WHERE? Private cultural center “Aquarius”.
WHEN? Sunday, September 18, 2022 at 12:00 p.m.
WITH WHOM? With Erol Jakupi.
W H Y ?
How do you revive old furniture?
Do you know what a decorative upholsterer does?
Do you know where Svaštarajka is?
Errol Yakupi. He has been working as a decorative upholsterer for more than 22 years and cherishes this old craft. Reviving old chairs, beds, couches, armchairs, it preserves the memories of our grandparents who left us furniture as a legacy; also, it saves the pockets of citizens who are unable to buy new furniture; but it also frees landfills of excess waste. In his “Svaštarajka” nothing is thrown away. He acquired his education throughout the region, fell in love with old furniture and old crafts, persistently makes something out of nothing, and the sewing machine became his good friend.
Erol Jakupi will open the doors of his workshop to us on Sunday, September 18, 2022 at 1 p.m. The gathering of interested participants of this unusual ecological-art workshop is scheduled for the same day at 12 noon in the Private Cultural Center “Aquarius” in Mitrovica.
The workshops “Old Crafts for the New Age” are held as part of the fourth Eco Art Fest, which is realized under the slogan “Reduce, reuse, recycle”. The organizer of the festival is “Akvarijus” from Mitrovica, and the festival is supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC.