15/09/2026
Mel Balad-Egyptian Arts and Crafts is
honoured and grateful to be part of this journey exploring part of Egypt's everlasting history of arts and crafts.๐พ๐ช๐
A talk not to be missed after years of deep studies across Egypt, the UK, USA and Prague.
๐พ๐ชAll Egypt is invited.๐พ๐ช
*Crafting Connections:
Manufacturing and using materials in ancient Egypt *
How did ancient Egyptian craftspeople work with fire, stone, colour and materials, even creating new materials? And what can modern experiments, archaeological discoveries and traditional craftsmanship tell us about the techniques behind some of Egyptโs most remarkable objects?
Join us for Crafting Connections, an international programme bringing together archaeologists, museum professionals, scientists and heritage craft practitioners from Egypt, the UK, USA and Prague to exchange knowledge and explore the making of objects in ancient Egypt.
๐ Photopia Space, Heliopolis
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17 September
โฐ 9:30 AM โ 2:00 PM
The morning will feature a series of short talks and open discussions:
- Experiments in producing Egyptian Blue (Trevor Emmett, geologist and affiliated researcher, Fitzwilliam Museum)
- Making faience and glazing techniques (Mohamed Seoudi, professional faience creative, Cairo)
- Jewellery making: materials and techniques ( Sarah Zaki, a jewellery maker and designer )
- Excavations in a workshop space in Amarna (Paul Nicholson, archaeologist and emeritus professor, Cardiff University)
- Followed by a keynote talk by Nour Badr, senior conservator, Grand Egyptian Museum Conservation Center, Cairo:
- Materials, manufacturing techniques and construction:
revealing insights from objects โ especially from the tomb of Tutankhamun โ prepared for the new GEM displays
Each talk will be followed by opportunities for questions and discussion, creating a space for researchers, craftspeople, museum professionals, heritage practitioners and anyone interested in ancient Egyptian craftsmanship to exchange ideas.
Crafting Connections grew from research undertaken for the Fitzwilliam Museumโs Made in Ancient Egypt exhibition and brings together different forms of knowledge to explore the networks, materials and skills behind ancient Egyptian production.
Come and discover how fire, stone, materials and craftsmanship connect the ancient world with Egypt today.
Everyone interested in Egyptian heritage, archaeology, museums and traditional crafts is warmly invited.
Come and discover how fire, stone, materials and craftsmanship connect
the ancient world with Egypt today
in this series of talks and discussions
by national and international researchers.
Sara Hany
Sami Creta
Amr Orensa
Mohammed Soudy
Sally Abed
melbalad
Sarah Zaki
