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Virginia Linul

The Value of keeping Craft Knowledge alive

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Virginia Linul is a collector of knowledge. She has been collecting textile craft knowledge since she was three. Born in a family with four children, Virginia was the youngest. Everyone in the family was involved in the craft in some way or another, but her mother was the most active: “My mother was considered one of the best skilled embroideress from Țara Năsăudului.” 

Virginia was born in the northern part of Romania, in a village named Salva, Bistrița-Năsăud County. This particular ethnographic area has a very rich culture, consisting of symbols, patterns, particular items of clothing, dances, and so forth. Virginia was inspired by this richness, having completed her first serious craftwork at the age of 5.

Ever since, she has been collecting craft knowledge, first through her mother, then also through her persistent practice and mastering of skills. “My mother was the one who transmitted to us, her children, the love for the traditional costume, for weaving and for embroidery”.

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Her craftsmanship and dedication has been acknowledged internationally. In 1999 while exhibiting the Romanian national costume at the Smithsonian Festival, in Washington, Virginia, alongside craftspeople from New Hampshire and South Africa, were praised for possessing the ability to use "their deeply held cultural traditions as a means of crafting their own identities, their own stories, their and our very future.” 

In 2011 she collaborated with French designer Philippe Guilet in a fashion event, showing the skills of French design and Romanian craftwork walking hand-in-hand. Virginia confesses that “thanks to him, my value as a craftsperson was acknowledged, he gave me the courage to continue to use my talent.” For the collaboration with Philippe Guilet the women of Salva took months and kilograms of beads to create 34 luxury textiles, each bearing a Romanian woman’s name. Guilet, who previously worked with Karl Lagerfeld, Thierry Mugler and Jean Paul Gaultier, said that “Romania still boasts skills and know-how that designers now struggle to find.”

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At WhyWeCraft Virginia coordinates stitching and beadwork embroidery and is a mentor and a trainer in our real-life co-design immersive experiences.

WhyWeCraft
WhyWeCraft

Virginia Linul

The Value of keeping Craft Knowledge alive

WhyWeCraft

Virginia Linul is a collector of knowledge. She has been collecting textile craft knowledge since she was three. Born in a family with four children, Virginia was the youngest. Everyone in the family was involved in the craft in some way or another, but her mother was the most active: “My mother was considered one of the best skilled embroideress from Țara Năsăudului.” 

Virginia was born in the northern part of Romania, in a village named Salva, Bistrița-Năsăud County. This particular ethnographic area has a very rich culture, consisting of symbols, patterns, particular items of clothing, dances, and so forth. Virginia was inspired by this richness, having completed her first serious craftwork at the age of 5.

Ever since, she has been collecting craft knowledge, first through her mother, then also through her persistent practice and mastering of skills. “My mother was the one who transmitted to us, her children, the love for the traditional costume, for weaving and for embroidery”.

WhyWeCraft

Her craftsmanship and dedication has been acknowledged internationally. In 1999 while exhibiting the Romanian national costume at the Smithsonian Festival, in Washington, Virginia, alongside craftspeople from New Hampshire and South Africa, were praised for possessing the ability to use "their deeply held cultural traditions as a means of crafting their own identities, their own stories, their and our very future.” 

In 2011 she collaborated with French designer Philippe Guilet in a fashion event, showing the skills of French design and Romanian craftwork walking hand-in-hand. Virginia confesses that “thanks to him, my value as a craftsperson was acknowledged, he gave me the courage to continue to use my talent.” For the collaboration with Philippe Guilet the women of Salva took months and kilograms of beads to create 34 luxury textiles, each bearing a Romanian woman’s name. Guilet, who previously worked with Karl Lagerfeld, Thierry Mugler and Jean Paul Gaultier, said that “Romania still boasts skills and know-how that designers now struggle to find.”

WhyWeCraft

At WhyWeCraft Virginia coordinates stitching and beadwork embroidery and is a mentor and a trainer in our real-life co-design immersive experiences.

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