Posted in Amman Rashid, art, Artist on Mar 19th, 2011
Jewellery artist and master craftsman Amman Rashid has had several very successful exhibitions and continues to evolve as an artist. He does it again by using materials that have been recycled into pieces of artistic jewellery, some of these quite “unusual” like this Kingfisher Beer bottle cap! Enjoyed talking to Amman about his new experiences [...]
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Posted in art, Mandawa, new year, Rajasthan on Dec 29th, 2010
All peace and happiness in the New Year! A Rajasthani painting on a mud hut in Mandawa
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Posted in art, Artist, Fareha Zeba, Sonargaon on Dec 3rd, 2010
Friend Zeba had called one evening to say that she would be working with a group of artists / photographers / videographers [Mithu Sen & Samit Das - India, Iqra Tanveer Toor – Pakistan, Janananda Laksiri - Sri Lanka, Hu XiaoXiao - China, Paolo W. Tamburella - Italy, Amir Mobed - Iran, Allioum Moussa - [...]
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With Cathy and Len in Dhaka – meeting people connected with Surayia Rahman, the search for all artwork and history of Surayia’s amazing life-story continues. A common friend handed over to us a treasure the other day, quite unexpectedly. A set of 5 metal engraved printing blocks that were designed by Surayia Rahman for use on their stationery [...]
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Posted in art, Artist, Surayia Rahman, tapestry on Nov 21st, 2010
With Cathy and Len here in Dhaka, I have been with them visiting Surayia Rahman, The Salesian Sisters House and The Holy Cross College – and photographing all the time. This Friday during my second visit to the Salesian Sisters House in Monipuri Para, Sister Elisabeth brought out the original wax-paper scrolls hand drawn by Surayia [...]
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Was looking for some old images when I came across the series of Juise that I did over several days at his home and studio in April of 2008. Have put together just a few photographs [from the 100's of Juise on file] as a profile of artist Juise. I hope that the persona of Juise [...]
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Posted in art, Calcutta, India, Kolkata, Museum on Sep 11th, 2010
10th September 2010. A wonderful visit to Calcutta’s [Kolkata] Victoria Memorial. The artwork inside the museum was absolutely breathtaking – but no photography was allowed.
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