Posted in art, Artist, Babla, Dhaka, Exhibition, metal, Sculptor on Jan 23rd, 2012
….and screws, washers, nails, bits and pieces of things we might not think twice about – are Babla’s material for his art. Exhibited on 22nd Jan 2012 at Dhaka.
Posted in Artist, Photography, published, SoFoBoMo, Ujwala Prabhu on Aug 31st, 2011
SoFoBoMo 2011 closing-date is Aug 31st. Friend Ujwala Prabhu; was one of the 6 artists who I photographed for my first attempt at SoFoBoMo in 2008 [A Month 6 Artists And A Book], she was “partner in crime” assisting me in the cover design and book layout, then in 2009 we both shot together for 3 [...]
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 [...]
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 - [...]
Posted in Ameheh Ispahahi, art, Artist, Cathy Stevulak, Leonard Hill, Surayia Rahman on Nov 28th, 2010
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 [...]
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 [...]