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CONTEXTUAL STUDIESTASK 4
BY: KIRSTY PARIS & TRIXYBELLE MICALLEF
GROUP D
CHARACTERISTICS
Luzzu
• Used for fishing and nowadays also for ferrying across the grand habour.
Traditional Maltese Tiles
• Handcrafted tiles used to decorate houses, apartments, farmhouses, mansions and also commercial outlets.
CHARACTERISTICS
Girna
• Used as a shelter for the farmer when its extremely hot in the summer or when its rainy and windy in the winter.
• A storage room for farming tools.
• Kept certain animals, pigs weren’t allowed for hygienic reasons.
CHARACTERISTICS
Bizzilla
• Maltese and Gozitan lace are creamy or honey coloured.
• Most of the lace was made using Spanish silk.
• Made using bobbins
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS Luzzu
• Take us back to the ancient Phoenicians.
• Gave us their culture and Semitic language.
• Luzzu is used as a fishing boat and it kept similar design as the ancient times.
Traditional Maltese Tiles
• Started in the 1900’s in the Mediterranean.
• Give us a national unique, visual and architectural identity.
• Originality of the tiles go back in Turkey. During their use of production technique were taken in Spain.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
Girna
• Created by the ordinary farmer in the day
• Eventually helped the Maltese build more efficient houses.
Bizzilla
• Its origins started in Venice
• In the mid 1800’s lace makers from Genoa were sent to Malta by Lady Chichester.
• She sent them to develop the Italian bobbin lace
DESCRIBE
Luzzu
• Built with double-ended hull and wood.
• They are slightly bigger and are motorized and work with diesel engine.
• Painted with bright colours such as blue, yellow, red and green.
• The eye is of Horus or Osiris it is engraved it is a protection from the evil kept with the Phoenicians.
• Normally inherited from a person’s father or grandfather.
• Restoration is made after 5 years by the fisherman itself.
Traditional Maltese Tiles
• Made out of cement.
• They are made handcrafted and made one by one at the size of 20cm by 20cm.
• Common colours green, red, black and grey. They use palette colours and mix them in “Sasla”.
• Technology and machinery aren’t used so much.
• They are made from several layers of mortar: sand, marble powder and cement.
• The first mixture would be poured in the mould; dividing the surface into separate compartments.
• Wipe it with oil and fill up with colours.
• Later, “Putraxx” soaks the water so that design won’t mix with each other. Afterwards “Milanc” is put to set up the tile.
• Then, it would be pressed under the pressing machine which forces excess moisture.
DESCRIBE
Girna
• Made of stones that the farmers found in their fields.
• Some have a rounded roof others are more rectangular.
• Look simple but have an uncommon architecture.
• Small but very useful, used as a storage
Bizzilla
• Made using bobbins
• The Maltese/Gozitan technique is difficult when it is done properly.
• Back in the day it was used for various clothing material like wedding dresses, cloth and neck pieces.
OPINIONS
• Luzzu and the traditional Maltese tiles are still used nowadays.
• The traditional Maltese tiles are used less as modernism took place and they are used more classical style.
• While the Luzzu is still used as it used to be although it is used more for mass production as ferrying tourists.
OPINIONS
Girna
• The Girna may look simple to the average person nowadays, but for the people at the time which most of them were farmers.
• Used as a storage keeping the tools for the farmers safe
• Kept the farmers safe in any condition the weather was.
• It was a second home for the farmers during their work hours.
Bizzilla
• A famous Maltese tradition which is not so common nowadays.
• Has some trademark designs like the 8 pointed which is used in multiple designs.
• Its is common that nowadays they are bought as souvenirs
LUZZU
TRADITIONAL MALTESE TILES
Referencing Luzzu
• Airmalta.com, (2016). Maltese Luzzu: A tradition surrounded by superstition. [online] Available at: https://www.airmalta.com/destinations/malta/blog/detail/maltese-luzzu [Accessed 13 Jan. 2016].
• Anecdotesfrommalta.blogspot.com.mt, (2010). Anecdotes from Malta: The Luzzu. [online] Available at: http://anecdotesfrommalta.blogspot.com.mt/2010/06/luzzu.html [Accessed 13 Jan. 2016].
Traditional Maltese Tiles
• Independent.com.mt, (2016). FIRST: Stiled in Malta... The art of tile making - The Malta Independent. [online] Available at: http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2015-08-20/local-news/FIRST-Stiled-in-Malta-The-art-of-tile-making-6736140811 [Accessed 29 Dec. 2015].
• Lawrencefenech.com, (2016). Materials - Lawrence Fenech Ltd. [online] Available at: http://www.lawrencefenech.com/materials.asp [Accessed 29 Dec. 2015].
• TVM News, (2015). Traditional decorative Maltese tiles still in demand - TVM News. [online] Available at: http://www.tvm.com.mt/en/news/traditional-decorative-maltese-tiles-still-in-demand/ [Accessed 28 Dec. 2015].
• Versatile.com.mt, (2016). Versatile. [online] Available at: http://www.versatile.com.mt/ [Accessed 29 Dec. 2015].
Girna
• N.p., 2016. Web. 18 Jan. 2016.
Bizzilla
• Scicluna, Frank. "MALTESE CONSULATE OF South AUSTRALIA - Maltese Lace - BIZZILLA".Ozmalta.page4.me. N.p., 2016. Web. 18 Jan. 2016.
Images• Luzzu: Marsaxlokk
• Traditional Maltese Tiles: Tiles and Marble Factory Attard
• Bizilla : grandmother’s pieces
• Girna: Mtarfa, Mgarr