> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: Madineurope > Reference:: https://mailchi.mp/madineurope.eu/innovation-week-and-crafts-6079132 > Date:: 2023 > Tags:: #warp #glass #Belgium > WeftLinks:: [[Historical value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - Craft helps us understand the past]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > The Blaschka Renaissance project captures gestures of glass blowing to safeguard the knowledge ### Highlights The 19th century was marked by the virtuosity of two master glassmakers, the **Blaschkas** , renowned for the precision and complexity of their work, which bears witness to a unique know-how, now guarded like a treasure at the Liège Aquarium. **[Isabelle Pirotte](https://madineurope.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4110419935e383b04e7e16b0a&id=73feae4dfd&e=b7daf3bfea)** , a specialist in glass conservation and restoration, has worked on the Blaschka's models of marine invertebrates. Her knowledge of the subject helped to support the " [Blaschka Renaissance"](https://madineurope.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4110419935e383b04e7e16b0a&id=8dfe97a7ea&e=b7daf3bfea) project, developed within the framework of the [G]host programme by the Cerfav Research and Development team. This experimentation is based on the reproduction and safeguarding of the glassmaking heritage through the digitalization and the capture of gestures. With the help of new technologies, **Frédéric Demoisson,** a glassblower and Best Craftsman of France 2019, is reproducing the ancestral gestures of the Blaschkas to perpetuate their heritage and promote the transmission of an ancestral cultural heritage. Get a look also on [Youtube](https://madineurope.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4110419935e383b04e7e16b0a&id=883f5bb59e&e=b7daf3bfea) ! <iframe title="[Live #twitch ] Blaschka Renaissance 🦑 Programme [G]host du Cerfav 👻" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6aChuU141L8?feature=oembed" height="113" width="200" style="aspect-ratio: 1.76991 / 1; width: 100%; height: 100%;"></iframe>