Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for looking, Jim! Tina On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 1:08 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > That may not strain the back, but it is real MANUAL labor. Beautiful work! > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > On 5/20/2016 11:39 AM, Tina Manley wrote: > >> PESO: >> >> My Syrian refugee project is on hold until after the committee meeting on >> Monday so I've gone back to Iran. >> >> Our next adventure was visiting a craft center in Isfahan where artisans >> are given a space to create their crafts which are for sale to tourists. >> We were the only tourists there. One workshop was making Khatam which is >> a >> form of marquetry - inlaid pieces used to elaborately decorate boxes, >> furniture and other things. I had no idea how it was made. Bundles of >> strands of different kinds of wood, metal, gold are glued together and >> then >> sliced very thinly and glued to the surfaces. >> The process is tedious but beautiful! >> >> >> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I0000eu5W6pk8I.8 >> >> and continue to end. Click Less Info for a larger photo. >> Coming up next, a family of locksmiths making unique locks. >> >> C&C greatly appreciated. >> >> Tina >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html