Online platform homofaberguide.com offers to discover talented designers and craftsmen, view specially selected collections, gain new experience and follow Gay Faber recommendations of the ambassadors. Latvia is represented on the pages of the International Digital Guide by the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design and the Latvian Academy of Arts together with other important European institutions, including the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris (Decorative Arts Museum, France), Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna (MAK, Austria), Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (Netherlands), Design Museum Frankfurt (Museum of Applied Arts, Germany), Museum of Design in Milan (Italian Design Museum, Italy), Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague (U (P) M, Czech Republic), etc.
The main aim of the platform is to ensure that high craftsmanship is maintained in Europe, that links are established between artists, designers and craftsmen, and that a new generation of craftsmen is brought up, while maintaining the continuity and longevity of professional skills. Since 2018 Gay Faber Ambassadors across Europe seek and select the best craftsmen, gather and invite them to participate in international Gay Faber exhibition activities.
Gay Faber The experts carried out expeditions to 25 countries, which led to the selection of examples of excellence in a wide range of craft industries (metalworking, jewelery, textiles, furniture design, glass processing, ceramics, leather processing, etc.). Latvia is represented in this pleiad by 11 authors: jeweler Oļegs Auzers, jewelry artist Māris Auniņš, ceramic artist Laine Beriņa, glass artist Ilze Dūdiņa, glass artist Baiba Dzenīte, glass artist Marta Ģībiete, glass artist Marta Ģībiete, woodworking master Reinis Linis , furniture designer Jānis Straupe and ceramicist Stanislavs Vilums.
Exhibitions dedicated to the excellence of European crafts Gay Faber The author and organizer of the idea is the Giorgio Cini Foundation (Giorgio Cini Foundation) In Italy in cooperation with the Michelangelo Foundation (Michelangelo Foundation) In Switzerland. The first Gay Faber the show took place in 2018 at the Giorgio Cini Foundation in Venice on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, in parallel with the International Biennale of Architecture. The large-scale exhibition attracted 62,500 visitors from all over the world. It was attended by 410 designers and craftsmen with more than 900 samples of unique craftsmanship, as well as demonstrations of master skills. The second planned for summer 2020 Gay Faber the exhibition is currently postponed to 2021 (https://www.homofaberevent.com).
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