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, ...

He was a teenager when he started helping out in his father's workshop. And he has not looked back since. Kevin Attard is an award-winning filigree maker, one of a small handful of such makers in ...

Row 3 (from left) relaxed or open scroll, one-sided scroll, S shape Row 4 (from left) V shape, basic scroll, heart shape TIGHT COIL Glue the loose end of the paper to the outside of the coil while ...

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 ...

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 ...

The tools used in filigree making are very similar to those of goldsmithing. The first step of filigree making is to pass stocks of silver, gold, or copper through a rolling machine to turn them into ...

Located on the Commercial Silk Road and Iran–Europe transit way, Zanjan Province of Iran Zanjan is known for its handicrafts such as knives, traditional sandals and malileh (filigree), Mehr news ...

In order to protect the ancient art of silver filigree — making artefacts and ornaments by using silver wire — women belonging to the goldsmith community have taken up the art in Karimnagar town. A ...

Gu Guoqiang works on a filigree inlay phoenix coronet in his studio in Chongqing. [Photo by Deng Rui/China Daily] Former porcelain painter turned filigree designer breathing new life into ancient ...