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 …

When people think “evil eye” they commonly think of the negative aspects of the term. The concept of the ‘evil eye’ goes back many centuries and is typically described as a form of malevolent gaze …

While fired earthenware can be traced back several millennia in Anatolia (what is now Turkey) it wasn’t until the 9th century AD when merchants traveling the Silk Road introduced Chinese porcelain …