“Please don’t describe our work in too much detail,” comes the greeting from Yamada Ritsu, general manager of Gyokusendō Tsubame, as we began our visit to the head office of the long-established ...

Highly ornamental, locally manufactured copperware is the symbol of this small village. Kebleyi Aliyev is a coppersmith who lives and works in Lahij. He tells us that his workshop is 300 years old. It ...

Copper cups, hammered by hand, are a specialty at Gyokusendo, a Japanese family company established in 1816. Workers crafting copperware at Gyokusendo, one of many metalworking companies in the ...

Saying “Daibutsu” reminds many people of the Great Buddha statue at Tōdaiji in Nara or the open-air seated giant at Kamakura’s Kōtokuin. Those are two widely known historic “greats,” but Japanese tend ...

An exhibition on silver-inlaid black copperware is taking place at the Yunnan Nationalities Museum from May 18, featuring 126 art items and a live demonstration from a lineage holder in the making of ...

SRINAGAR: A special inspection drive was conducted in respect of the Copper manufacturing units and establishments, operating ...

A shop owner is seen at his shop in Safafeer copper market in Baghdad, Iraq on Nov. 19, 2019. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood) For hundreds of years, the Safafeer copperware market in downtown Baghdad was one ...

A shop owner is seen at his shop on Nov 19 in Safafeer copper market in Baghdad, Iraq. [Photo/XINHUA] BAGHDAD - For hundreds of years, the Safafeer copperware market in downtown Baghdad was one of the ...

Copper water bottles are back in trend now. They have natural antibacterial properties and help balance pH levels. You should clean copper water bottles to enhance its goodness. Using copperware for ...

For the modern traveller, the variety of crafts on show in Azerbaijan reflect the country’s status as a historic trading hub and act as a window to the heart of the nation's culture. Travellers ...