Of all the wonderful things I discovered on my trip to Portugal this was the biggest surprise. I did not expect to find the world’s largest collection of…
Filigree is a delicate embellishment in which very fine strands of gold or silver are twisted or curled into a design and then soldered into jewelry or other…
Greetings from Portugal! My husband and I are visiting this beautiful country for a few weeks. Lace, more specifically bobbin lace, is probably not something most people associate…
People have been creating mandalas for thousands of years. The earliest evidence of mandala art dates to the first century B.C. Nowadays, mandala designs can be found in…
Have you ever noticed those brightly colored, glass mosaic lampshades from the Middle East? The kind where dozens of small pieces of glass create interesting patterns and the…