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The 7,000-year story of Fayoum pottery
Long before the Pyramids, before the Pharaohs, before writing itself, the farmers of Fayoum were shaping the wet clay of the lake into bowls. A short history of the world's...
The 7,000-year story of Fayoum pottery
Long before the Pyramids, before the Pharaohs, before writing itself, the farmers of Fayoum were shaping the wet clay of the lake into bowls. A short history of the world's...
The quiet glow: lighting a room with alabaster
Why a single alabaster lamp does more for the atmosphere of a room than any overhead light. A short essay on the slowest, oldest, most flattering form of indoor lighting.
The quiet glow: lighting a room with alabaster
Why a single alabaster lamp does more for the atmosphere of a room than any overhead light. A short essay on the slowest, oldest, most flattering form of indoor lighting.
Coloured glass at the table: how to layer hand-...
On the small, generous pleasure of mixing turquoise, indigo, green and clear hand-blown glass on the same table — and the surprising effect it has on a room.
Coloured glass at the table: how to layer hand-...
On the small, generous pleasure of mixing turquoise, indigo, green and clear hand-blown glass on the same table — and the surprising effect it has on a room.
How to care for hand-painted ceramics, alabaste...
A short, practical guide to looking after the pieces you have bought — so that they go on improving for thirty or forty years rather than becoming damaged in the...
How to care for hand-painted ceramics, alabaste...
A short, practical guide to looking after the pieces you have bought — so that they go on improving for thirty or forty years rather than becoming damaged in the...
Setting a Mediterranean table with hand-painted...
How to lay a table in the slow, generous tradition of the eastern Mediterranean — with hand-painted ceramics, mismatched glassware, linen and bread. A guide for everyday lunches and longer...
Setting a Mediterranean table with hand-painted...
How to lay a table in the slow, generous tradition of the eastern Mediterranean — with hand-painted ceramics, mismatched glassware, linen and bread. A guide for everyday lunches and longer...
How an alabaster lamp is hand-carved
It takes a week, sometimes two, to turn a block of Egyptian alabaster into a finished lamp. A visit to the carvers of Luxor, where the stone has been worked...
How an alabaster lamp is hand-carved
It takes a week, sometimes two, to turn a block of Egyptian alabaster into a finished lamp. A visit to the carvers of Luxor, where the stone has been worked...