http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Sagiv+Shats Arts and Crafts Sagiv Shats Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=301033&ca=Arts+and+Crafts Although, working with silver had long been a part of the Russian artist culture, the perfections of enamel and enamel inlay later came to hit perfection of techniques approximately around the 16th. There are several enamel inlay techniques and applications, and many variation materials that the ena... Arts and Crafts Sagiv Shats Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=301047&ca=Arts+and+Crafts The artworks of sculpture reach as far back as the times of the ancient Prehistoric Period. This clay model was completely covered in wax and then clay. India soon followed with creating sculptures with bronze, and then Europe and China showed evidence of bronze coming to be used by 2,100 BCE. The m... Arts and Crafts Sagiv Shats Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=299074&ca=Arts+and+Crafts Not only were the Japanese Netsuke craftsmen personally being openly expressive and very individual with their highly detailed creations, but so were those that chose to wear the openly expressive Netsuke carvings. The Netsuke handcrafting designers and the collectors of today have continued to carr... Arts and Crafts Sagiv Shats Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=299079&ca=Arts+and+Crafts By now most all know of the original ivories being used belong to elephant's teeth and tusks or the woolly mammoth's teeth and tusks, but what about some of the other natural forms of ivory? One of the first on the list of natural ivory suppliers of yesterday and today is the Walrus's tusks and teet... Arts and Crafts Sagiv Shats Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=298674&ca=Arts+and+Crafts As a functioning style of artworks, the beautification of Netsuke was highly expressive and desired. The beautifully intricate formal formations of Netsuke originate in the culture long ago in Japan. Today's form of international Netsuke collections is not so devoted to necessity as it is a function... Arts and Crafts Sagiv Shats Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=298780&ca=Arts+and+Crafts As a functioning style of artworks, the beautification of Netsuke was highly expressive and desired. The beautifully intricate formal formations of Netsuke originate in the culture long ago in Japan. Today's form of international Netsuke collections is not so devoted to necessity as it is a function... Arts and Crafts Sagiv Shats Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=297948&ca=Arts+and+Crafts The fresh arrival of newly excavated Mammoth Ivory comes directly into the United States through a handful of main American seaports. One of these rarely importing Mammoth Ivory ports is currently the most highly guarded Los Angeles, California shipping port through this specific West Coast shipping... Arts and Crafts Sagiv Shats Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=267132&ca=Arts+and+Crafts India is a very large country that is often broken down into regions when it comes to bronze history. South Indian bronze was also strongly tied to the gods and goddess statues representative of Hinduism, but had heights in flourishing popularity from the 8th century throughout the 16th century. The... Arts and Crafts Sagiv Shats Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=266354&ca=Arts+and+Crafts Sculpture is a three dimensional representation of an idea or a real life portrayal in wood, stone, ivory, precious stones, metals and even papier-mâché! Archaeological excavations have yielded innumerable sculptures, some dating back 35,000 years ago crafted from mammoth ivory. Although sculptures... Arts and Crafts Sagiv Shats Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=266359&ca=Arts+and+Crafts Netsuke The history of Netsuke starts over 300 years ago in Japan. Since the traditional Japanese clothes did not have any pockets for carrying personal items of pipes, tobacco, seals, medicines, and money, the Japanese invented the small woven carrying cases or pouches. The Netsuke piece its self i...