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AADI does it again

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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“AADI” hand-crafted ornaments and jewelry by artist designer Amman Rashid from Bangladesh.      click for larger view Amman uses copper, brass, silver, beads, semiprecious stones, old/antique bits, old coins, seeds, shells,  jute, string, rope…. to create these unique pieces. His solo exhibition opened today at the Heritage Restaurant in Gulshan Dhaka.  A couple of his close [...]

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SoFoBoMoSTART! I’ve been procrastinatingbut finally have begun photographing for the SoFoBoMo project. I’ll be photographing 2 Bangladeshi artists, Fareha Zeba who is a painter and her husband Saidul Haque Juise a paper sculptor and mask/puppet maker. I spent the afternoon at their home studio, talking over endless cigarettes cups of black tea and chilled beer…. [...]

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