Where to learn craft & artisan

🧵Craft & Artisan

Tailoring and pattern-making

Hoi An, Vietnam

2–30 days · $250 – $700

Best Feb-May

🧵Craft & Artisan

Khmer stone carving and ceramics

Siem Reap, Cambodia

3–45 days · $300 – $800

Best Nov-Mar

🧵Craft & Artisan

Batik and gamelan

Yogyakarta, Indonesia

3–30 days · $300 – $800

Best May-Sep

🧵Craft & Artisan

Backstrap weaving and natural dyeing

San Juan la Laguna, Guatemala

2–30 days · $300 – $800

Best Nov-Apr

🧵Craft & Artisan

Block printing and natural dyeing

Bagru, Jaipur, India

3–30 days · $350 – $900

Best Oct-Mar

🧵Craft & Artisan

Kintsugi and ceramic repair

Kyoto, Japan

2–21 days · $400 – $1,200

Best Year-round

🧵Craft & Artisan

Silversmithing

Taxco, Mexico

3–21 days · $400 – $900

Best Oct-May

🧵Craft & Artisan

Andean weaving and natural dyes

Chinchero, Peru

2–30 days · $400 – $1,000

Best Apr-Oct

🧵Craft & Artisan

Blacksmithing weekend

Hereford, United Kingdom

2–5 days · $450 – $900

Best Year-round

🧵Craft & Artisan

Porcelain

Jingdezhen, China

4–30 days · $500 – $1,200

Best Mar-Jun, Sep-Nov

🧵Craft & Artisan

Silk ikat weaving and suzani embroidery

Bukhara, Uzbekistan

3–30 days · $500 – $1,100

Best Apr-Jun, Sep-Oct

🧵Craft & Artisan

Wheel-throwing pottery

Caldas da Rainha, Portugal

3–14 days · $500 – $1,000

Best Year-round

🧵Craft & Artisan

Kente weaving and adinkra printing

Bonwire, Kumasi, Ghana

4–45 days · $600 – $1,400

Best Nov-Mar

🧵Craft & Artisan

Zellige tilework and leather tanning

Fez, Morocco

3–45 days · $600 – $1,500

Best Mar-May, Sep-Nov

🧵Craft & Artisan

Bladesmithing and knife finishing

Seki, Japan

2–7 days · $600 – $1,300

Best Mar-Nov

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Perfumery

Grasse, France

1–60 days · $900 – $2,500

Best Apr-Oct

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Leather craft and bookbinding

Florence, Italy

5–180 days · $1,500 – $3,500

Best Sep-Jun

🧵Craft & Artisan

Glassblowing

Murano, Venice, Italy

3–60 days · $1,500 – $3,200

Best Mar-Jun, Sep-Nov

🧵Craft & Artisan

Wooden boat building

Brooklin, Maine, United States

6–30 days · $2,200 – $4,200

Best Jun-Sep