Crafts

DEFINITION

An artistic craftsman designs, creates, transforms or restores everyday objects, individually or in a limited series, which have an aesthetic character and whose creation requires essentially manual know-how.

Passengers of memories through the transmission of their know-how, holders of living traditions, “tradespeople” are bearers of popular and civic culture. They help maintain our heritage, both tangible and intangible. This sector with high potential for economic and cultural development is characterized by its high added value, cannot be relocated, and is part of the approaches of the creative economy and sustainable development.

REFERENCE LIST OF ART CRAFTS IN SWITZERLAND

The field of artistic crafts brings together around 200 professions combining gestures of tradition, creation and human exchanges, anchored in the real economy of the territories whose dynamism and attractiveness they contribute. Rooted in companionship, decorative arts and applied arts, this field of activity is at the crossroads of three important areas of public policy: culture, professional training and economic development.