Besides these, a casket of magnificent
goldwork, with the same arms as the sword and the portrait, formed a middle ornament to the mantelpiece, and assorted badly with the rest of the furniture.
One of the items on offer was a session on
Goldwork Techniques.
Margaret Newlands, chairman of Dumfries and District Embroiderer' Guild, said: "Margot wanted either Celtic or Viking designs on a white background or a
goldwork design on a black background.
Tomorrow sees The Great Big Staffordshire Quiz at Perton Library, and a
Goldwork Embroidery Workshop at Burntwood Library.
(2014): "Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age
goldwork from Britain: new finds and new perspectives".
Its collection includes pre-Hispanic
goldwork and pottery; Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo paintings; Russian ikons; works by Filipino contemporary artists such as BenCab and Pacita Abad; prints by Jasper Johns, Henry Moore, Claes Oldenburg.
This year's Dubai Lynx in March, which is run and organised by Cannes Lions, was not a particularly vintage year in terms of the overallqualityofwork.Nograndsprixwere awarded in any of the categories presided overbyDavidLubars,chiefcreativeOfficer at BBDO Worldwide and he was right when he said that the region deserved the respect of being judged by international standards with the result being that "while the
goldwork was great, no one piece had that extramagic and brilliance that set it apart fromthe other golds".
A taste for unusual shapes and intricate decoration is also displayed in the highly skilled craftsmanship of damascened containers, intricate
goldwork and a gallery of miniature paintings, where objects, furnishings, clothing and architecture conspire to recreate the sounds, colours and atmosphere of scented palace halls.
"Once I made 50 caps with special designs and
goldwork. It was sold like hot items.
California, 1978; y
Goldwork and shamanism (Medellin: Colina, 1988) Rappaport, Johanne "Politics of memory" Duke, University press 1998