Swiss Review 1/2020

Swiss Review / January 2020 / No.1 28 Images Alpine workshop in a museum “The best wood for the roof of a stall grows next to the stall,” says the Grisons-born shingle maker, Eva Gredig. She is one of seven shingle-making specialists from the Alpine region that are exhibiting their craftsmanship in the Swiss Alpine Museum, Bern. Visitors can pick up a ham- mer themselves, join in the slate-making workshop and cover parts of the Alpine museum in slates together. The Alpine workshop exhibition depicts daily life rather than an idealised Alpine world. What does it mean to create a product with your hands in a digitalised and globalisedworld? Howmuch actual manual work domod- ern trades contain nowadays? How do you make a living from it? Besides slate makers and a ski builder, the exhibi- tion includes further trades from the Alpine region just waiting to be discovered: carpentry, violin making, cob- bling, cheesemaking andweaving. (TP) Alpine products between tradition and innovation: waterproof milk containers also make great sauna tubs. Students of the violin-making school in Brienz show off their craft. Vaud-born ski maker Lucas Bessard in his workshop in Cuarnens. “Alpine workshop. The Artisans”, Alpine Museum Bern, until 27 September 2020. www.alpinesmuseum.ch