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| Products that are Uniquely Maltese |
Malta is home to beautiful people with mixed cultures and influences.
It is also produces filigree which is the art of creating complex jewelry pieces using metal threads made off gold and silver. This kind of gift would be the best way to cap off your perfect malta holiday. History has pointed that this kind of jewelry art form was first discovered by Egyptians dating to as old as 5000 B. C. Bringing one as a gift to family and friends will show them how special your malta holiday was. The art of making filigree can only be found in places located in the Mediterranean areas and Malta. The location and the long history of influence that Malta has been proven to have resulted in this long tradition of jewelry making. It is a family tradition passed by one generation to the other, providing a source of income to several villages in Malta. Most tourists and visitors bring this gift home as testament to their malta holiday or as a gift to someone with you on your dream malta holiday. The filigree jewelry making process starts by melting metal, in this case, gold or silver in high temperature. When you melt the gold or silver, moulds are created which results to ingots when it is cooled. The ingots are pressed and stretched for quite some time to produce wires with varying thickness. Thicker wires form the shape and the outer frame while the thinner wires form the skeleton further. Small pieces are then hand-wound to produce circular shapes, which is molded in the outer frames.
The second to the last stage of the filigree making process entails that the metal be dipped in a special chemical to prevent oxidization and to dry the metal as well. The final step would be polishing when it will be placed in the polishing machine. This crafts survived only because of the booming tourist industry in Malta as tourists buy these during their malta holiday. Another product which could serve as your memento for your malta holiday is pottery made in the country. In the Maltese craft, pottery making ranks at the highest of ancient crafts during the Megalithic Period. Your malta holiday would allow you to discover that the pottery discovered during this period were great examples of works of art such as the Sleeping Lady.
The mark of Maltese pottery is that they paint the pottery items in a range of colors and shades. Artists also create useful and fun objects that are requested by their clients to represent their Malta Holiday. The types of pottery created are candlestick holders, pendants, tiles, lamps and flower pots. Another industry that is uniquely Maltese that would represent your malta holiday would be giving or buying a Ganutell. It is a handcrafted method developed by the Maltese people that utilizes wire and embroidery floss to create handcrafted flower designs. The flowers are light-weight and have a satin-like appearance, looking classic and elegant.
Whatever you would bring home, as long as it represents and would make you remember you malta holiday, then its value is priceless.
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