Egypt

The Remarkable Indian Artisans

To create this stunning kavacha requires a flight of the imagination. You have to imagine this beautiful body and then sculpt it in that most elastic (and fragile) of materials: gold. Creativity requires many things, but imagination is key. To connect disparate things, to see what others cannot see. [...]

By Shoba Narayan|2019-09-27T16:02:53+05:30June 28th, 2019|Categories: Making, Overview|Tags: Akan peoples, betelnut container, columbia, Egypt, egyptian funerary sandals, funerary objects, Ghana, gold coin, gold sandals, headdress, Indonesia, making, overview, paan daan, sandals, senso, snuff box, Sumatra|Comments Off

Objects of adornment

Behold these spectacular gold funerary sandals: invented by the Egyptians for the afterlife. They are used for that most casual of reasons: to beautify yourself, and for that most weighty of objectives: as an investment for the afterlife. Jewels go back back in time to the dawn of civilization. [...]

By Shoba Narayan|2019-09-27T14:53:20+05:30June 16th, 2019|Categories: Making, Overview|Tags: adornment, columbia, cross cultural, Egypt, egyptian funerary sandals, funerary objects, greece, Indonesia, java, jewellery, making, overview, sonso culture|Comments Off