Jewellery making
UNESCO listing brings new shine to North African metal art
Mohamed Amine Htiouich began honing his metal engraving skills as a teenager. Now the 37-year-old Tunisian is training the next generation in the ancient art, recently recognized by UNESCO.
Htiouich first worked on copper, then silver and finally gold at the family's workshop in the old medina of Tunis.
Libya traditional jewellery hangs on by silver thread
In Tripoli's Old City, young Libyans weave delicate patterns with threads of silver and gold to create traditional filigree jewellery -- reviving an art almost lost through decades of dictatorship and war.
Shop of UNESCO award-winning filigree master robbed
A shop of a UNESCO award-winning filigree (telkâri) master has been robbed by thieves who stole nearly seven kilos of silver handicrafts - a result of 20 years of meticulous hard work - in the southeastern province of Mardin.
Irish thief hospitalized in Turkey after swallowing diamond ring
An x-ray scan at the hospital showed that the ring with a 2.5-carat diamond was still in Campbell's stomach.
Salt Bae's 'steak with gold dust' stirs controversy on social media
Salt Bae's new recipe, titled "24 carat gold steak," has stirred outrage on social media.
Nevena Arsic jewelry exhibited at Ethnographic Museum
BELGRADE - The exhibition of jewelry by Nevena Arsic, inspired by the antique jewelry from Serbian archaeological sites dating from the Late Antique and Early Byzantine periods and medieval Serbian jewelry, will be opened at the Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade on Tuesday.
Arsic will present necklaces, bracelets, rings, hairpins and earrings made of copper or fine silver.