L’ARABA FENICE of Casamento Nunziata
Artisan workshop which uses a manual traditional sicilian loom
© 2005 L'Araba Fenice of Casamento Nunziata - Umberto I Street, 148 - 98063 Gioiosa Marea (ME)
Partita IVA 02766330837 - Tel. and Fax 0941 303144 - E-mail:
info@larabafenice.it
latest
update
31-lug-2010
L’Araba Fenice
is
an artisan workshop situated at Gioiosa Marea, limits of
Messina,
producing artefacts by using the traditional Sicilian
loom,
scarfs, bedspread, curtains, towels, wedding souvenir,
either
worked by crochet, tatting, embroidery, cross
stitch,
crochet fork,
tunisian crochet or hand-painted
The Manual Loom,
by the
Greeks and then spread throughout the world
Notwithstanding the creation of
the mechanical loom,
and nowadays it is
It brings to mind
old workshops, mediaeval ballades,
grandma's chest
The appeal of the variety of weaves, shapes and colours, keeps alive the
interest
for traditional artisan
products
L'Araba Fenice ….
Everyone says it is present,
but nobody knows where it is
Its appearance signals
the start of a new era,
it brings about peace and prosperity,
and it is the symbol of immortality
What it has in common with the
loom is its birth place, Egypt,
and the country where it was first
spread, namely, Greece
According to the legend, after having
existed for 500 years,
the effect of the rays of
the sun
and then revived it
within three days
Originally an Egyption symbol
of the Sun God's soul,
it became the philosopher's stone for
magicians,
it symbolised the identification of Christ
for Christians ,
and a sacred symbol for the
Chinese,
but always portrayed
by a splendid plumage
comprising the five
fundamental colours,