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baytalqindeel: Plaster carving by the Introductory level students on the final day of the islamic Pattern Design workshop. #islamicart #islamicgeometry #islamicpatterndesign #islamicpatterndesignworkshop #geometry #arabesque #arabesquedesign #bimorphicpattern #thenationaltheatre #abudhabi #myabudhabi #uae #adamwilliamson #richardhenry #funsession Curated by THESAURAI PR Stay updated on our latest posts on Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, or Pinterest

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carving refractory plaster mix to be used in glass core casting 

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"Art is the nearest neighbour to wilderness."

-Karl Ganser

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 1989. Wendy Watriss. Gelatin silver

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Spherical Astrolabe, Museum of the History of Science, 1480 - 1481. This astrolabe is made of brass with the inscriptions, hour-lines, meridians and circles of altitude in silver; the rotating star map is made of brass, laminated with silver on the ecliptic and equatorial circles

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Absolutely astonishing!

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Berber Tattoos

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Kabyle Weaver.

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Transendance

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Carved pedestal vase earthenware Maya 9th century CE Mexico by mharrsch, via Flickr

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Coupelle crânienne kapala Ancienne collection Karl Humphrey bronze, os, turquoise Pays himalayens (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée Guimet, Paris) / Thierry Ollivier

Section Himalaya du musée Guimet

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Tibetan Skulls

Human bones are regularly used in the rituals of Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism, and of all Tibetan customs, none has attracted more attention than the use of human skulls for practical and religious purposes. A whole decorated skull is called a ‘yama’ (which is also the name for the Hindu and Buddhist god of death), while a partial decorated skull is called a ‘kapala’, or a skull cup, which is made out of the upper half of the human skull. Yamas may have been carved to take a curse off a family, or to guide a misled soul onto the right path, while kapalas were used in Tibetan monasteries as offering bowls, symbolically holding dough cakes or wine to represent blood and flesh offerings to the gods. Kapalas are also associated with rituals where the user employs the cup to help reach spiritual enlightnment. Skull cups are tradiationally lined with pewter or tin, decorated with silver, brass and gems, and the bone is ornately carved with Tibetan symbols.

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Seven initial keys by Aubrey Beardsley, from the backs of Keynotes series, 1890s

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Aubrey Beardsley illustration 1896.