Posts by Margherita Cole

Margherita Cole

Margherita Cole is a Contributing Writer at My Modern Met and illustrator based in Southern California. She holds a BA in Art History with a minor in Studio Art from Wofford College, and an MA in Illustration: Authorial Practice from Falmouth University in the UK. She wrote and illustrated an instructional art book about how to draw cartoons titled 'Cartooning Made Easy: Circle, Triangle, Square' that was published by Walter Foster in 2022.
News
June 7, 2022

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Share Cute Portrait of Daughter Lilibet Celebrating Her First Birthday

The UK celebrated Queen Elizabeth II's 70 years of service with the Platinum Jubilee last weekend. However, there was another important royal occasion that overlapped with the monarch's anniversary—the birthday of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's daughter, Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor. Born on June 4, 2021, in Santa Barbara, California, Lili turned one in her father's home country.

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Music
June 3, 2022

5-Year-Old Italian Piano Prodigy Wows Crowd With Amazing Mozart Rendition

The classical music composer Mozart is one of the most well-known child prodigies, who famously began writing compositions when he was about 5 years old. So it's fitting that a fellow young star is bringing his music to life. Five-year-old Italian piano prodigy Alberto Cartuccia Cingolani stunned audiences at the 10th International Musical Competition in Penne, in the Abruzzo region, with a masterful rendition of Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major.

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Crafts
May 30, 2022

Artist Sculpts Intricate Invertebrates Using a Centuries-Old Glass Technique

Glass takes on undulating, delicate, and refined shapes in the hands of Nikita Drachuk. The Ukraine-based artist is the creative force behind the family-owned glassblowing studio Glass Symphony, which has been in business for three generations. Drachuk employs a technique called lampwork—in which the maker manipulates the glass with the use of a small torch—to create intricate figurines.

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