Dragon stones near the monastery lake (in the Geghama mountains, Armenia), the largest of which is about 3.5 m. They are placed near the sources of natural-artificial pools and springs, symbolizing the unbridled power of the element, the awakening of nature, fertility, abundance. Murphy’s ...
Preston Singletary’s artistic direction shifted in the early 1990’s to re-connecting with his Native American influences and his Tlingit roots. North Pacific Coast artists such as Joe Brown gave him guidance to integrate spiritual and cultural aspects into his designs and delve into his ancestra...
However he obviously had a flair for commerce and very effectively managed to pull himself up by his own bootstraps, starting numerous successful businesses, gaining a reputation as “an honest and upright man” (Manchester Courier 1840) and moving up the social classes. In the 1822 Baines dir...
As a complete beginner I felt very welcomed and encouraged even though there were some amazingly talented artists in the classes! I would say you will enjoy it here no matter what experience you are and I felt like I was able to improve even in the short time I was there because of ...
Subjects: Naval and military heros: Wellington, Waterloo 1815; Nelson, Trafalgar 1805. Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France, conquered most of Europe, represented good change in government with Napoleonic Code 1804 making the law fairer for working classes. Curiously popular with the British public ...
Town and then to Plettenberg bay where I lived and worked for 15 years. Lisa, a third generation ceramic artist now lives in the vibrant Johannesburg again, creating bespoke commissions, offering regular art classes at a new pottery school in Raedene along with workshops and team building ...
when she shifted her career to ceramics. Beginning with Kit Cornell’s Pottery Classes in Exeter,New Hampshire, (who became a mentor ), she also did wood firings at Jeff Browns’ Studio in Northwood and also with Andy Hamptonen. Along the way she studied Sgraffito with Tim Christiansan and...