That’s exactly what happens at the Brass Armadillo Antique Mall in Grain Valley, Missouri. This isn’t just any antique store – it’s the mothership calling all vintage enthusiasts home. The distinctive ...

Lawrence Blau, her husband, who was a nuclear physicist, kept the books. Once painted, the bagels were shellacked, tagged — “Don’t Eat Me” — and spread throughout the house to dry again. Mr.

Crafting traditional Hina Ningyo dolls is a delicate and meticulous process that showcases the artistry of Japanese doll-making. Skilled craftsmen begin by sculpting the faces from a special clay ...

You might walk in looking for a vintage teapot and leave with a 1950s bowling shirt, a set of hand-painted Russian nesting dolls, and a taxidermied squirrel wearing a tiny top hat. (Don’t judge – it ...

Leonardo working on Big Trouble in Little China. Leonardo is a pioneer in the genre of hand-painted movie posters in Ghana. He was born in 1958 in Darkuman, a suburb of Accra.

Russian helicopters are disrupting Moscow's efforts to deceive Ukraine using decoys, by landing on the dummy fighter jets painted on the concrete. In September 2023, satellite imagery of Engels-2 ...

Interior design studio Cúpla has completed a boutique for fashion brand Rixo in central London that features hand-painted illustrations and colourful zellige tiles. The clothing store on ...

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Factories sprang up to cater to the huge demand in the United States and Europe for handicrafts, and gangcai – Hong Kong’s unique style of hand-painted porcelain that blends Chinese and ...

She recalls the experience of growing up in the company of Kim Philby, the Third Man Wednesday 29 July 2009 00:00 BST 0 Comments My grandfather, the Russian spy Show all 11 ...

Carol Memmott is a writer in Austin, Texas. The Last Russian Doll By: Kristen Loesch. Publisher: Berkley, 416 pages, $27.