ARTS AND MINIATURES: My working space

domingo, 21 de fevereiro de 2010

My working space - Part III and Memories

Here are some of my projects waiting patiently to be done:

I have a few miniatures that I bought in Thailand and I would like to decorate an interior inspired on the Jim Thompson House on the Klong, the problem is that this House is precious and unique and I think I need one year to make this interior, it is an ambicious project.. As soon as I can I will put here a few photos of this lovely house.

Traditional Thay Roof

Precious tiny basket hand made and a fragment of the gold leaf used by Thay people to make offers at the temples.

A few of the miniatures I have to decorate the Thay Room, over thay silk from Jim Thompson. I confess I would like to go ahead with this project, but one thing at a time....

Jim Tompson House on the Klong

The interior of the House, as no photos were allowed, these are postcards. But it is profitable to visit the site and know more about this lovely house and its owner: http://jimthompsonhouse.com/

I made a few 20 trips to Bangkok and I have so many good souvenirs of these voyages and I keep lovely miniatures as little treasures.

With all these I intend to do a little fruit and vegetable market - with photos on the walls of the Floating Market were these articles are sold in small canoes.

Floating Market - Bangkok.

Amazing selection of Thai fruits

Vegetables inside the typical thai baskets

4 comentários:

synnøve24 de fevereiro de 2010 às 11:32
Great pictures and minis from "the far east". I hope you will start a project with these lovely items soon :)

Synnøve x
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Ana24 de fevereiro de 2010 às 12:27
Thank you Synnove, I will try to start with it as soon as possible, but I have other projects, and work very slowly....
Ana Maria
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Sans!8 de março de 2010 às 05:29
Hi Ana, I confess I was led here from Norma's blog about your filigree jugs giveaway. But as I read your posts (good thing you only started this year so I could read them all in one go..lol) I got really fascinated with your work. And now, you are planning to build Jim Thompson's home? WOW! I will want to follow your steps closely. In fact, I will stalk you :):).lol

I live very near Thailand, I am from Singapore and visits Bangkok as much as I can :). Up till now, I have never been to the Thompson's house even though I kept meaning to. I will this August, I think, if not sooner.
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Ana10 de março de 2010 às 09:26
Hi Sans, thank you for your comment, I´ve never visited Singapore, but as I told I went often to Thailand and loved everytime I was there. Don´t miss the Thompson House,it´s so cheerful, I´m sure you will love it also. I will follow your blog and leave a comment as soon as I can.
Ana
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Welcome to my new Blog

I hope that you will enjoy my new Blog, I intend to organize it in a diferent way of the others, I will mix images of my work regarding miniatures and other forms of art like artistic paint, but I will also include lots of photos , because I have a passion to photograph, although I know very litttle about it, but I have my artistic filling to choose interesting matters. All the photos in this Blog shall be mine.

In which concerns my miniatures all of them are hand painted, and that´s a work that I love to do, enjoy it.

You are also invited to visit my other blog:

http://am-ambientes-em-miniatura.blogs.sapo.pt/

http://am-artes-e-miniaturas.blogs.sapo.pt/

http://am-bonecas-e-companhia.blogs.sapo.pt/

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HERCOLANEUM AND POMPEII

Hercolaneum was founded by Hercules according to mythological tradition . In 63A.D. the town was hit by a earthquake which attended all the Campania, and a few years later in 79 A.D. was devasted by the eruption of Vesuvios. When the eruption ended Hercolaneum was covered with a thick layer of mud (at some points over 10 meters deep). Abandoned by its inhabitants this town was never rebuilt.

The same happened to Pompeii, the reconstruction work that followed the earthquake was not yet completed when on August 24th, 79 AD Vesuvius unexpectedly awoke, submerging the countryside with ashes,, cinder and eruptive material, while rivers of lava mixed with mud followed down.

In 20 AD the Volcano was considered extinct by Strabone a geographer, therefore the population was taken by surprise and many of them were killed trying to escape. The eruption of the Volcano was so imense that the top part of the crater collapsed forming the present caldera.

This tragedy that lasted for three long days arrived to us through the letters of the writter Pliny the Younger to Tacitus.
Pompeii remained buried under a layer of ash with more than six meters deep preserving all the evidence of life by that moment, which came mericulously to light more than two centuries ago.