Posted in *worldcraft*, art, celebration on June 30, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Location: Malaysia
Craft: The art of appling Henna originated from India. Henna is regarded as having “Barakah”, blessings, and was applied for luck as well as joy and beauty. Mum and the two big girls each had a hand decorated at a Hari Raya celebration, in Malaysia.
Posted in *worldcraft*, history on June 17, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Location: Carcassonne, France
Craft: When castles were the center of activity and the fortress in times in trouble, they were the power and strength of the countries.
Posted in *worldcraft* on May 20, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Location: Lintong, southern China
Craft: Emperor Qin Shi Huang had thousands of terracotta army-men fashioned, no two of them alike, not their facial expressions or even the tread on their shoes the same. He hoped they would serve him forever, after his death, and when he died the thousands of terracotta warriors were buried alongside him!!!
Posted in *worldcraft*, art on May 6, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Location: Luang Prabang, Laos
Craft: How would you like to play round with one of these puppets? Right from the top of their tiny hats to the bottom of their ornamented clothes these puppets speak of minuet detail!
Posted in *worldcraft* on April 29, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Craft: I’d call this a fine piece of craftsmanship! This is a close up of a huge door of a mosque. The whole door was covered with fine patterns.
Posted in *worldcraft*, art on April 22, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Location: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Craft: Not until you’ve tried to copy a painting do you fully appreciate the skill that the great artists had (and have).
Posted in *worldcraft* on April 15, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Location: Orkhon, Mongolia
Craft: You could interpret “bows” as something you tie a ribbon into…or maybe you might ‘take a bow’ but this particular bow is a “re-curve bow”. The man who makes these keeps the family business alive after three generations.
Posted in *worldcraft* on April 8, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Craft: Believe it or not there is a bike supporting this pile of baskets and hats.
Posted in *worldcraft* on April 2, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Location: Fuli, China
Craft: China is known for many inventions and while it was the Japanese that invented the fan the Chinese are also known for fans. If you look closely you can see the fans being made…aren’t they HUGE!
Posted in *worldcraft* on March 25, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Location: Phnom Pehn, Cambodia
Craft: These shadow puppets are made of leather. As the people move the puppets across the sheet, in front of a big bonfire, a group of people with drums, and something that looked looks like a xylophone, produce music that creates an atmosphere to helps tell the story.
made by a child 