In a broken-down communist-era factory on the outskirts of the ancient town of Prizren in Kosovo, nine aging factory workers use 50-year-old tools to make some of the most beautiful and intricate ...

Even the grandchildren in the Salgado Téllez workshop know how to create jewelry by hand. By Janelle Conaway Reporting from Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán, Mexico “I’ve been doing this work for 50 years now, ...

TIGHT COIL Glue the loose end of the paper to the outside of the coil while it’s still in position on the filigree tool. RELAXED SCROLL Move the filigree tool over the end of the coil, grip it with ...

Filgree-making is a fast disappearing trade. While Malta had some 300 silversmiths able to create fine masterpieces of intricate designs until a few decades ago, today the number of them can probably ...

Is this ancient craft, which has been handed down from one generation to the next, slowly dying? The Maltese seem to have lost interest in filigree because of a myriad of jewellery flooding the ...

Filigree inlay, also known as "fine gold art", combines two techniques of "filigree" and "inlay" that are used mainly in the production of Chinese ancient jewelry. The filigree making uses metal ...

Mention filigree, an ancient Indian jewellery art form, and you envisage gossamer threads of gold and silver interwoven intricately to create a magical web of forms – light in weight, but heavy on ...

Dong Ruijing poses for a photo with his works at his studio in Beijing, capital of China, Dec 3, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] Filigree Mosaic art, a traditional imperial handicraft dating back to the Spring ...