Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fantastic ! Lluis > El 20 maig 2016, a les 18:39, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> va > escriure: > > 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 > -- > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information