In many countries, including the US, the handicraft tradition is fading into the sunset. The causes are many and complex but tend to revolve around the rise of consumer culture and the attendant em …

There is no denying the timeless quality and tactile beauty of Turkish mosaic lamps. Descendants of a glass making tradition that stretches back 2 millennia in Asia Minor mosaic lamps are easy on t …

Turkish mosaic lamps are a treasure from the Near East that have finally found an audience here in the West. The mosaic lamp owes its lineage to the Turkish glass making tradition which stretches b …

The mosaic as an art form goes back to the days of Mesopotamia where artisans used different color stones to create decorative patterns and scenes of everyday life. The practice survived into Helle …