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Post by nycgirl on Feb 11, 2012 16:34:05 GMT
Nice pics, Tod! The pieces certainly have a rustic charm. I especially love the chandeliers.
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Post by Kimby on Feb 20, 2012 18:16:20 GMT
Living in Montana, I'm tired of antler chandeliers. But I love those twig ones tod posted.
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Post by liga on Mar 28, 2012 17:25:52 GMT
As I am not at home right now, I have only some traditional jewelry - the amber beads necklace (you can find them on the beach after a storm), an archaic woman's ring and a typical woman's brooch. But it is really a very basic latvian stuff.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2012 17:31:40 GMT
That's really nice -- and also very different!
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 28, 2012 19:17:39 GMT
!!! ~~ Basically beautiful! I have a similar, though shorter necklace of raw amber which is a slightly darker color than yours. I wonder if it came from Latvia.
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Post by liga on Mar 28, 2012 20:58:26 GMT
to bixa - your necklace may have come also from Lithuania or European russia - Kaliningrad. Did you know that amber comes in a bunch of different colors? My all-time favourite is the green amber, also the white one is nice!
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 29, 2012 2:19:09 GMT
Liga, I love & crave amber. I have no green, but have yearned for it for ages. I do have two lovely cherry amber necklaces. Never knew there was such a thing as white amber. Drat! Something else for me to moon over.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2012 18:02:51 GMT
to bixa - your necklace may have come also from Lithuania or European russia - Kaliningrad. Did you know that amber comes in a bunch of different colors? My all-time favourite is the green amber, also the white one is nice! An incredibly wonderful woman, Cristine,from Lithuania, was my mother's caretaker up until her death. They were together 24/7 for years. Cristine spoke very little English. On my last visit to see my mother while she was still alive,on the day I was leaving,Cristine came up to me in the hallway to say goodbye. We embraced and she placed in my hand a lovely lovely pendant made from amber,it was golden. She said "in Lithuania,this is our gold,this is for you". It was an incredibly moving beautiful moment. I think she knew I wouldn't see my mother alive again and this was her parting gift to me. I relived that moment seeing your post Liga,thank you.
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Post by mossie on Nov 14, 2012 9:10:47 GMT
Casi, that was a very beautiful and moving thing to do
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2012 14:13:17 GMT
Thank you Mossie for acknowledging my post. It was a very moving moment, one of many upon looking back now, as it was the last time I saw my mother and it was an enormous comfort to me, and, remains so.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2012 18:19:27 GMT
That was indeed a lovely moment. This site has a lot of undiscovered treasures on it, but that's probably a good thing -- it means that there is always something new to discover, even months or years later since there is so much to see.
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Post by tod2 on Oct 3, 2013 13:57:01 GMT
During a tidy up in my garage I found some useful baskets!
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 3, 2013 16:35:11 GMT
What gorgeous work! Where are the pieces from & do they have specific traditional uses?
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Post by tod2 on Oct 3, 2013 17:18:42 GMT
Bixa there is a mish-mash of weaving going on there. The larger plain baskets are available from street vendors and markets. The round ones with an intricate pattern were bought in Zululand when we stayed in a Zulu Village for two days. They are expensive and naturally so as the basket work is detailed. On the floor is a flat patterned basket used it carrying large portions of grain or fruit. I added my carved statue in Stink-wood, of a Bushman carrying water in ostrich eggs, and a musical Xylophone made of wood. Sounds lovely!
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Post by questa on Oct 3, 2013 21:58:08 GMT
Tod2...the way you have arranged those lovely baskets is a work of art in itself.
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Post by questa on Oct 3, 2013 22:23:40 GMT
Liga, I love & crave amber. I have no green, but have yearned for it for ages. I do have two lovely cherry amber necklaces. Never knew there was such a thing as white amber. Drat! Something else for me to moon over. Catherine's Palace near St Petersburg has a whole room made out of amber...walls, ceiling and all. The room is roped off and no photos allowed, which meant I could only get a couple before a lurking dragon growled at me in Russian. Each piece was beautiful, but all together it was way ott. I have an amber elephant in my collection bought at Stanley Markets in Hong Kong.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 4, 2013 3:43:40 GMT
Oh, thanks for those pictures, Questa! Wasn't there another amber room in Russia that disappeared during WWII? I've only seen murky black & white pictures of that one, so have wondered for years how it must have looked. The two pieces you show each could have benefited from a little restraint. I imagine that room gives off quite an amber glow, doesn't it?
Your elephant sounds delightful.
And ditto what you said about Tod's artfulness!
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Post by tod2 on Oct 4, 2013 6:30:02 GMT
It's lovely to see artifacts made of a not often seen material. I think amber is gorgeous! You brought back memories for me when mentioning Stanley Market!
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 7, 2015 21:20:35 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2015 5:32:06 GMT
That is an impressive piece of work!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 1, 2017 22:28:31 GMT
Isn't it just?! (sorry for the belated answer)Here is a different use for an old craft. I bought this the other day from some craftsmen who are in town from the state of Puebla. This kind of embroidery and handmade barkpaper work is from the part of that state up where it borders the state of Hidalgo. Should have unplugged the laptop cable before taking the daytime pictures.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2017 16:54:48 GMT
I want it. I don't mind receiving late Christmas presents.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 2, 2017 17:00:11 GMT
It's fun, isn't it? There were several more of different shapes and sizes. I particularly wanted a short, square one with fishies, but the annoying lack of outlets in my house stopped me from buying it.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 1, 2017 15:35:52 GMT
Yesterday I went to the Textile Museum of Oaxaca and saw an exhibit of molas, an art form of the Kuna people of Panama. I was not unfamiliar with them, having seen them displayed in people's houses and knew them vaguely as a form of quilting. To be honest, on first entering the exhibition area, I was not grabbed & meant to leave after a cursory look. Then, somehow they worked their magic. I really looked and was completely captivated.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 1, 2017 15:44:31 GMT
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Oct 1, 2017 16:31:56 GMT
OH MY...I LOVE these (sorry to shout) Thank you for posting them...the colours and the designs are fabulous. You lamp is gorgeous and the quilt astonishing...are the pieces machine sewn together? I bought a handmade quilt years and years ago, seemed to spend a lot of time fixing bits that had become undone....but yours looks much better made than mine.
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 1, 2017 17:41:43 GMT
Not sure where else to put this. Seen in the German butchers in Lusaka today -
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Folk art
Oct 1, 2017 17:57:53 GMT
via mobile
Post by mickthecactus on Oct 1, 2017 17:57:53 GMT
Oh, brilliant!
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 1, 2017 22:30:27 GMT
Thank you, Cheery! I'm not sure about the hand vs. machine sewing -- there are a couple of pulled places. The dreadful polyester lacy organza on the other side is all small pieces patchworked together, as are the handloomed & embroidered pieces on top. All those seams feel very lumpy atop ones body. I put an old, very soft duvet cover over my top sheet and under the quilt, effectively making a combination warm enough for the Antarctic. At the moment it is stored in the overhead closet. I would pull it down and check the stitching, but I'm afraid it would fall and kill me. I now understand why people used to have quilt racks at the foot of the bed in the old days.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 2, 2017 4:23:19 GMT
I really like those Panamanian designs. They are a bit reminiscent of Australian aboriginal art. However, they really don't look appropriate as clothing.
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