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 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, Bangladesh, Portrait, Saidul Haque Juise, Sculptor on Nov 10th, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in art, Artist, Embroidery, Surayia Rahman, tapestry on Jun 2nd, 2010
…is the artist’s exceptional talent. Surayia Rahman tapestry “The Polo Players” Click for a large view. and behind every Surayia tapestry “another story unfolds“. Click for a large view. Once the image loads, click in the center again to magnify. While photographing The Polo Players today I happened to stack the tapestry back-to-font to prevent [...]