Supported project: Take a customized vocational training at the ‘European Lettering Institute’ to perfect lettering and graphic knowledge and pursue the development of the ‘De Lettermakerij’ craft workshop.
Supported project: Take the ‘Dirigeant & Développement de Solvay Entrepreneurs’ course to enable the development of his enterprise and showcase his work.
Supported project: Train at the « Centre Artisanal de Création de Bijoux et de Techniques Textiles » to engage contact with other artisans as well as learn about new working methods, tools, and ways of thinking.
Supported project: Apprenticing the craft of tile making and reinvigorate the tile genuine to its artisanal fabrication. Apply it to historic as well as modern architecture.
Supported project: Take a 9-month carpentry traineeship in Japan focused on the construction of modern and traditional Japanese houses and follow the construction of a solid wood house from start to end.
Supported project: Take traineeships to learn gilding techniques and bookbinding decoration as well as acquire necessary equipment for artisanal binding.
Supported project: Take a master class offering a theoretical overview and gain practice experience in the preventive and curative preservation of plastic.
Project: Training in vegetable dyes on wool and silk fibers (Belgium, 2020). Traineeship with Master Michel Garcia to perfect vegetal (plant-based) dyes on mixt fibres (2014).
Supported project: Apprenticing and specializing in stone carving and preservation at “Marcel Ziemons Steinbildhauerei PGMBH” in Raeren. Several learning and development sessions in Belgium.
Supported project: Follow a short intensive traineeship with two master cobblers in the UK and Sweden to learn traditional hand sewn shoemaking techniques.
Supported project: “Imprimer sur la voie publique” (« Print on Public Thoroughfare »), creation of a mobile typographical printing facility. Extend knowledge of different printing techniques by working for a 1-year period at printers, typographers, lithographers and screen printers with the aim to create a mobile typographical printing company.
Supported project: Apprenticing, through post-degree courses, confrontation & fusion of theories, techniques, applications and products used for the conservation & restoration of paintworks across Europe and the USA. Follow traineeship at museums and private studios in Europe and in the USA to develop knowledge in the restoration of art works.
Supported project: Take a master class with Czech master-glazier Martin Janecky in the Corning (New York) workshop and study the technique known as ‘Blowing and Sculpting – Inside the Bubble’.
Supported project: Development of an ancient craft, furnishing of art and leather gilding. Create luxurious leather accessories adorned in gold leaves.
Supported project: Complete a Master’s Degree at the University of York combining theoretical knowledge and practical & technical skills in history of arts, archeology, and conservation & management of cultural heritage.
Supported project: Upper castes testifying about their perceptions of Dalit communities history and inter-caste changes (Tamil Nadu). An oral history approach.
University: French Institute of Pondicherry (India – 12 months).
Supported project: The chinese perspectives on the international rule of law : origins, impacts and prospects for the emergence of a consensus on the rule of law at the international level.
University: Beijing Normal University (China – 6 months).
