The capitonné is an embellishment that makes the surface of the sofa, an armchair or something else, pleasantly undulating, enhancing the softness of the upholstery. Through the use of technical tools used by artisans for the production of capitonné, a series of buttons are applied equidistantly on the covering, recreating a series of “pillows” placed side by side. 

The famous Romanian traditional textiles are known to be the result of a hard work and some very special craft skills. In the Romanian villages, women were trained into traditional fiber arts (weaving, hand spinning wool, hemp, cotton, flax) from an early age. Nowadays, the few keepers of ancient customs and traditions are old rural people. 

A traditional artisan master shows us the working methods of the past. First the wool must go through a series of preparatory processes, cleaning, combing, carding by hand or with a wool carding machine. Then, the wool is wrapped and tied on the distaff and it is ready to spin.

The video shows the work of an Italian shoemaker, during the realisation of tailored shoes. The shoes are made entirely with leather and requires different phases of work: the cut of the leather, the shape of the shoes, the finishing touch and the decoration. 

Krpce are a typical Slovak oldest folk leather shoe. The history of origin goes back to 9-10th century.

The material used for its manufacture, is a natural leather.

Krpce can be weared by women, men and children, too. The top of these shoes is cut out with one piece of ground leather. Further garbage processing gives them the desired shape on the foot. For increased abrasion resistance, they have a padded and stitched outsole made of durable leather. From a practical point of view, it is not advisable to have a bare foot. Walking (even dancing) is more comfortable if thicker socks of sheep's wool are dressed. The whole manufacture process takes around 2 hours.

The video offers an example of the great manufacturing skills of the Slovak folk shoes, called krpce.

The video shows the technique used to work the leather. First of all, the leather is cut in order to give the right shape; then it is painted; finally, the last finishing touches are made. The video shows the creation of a leather belt.

The saddlery is the art of working various leather goods or saddles for horses. A garrison is a piece or arrangement of cavalry saddles, pack saddles and rigging. The saddler works handcrafted leather objects, masters in the art of transforming a piece of leather without any form except that of the animal.

To this artisan work it is necessary to have specialized tools such as the softwood board for cutting work, measuring tape , hammer to tap the leather and rivet the hardware, knives for cutting, 'chaira' or sharpener tool for sharpening the cutters, etc., as well as templates, tweezers, scissors, punches, ruler, compass, wooden scratcher, letter figures and numbers markers, and riveters,

Other materials are often used in addition to leather, such as canvas, fat wool called yarn with which garrisons are made or drawings on mounts or colored clothes and threads.

The word 'talabartería' means saddlery, having its origin in the term talabarte, "belt with shots to carry the sword or sabre”.

The skin from the goats and sheeps was used to make heavy duty bags for everyday use. The bags were used mainly from the sheperts and were decorated. 

José Manuel Domínguez, from Valverde del Camino (Huelva), grew up surrounded by the smell of leather and the sounds of buckles. He is a leather artisan and a saddler.

His hometown has a tradition for these trades, which have been developed by his family for generations in their workshop, Artesanía Berrocal.

He is the third generation and was awarded with the Master Artisan Card by the Andalusian Government.

José Manuel claims that leather speaks and tells him how to work with it. Now, he is teaching how to interpret that language to his nephew, who is in charge of preserving the family tradition.

The video shows the creation of the carnival costume of Gille, very popular character of the carnival of Binche. The costume is made with linen and it is composed of a blouse and pants. It is decorated with the emblems and the colours of Belgian flag. The most important part of the costume is the hat, made entirely with big feathers, put together one by one by artisans. 

Traditional highlander's shoes called “kierpce” made of leather. These shoes have been made of genuine, hard leather since the early Middle Ages, thanks to which they are durable. The Podhale highlanders used leather from the cattle to make these moccasins.

Kierpce were commonly used until the 20th of in the Carpathians and the Balkans.