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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Silver filigree, the ancient art of making silver artefacts and ornaments by using silver wire, an art which Karimnagar town is famous for, cries for attention in separate Telangana State for ...

At 60, Rabindra Kumar Behera, a filigree artisan, had least expected to cycle around Cuttack selling a bagful of bread and biscuits for a living. Filigree artisan Pankaj Sahoo BHUBANESWAR: At 60, ...