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תכשיטי בוהו ג'יפסי אתני
Posted by Tom Elrom on
על הסגנון העיצובי: התכשיטים האתניים מושפעים מצורות וסמלים בתרבויות עתיקות. תכשיטים של מלכים, שנקברו יחד איתם, צורות גיאומטריות מקודשות שחוצות תרבויות. למשל פרח החיים, מופיע גם במצריים, גם באירופה ונודד יחד עם הצוענים עד להודו. התכשיטים משובצים אבנים טובות חצי יקרות, שיש להם תכונות שמשפיעות על העונד. או שהסגנון הדקורטיבי מושפע מאלמנטים בעולם הצומח. הנה הקישור לקולקציות העדכניות
- Tags: Boho, Bohochic, Brass, gewelry, Gypsy, gypsystyle, Rajasthani, wood carving, wood stamping, woodblocks
Ancient craft of block printing
Posted by Tom Elrom on
The wood carvers of India, sit on the floor, or on their low chair, and they chisel away the blocks or stamps, later to be used for stamping. The Elderly man, sits by the side of the road, and carves away in his wood. Woodblock printing is an ancient craft, used in China as early as the year 220 AC, and it has been widely used throughout Asia. The wood block is carefully prepared as a relief pattern, which means the areas to show 'white' are cut away with a knife, chisel, or sandpaper leaving the characters or image to show...
- Tags: block printing, fabric printing, india markets, manual fabric printing, something from india, tribal crafts, wood blocks, wood carving, wood stamping
Something From India - how was it born?
Posted by Tom Elrom on
So my trip to India stemmed from personal reasons, I had work as freelance book editor, and I took the laptop in order to simply work in the shade of the palm trees, and I chose Goa as I knew it had good kindergarten and school for my 5 y/o son Irie :) I settled in slowly and worked as I had planned. This was 2 years ago.Then there came the month of January 2013 and I thought of asking my friends, and colleagues, "Do you want something from India?" and sure enough requests swarmed in. I realized very quickly I...