London Art and culture

Light up your life with London’s Chinese firecracker history

The name Firecracker in Chinese translates to “Exploding bamboo”, as early as 200bc a method of heating bamboo was devised that resulted in a crackled explosion. The process in later years was speeded up by the use of  Gunpowder! Chinese celebrations would not seem complete without a fair share of Firecrackers being let of. The

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Chihuly’s Blown Glass Art: The Soft Cylinder Series

Soft cylinders 1984 These combine the relaxed floppy form of baskets with the embellishment of sketched drawings that float around the outside, that was seen on earlier cylinders. Chihuly studied Weaving early on in his training and had incorporated glass into a bit of a phenomenon with textiles. The interest in Native American textiles would come easy

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Chihuly’s Macchia: Masterpieces of Blown Glass

Italian connection and artistic influences of Macchia Something floral about a group of them, it is not surprising to learn that Chihuly’s mother had abundant flower gardens, and they cherished sunsets. Italian culture is borrowed from the inspiration of Fulvio Bianconi.–Handkerchief vases “Fazzoletto “ towards the end of the 1940s. He was an apprentice at the grand

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Discovering Chihuly’s Blown Glass Art Mastery

Chihuly the collector Chihuly collects things and has an interest in the story behind other people’s collections. Some collections vary from vintage radios, cameras, Native American baskets, Trade Blankets which are colourful native American works of art. Lots of interesting things. Old-fashioned nostalgic Christmas tree ornaments, which is what some glass sculpture pieces laid out

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