
montris antaŭnelonge.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Marisa Fick-Jordan - Craft artist, product designerSouth African product designer Marisa Fick-Jordan works with Zulu wire artists to develop a sustainable, worldwide market for their bold and shimmering work.
Why you should listen
Marisa Fick-Jordan is the co-author of Wired, the authoritative work on Zulu wire art. Using castoff telephone wire -- those plastic-coated copper strands you sometimes find outside switching boxes -- practitioners of this art create tightly woven pieces with bold patterning and fields of shimmering color.
Working with these talented African artists, Fick-Jordan has brought this art to the world, developing products and building a distribution network for a worldwide market. The end result: a traditional art form is preserved and developed -- and a village of weavers can earn a living through their art.
Marisa Fick-Jordan | Speaker | TED.com