In 16th century Italy, the nobility began decorating their tables with "triumphs" made entirely from folded napkins. The art form had pretty much died out by the time artist Joan Sallas began studying ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KELO) — A math professor at the South Dakota School of Mines is teaching his daughters the importance of art through a little tradition that began with a squiggle on a napkin. In Eye ...

KEARNEY — It all began about five years ago after a self-taught Kearney artist began drawing on napkins at a downtown café. While visiting Tru Cafe at 2100 Central Ave., Kearneyite Sierra Bahm would ...

Napkins today are mundane and practical, made from paper or cheap factory cloth and folded, if at all, hastily into a rectangle. In the past, napkins weren’t just for wiping hands or protecting ...