Ximena Briceno and her filigree artwork.
Artist and historian Ximena Briceño has found that the twists, weaves and intricacies of finely-crafted filigree objects are every bit as complex as the art form's history. By MARTYN PEARCE. The fine art of filigree is just that - fine. Its delicately entwined silver wires have patterns and an intricacy more familiar in the natural world of vines and twines than the man-made world of silver jewellery. The complex weaves and twists of its fragile metal work introduce space in what would otherwise be solid objects. Just to consider the time and energy put into manually producing these often small objects would leave most of us weary. Yet all that is desired and desirable about filigree objects can also be their downfall.
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