Posted inBeads Handicrafts Peranakan (culture) Shoes and Boots Singapore your-feed-fashion Beaded Patterns That Help Tell the Story of a Culture In Singapore, women in the Peranakan community have revived the art of creating figures and geometric designs on their slippers. Posted by By Lauryn Ishak for The New York Times
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Posted inArchitecture Calatrava, Santiago Gubelin Watches and Clocks your-feed-fashion A Watch Meant to Reflect Time’s ‘Dynamic Flow’ Santiago Calatrava designed Gübelin’s first watch in 20 years to celebrate the house’s anniversary as well as his friendship with its owners. Posted by By RSS Feed
Posted inGrandPalaisRmn Koons, Jeff Louvre Museum Museums Plaster Cast Workshop (France) Saint-Denis (France) Sculpture your-feed-fashion In France, This Workshop Copies the World’s Great Sculptures The Plaster Cast Workshop of the GrandPalaisRmn has molds of more than 6,000 artworks such as the “Venus de Milo” and Alexander the Great’s foot. Posted by By Dmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times