craftsmanship

This handmade leather watch strap making process is absolutely amazing!

There it sits on a bookshelf in the den, that 150-year-old King James Bible once owned by your ...

Until some 40 years ago, traditional Maori music was thought to be all but lost. Then Brian Flintoff, ...

“Parting is such sweet sorrow,” said Shakespeare’s Juliet, expressing in a few short words a romantic sentiment that ...

The handcrafting process is often slow because it isn't only about the skills, but the heart the creator ...

Nestled near the Northern Japanese Alps of Gifu prefecture, Hida Takayama (known locally as Hida) is one of ...

The photographs show an almost quintessential French landscape, where a vast expanse of green grass disappears into a ...

If you’ve ever seen an expandable piece of exquisite furniture (most often tables), you may have found yourself ...

What do watchmaking, commercial papermaking, piano making, and scissor making all have in common? They’re all traditional heritage ...

A 17th-century dolls’ house must number among the more unusual source “texts” through which we can find out ...

NEW YORK–A nondescript two-story walk-up building sits smack in the middle of Dean Street in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, ...

For centuries, master artisans all over Europe have made exquisite objects by hand. These objects are as individual ...

Textures, colors, and time-honored techniques from workshops and ateliers where fine fabrics, tailored costumes, and traditional lace are ...

Dr. Robert Blyth, senior curator of world and maritime history at the National Maritime Museum in London, shares ...

No one knows where the dragons went. In 1762, 80 gilded dragons adorned the Kew Gardens Great Pagoda ...

Be not afeard. The isle is full of noises, Sounds, and sweet air, that give delight and hurt ...

FLORENCE, ITALY—Walking through the heart of Florence’s historic quarter, up the narrow street of Borgo San Frediano renowned ...

“You’d have a job spotting the repair,” said luthier Alex Potter of A.S. Potter Instruments. “I had to ...

As curator of decorative arts at the Holburne Museum in Bath, England, Catrin Jones tells us about the ...

Felicity Irons is one of the last rush matters working in the UK and runs the only business ...

In China, the most beloved and revered hard stone of all is jade, a symbol of purity and ...

“If your heart is like a pool of clear water, every moment in your life can serve as ...

Thomas Chippendale (1718–1779) carved out his career as a master cabinetmaker and designer in 18th-century England. The Chippendale ...

Meet musical instrument maker Alex Potter. Here, he shares how and why he researched and constructed the Renaissance ...

Here, Natalia "Saw Lady" Paruz (an expert saw player) from Astoria, Queens, New York, shares her story: The ...

As the saying goes, “One man's trash is another man's treasure.” But can one man's trash be turned ...

Meet Mariano Palencia Crespo of MPC Bespoke, one of London’s bespoke bootmakers. Crespo shares how he traveled the ...