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pointing to the future

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                                                   I can see! ?

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                                                                All knowing! ?

Statements on life, today, tomorrow and yesterday :that’s what I think of this artist-photographer’s work from Saudi Arabia– Manal Al-Dowayan.

(I like her work so much that I think I would do one more post on her.)

just green goods

0 pollution

0 water effluence

0 solid waste and

0 gas emission

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Claims Mumbai based Ecolinkindia (Deluxe Recycling-India-pvt ltd).

Out of recyclable tetra packages they make ecoboards and Products.

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All products are self recyclable.

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So it comes to a full circle. ( 0+0+0+0= o)

the garden of my childhood

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The numerous nuances of pink distinguish this garden from any other.

The apple tree, roses, petunias fragrant peas, pink and grey colors fight for space and crave to be picked up.

The theme is ‘The garden of my childhood ‘and Russian landscape designer Sergey Malyuchenko portrays it so beautifully.

Garden in the childhood is bright and as man grows old his garden loses colors. 

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Behind the fresh pink’s soft cries of pick me up there is a hidden meaning of grey as neglected garden but pink is the transitional colors on the way to renovation.        

(original text by Olga Vologdina, photos by Evgeny Luchin & Nikolay Fedyanin)

via salon ru

checkmate!

The game is on. Play with me. Make your move.

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                Dama arm chair by Peter Trumbull Crellin Via Guild

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                    shaker Youth chair (originals are rare)

Be the king and sit on these checkerboard chairs!

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          Armchair Yozefa of Khofmanna by wittmann

(This chair belongs to Russian Constructivism furniture era-1920 to 1930)(photo compilation by Yulia Sahkarova via salon ru) (Hope the translation is correct!)

You have been checkmated! ha-ha ha!

siamese art

There are certain movements and thoughts which have a timeless quality about these pieces of art. There is one common thread which appears like a recurring motif, and that is ‘bends in a road, paths crossed, corners turned ‘(Sandra Tarantino) which traps life beautifully.
Hemi Bawa was born in India in 1948. Sandra Tarantino was born in Canada in 1973. Hemi creates kiln-fired cast glass sculptures and sculptures of glass with metal, wood, or acrylic. While in Sandra Tarantino‘s works the physical base of shaped forms are constructed out of wood, which are then covered with pre-gessoed and painted canvas.

Both are continents apart, generations apart, mediums apart but still make a beautiful connection.

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                         Hemi Bawa (glass+copper)

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                      Sandra Tarantino(shaped canvas)

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                                    Hemi Bawa

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                                    Sandra Tarantino

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         Hemi Bawa                     Sandra Tarantino

I was about to do a post on Hemi Bawa then I saw Sandra Tarantino’s work in an eye for an interior‘s beautiful post ‘expression of art’. I instantly saw a cosmic relation.

Boundaries merge when thought process starts travelling!

a shade of simple brilliance in opulence

Most people know them as maharajas (kings) of Indian fashion, the reviving kings of chikan, jardozi and sequins & beadwork craft. They claim that they do not make garments, they make heirlooms.

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        a high chair with mirror inlay done in wood

 

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                                traditional entrance

The designer duo Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla is known for words like opulence, magnificence and splendour.
Few people know that this maximalist to the core duo also does the interiors. They are sought after by India’s Hollywood actors and top businessmen for their ‘architecturally-designed chairs’.
What; I like, in their work is a shade of brilliance here and there.(See the chair, mirror work ceiling and dining table with chairs like drawers).

Interesting is to note that both have started their work with design related fields but lack proffessional training.

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     ceiling with embroidered mirror work

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     earthy restroom with Dholpur stone

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                 fibreglass mask lights

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          dining table with slide in chairs

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                        slate and mirror study desk