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Icheon Ceramic Art the Masters at Work

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The local Korean village of Icheon have practiced the tradition of ceramic art which has a history expanding over 5000 thousand years, the masters of this traditional ceramic artistry make it look so effortless. Watching these Korean masters at work, one can’t help but imagine how many hours are involved in perfecting this technique to create such […]

Intriguing Read

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Leonardo The Artist and The Man written by Serge Bramly, an extraordinary piece of writing, informative and extensive.   A great read for those interested in the detailed life of Leonardo Da Vinci and the processes of learning and expanding oneself through study and observation. Serge Bramly explores Leonardo’s personal notes, shedding light and unravelling […]

Henrique Oliveira’s Recycled Wooden Sculptures

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These amazing recycled wooden installation sculptures, are the genius of artist Henrique Oliveira.  Created and assembled from plywood barriers which have outlived their purpose on construction-building sites. Henrique takes deteriorated plywood boards, which have lost their structural integrity and strips them down into thin layers.  These thin layers of plywood, are painted with a watered […]