Studio Kunukku: Beirut workshop hopes to revive Syrian craft of woodblock printing
SHARE Inside a rundown building at the heart of Beirut in Lebanon, young Syrian men are hard at work pounding a piece of white cloth with a hand-crafted stamp dipped in mahogany and deep brown. They are among the last artisans to master the old Syrian craft of woodblock printing. “When you come across a block-printed piece, there is something about it in your memory, you feel like you’ve seen it before,” says Ward El Khalaf, 26, a Syrian designer at the recently launched Studio Kunukku. The project underlines Lebanon’s important role in preserving Syrian heritage, despite the country...
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