Those Crazy Leaf Carvings; What, How & Where To Buy Or Create Custom Ones.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvPP0Wdr0L15svAlLN58CzphyphenhyphenHn1NvCoDaTvZQ3LrHu5D00fHmFMijAUsPZF-LAxZ18FKLjoDUg31c0KSsbhXJly3W9DI7XP9GNcFh0saM016ujCMCuaBO-iWhS4D3f_Xox-e7vwito_Xi/s1600/3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552504987797637330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvPP0Wdr0L15svAlLN58CzphyphenhyphenHn1NvCoDaTvZQ3LrHu5D00fHmFMijAUsPZF-LAxZ18FKLjoDUg31c0KSsbhXJly3W9DI7XP9GNcFh0saM016ujCMCuaBO-iWhS4D3f_Xox-e7vwito_Xi/s400/3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 553px;" /></a><br /><br />In the past year, several sites (<a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/01/leaf-carving-an-incredible-art-form.php">Treehugger</a>, <a href="http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2010/02/05/12-amazing-leaf-carvings/">Toxel</a> and <a href="http://www.neatorama.com/2010/09/28/leaf-carving/">Neatorama</a> to name a few) have shown images of the asian art of leaf carving and more recently <a href="http://blog.gessato.com/2010/12/17/leaf-carving/">the Gblog from Gessato</a> via <a href="http://www.lostateminor.com/2010/12/16/leaf-carving-art/#more-47988">lost at e minor</a>, posted about the leaves again which got me wondering if you could have custom images made (the answer is yes, as you will see later in this post).<br /><br />The tacky artworks have their kitsch appeal especially when it comes to using them to showcase religious and celebrity imagery.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJkiHJ1EABVGOo8tvnwn9uX7KIQeZsIETQTW0A2kwzvncNcFlp8nsXFbDcI0jhfrpIcGJVz3XBF3YfRsLocDyem7mbvfjC_TjYJ33m3JGCvm6MpY-pOR7Phkf-W1GkQIuZ20aYpKDA_iX0/s1600/Marilyn_Monroe.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552502891144091250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJkiHJ1EABVGOo8tvnwn9uX7KIQeZsIETQTW0A2kwzvncNcFlp8nsXFbDcI0jhfrpIcGJVz3XBF3YfRsLocDyem7mbvfjC_TjYJ33m3JGCvm6MpY-pOR7Phkf-W1GkQIuZ20aYpKDA_iX0/s400/Marilyn_Monroe.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 481px;" /></a><br /><br />Whether it's the Virgin Mary, Obama, Marilyn Monroe, Victorian Silhouettes or a tourist leaf selling Amish Country, the carved leaves seem to elicit a certain fascination.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwKKZo5lu8TejgFLN2Q0ulAFQVpKRMjD7kIrpnzkV5Xv5EvEw8wT5bWOokWjwttSNOA7X42Ju__9XwIi3s0aKOY1bHpvTebRGaxYlWM8wtFGK1yxCckbOY4d8zNQVJuuQ17gJiDV1NNFtw/s1600/Virgin_Mary.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552499543998841634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwKKZo5lu8TejgFLN2Q0ulAFQVpKRMjD7kIrpnzkV5Xv5EvEw8wT5bWOokWjwttSNOA7X42Ju__9XwIi3s0aKOY1bHpvTebRGaxYlWM8wtFGK1yxCckbOY4d8zNQVJuuQ17gJiDV1NNFtw/s400/Virgin_Mary.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 456px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG4L8_C-rkD-GAthRIqFa6wCm2tgetRUVnsveSQ9y4gpRRNdk0uP1mtNvwsupULthA9nOMqbw0qHgfDpz0REBb55KHWcDHFhZw68Q_XJfAwXY_65GxM7yfIh-_-nXbiSYQ8J31Fu5pIDfp/s1600/DS.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552506178263143986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG4L8_C-rkD-GAthRIqFa6wCm2tgetRUVnsveSQ9y4gpRRNdk0uP1mtNvwsupULthA9nOMqbw0qHgfDpz0REBb55KHWcDHFhZw68Q_XJfAwXY_65GxM7yfIh-_-nXbiSYQ8J31Fu5pIDfp/s400/DS.png" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 527px; height: 391px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Huang Taisheng, master leaf carver at work</span></span><br /><br />Creating leaf art is a long and complex process. Leaves are put through a 60 step process such as, manually cutting and removing the outer surface of the leaf while leaving the leafs veins intact which add detail into the subject matter of the carving. Pressing, curing and dying are also just a few of the steps needed to prepare the leaf.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZCPFsOyu-u7JMGqEXMUAfXAUEpbfsKsk2ztpF3ClfeoLcEJUE7BGZU44WR9ZnUUcvUONn7tiyUz2S_pfB9yqtDyQJTVSQD8Y8iurPPQdNCJ1uPCE5RYVdvwk7GlYL3neV8Gfc1GJT8PK/s1600/0a.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552501471474180114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZCPFsOyu-u7JMGqEXMUAfXAUEpbfsKsk2ztpF3ClfeoLcEJUE7BGZU44WR9ZnUUcvUONn7tiyUz2S_pfB9yqtDyQJTVSQD8Y8iurPPQdNCJ1uPCE5RYVdvwk7GlYL3neV8Gfc1GJT8PK/s400/0a.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 276px; height: 204px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWxLhsUcG52SCWC5DeASBNa043LV32fqpIr37keTAiLm5upm4-5LRDJkvmcTT2_xdVwa3Q6EcA4IClS9IrOE9dsywAeCb9LLelp5XJs2-54wkaTCjfsaWGkdVJXiKw72aPEmKZBoDs5egh/s1600/1.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552501529597615858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWxLhsUcG52SCWC5DeASBNa043LV32fqpIr37keTAiLm5upm4-5LRDJkvmcTT2_xdVwa3Q6EcA4IClS9IrOE9dsywAeCb9LLelp5XJs2-54wkaTCjfsaWGkdVJXiKw72aPEmKZBoDs5egh/s400/1.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 203px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXkmpol264jKP8u5SQ6sdFwfBUHnHWAaNWElou8_1n3ULye8uacaocltoO6XuUEJEOhYoNNPwoXMuHCTy8IRhk-MHCJ6CNuHkA7rRpTk_A7X0pdlOvzLjYpHxmlhhV3tYvtMhQC9fjqmD/s1600/2q.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552501668309447682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXkmpol264jKP8u5SQ6sdFwfBUHnHWAaNWElou8_1n3ULye8uacaocltoO6XuUEJEOhYoNNPwoXMuHCTy8IRhk-MHCJ6CNuHkA7rRpTk_A7X0pdlOvzLjYpHxmlhhV3tYvtMhQC9fjqmD/s400/2q.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 227px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhml24rYm2nlC-lklhU_faNa5NWBhETCJozKTkAT_euKLGARsBmScEjvXKFt1du9ZHSxwHvP4XT2sQ3TiqDmPGO7iGncN68beZlFVWJUe6bJ30g6ZUhhAmKd_CL-jzIlHumr11Tlwfg_WU1/s1600/3.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552501751445866802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhml24rYm2nlC-lklhU_faNa5NWBhETCJozKTkAT_euKLGARsBmScEjvXKFt1du9ZHSxwHvP4XT2sQ3TiqDmPGO7iGncN68beZlFVWJUe6bJ30g6ZUhhAmKd_CL-jzIlHumr11Tlwfg_WU1/s400/3.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 225px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB5RhL5gcw3V00YgdhyphenhyphenPK7ejKWmwOBm0U6R5rLVLJxFr8YuiPvvX6QjYS8sW0s0zaELEi5gQeMfiEHBK0asSsySxZ4zdWknj2H-HHrMQpMqFL1TZqOV4ELh_-OoEL7SqDUMz9dvLpbrT4r/s1600/4.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552501879623353570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB5RhL5gcw3V00YgdhyphenhyphenPK7ejKWmwOBm0U6R5rLVLJxFr8YuiPvvX6QjYS8sW0s0zaELEi5gQeMfiEHBK0asSsySxZ4zdWknj2H-HHrMQpMqFL1TZqOV4ELh_-OoEL7SqDUMz9dvLpbrT4r/s400/4.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 173px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mlE4BXEtn6OWcwcwBjs_zXo9XiEvLV-nsOxZi48TQh3uf-zd8mjDrwXW2fe268rmSQ9G5KYilYNVUMQzb5zWjsM_zlBuqjlvalQt2uppjdD2s78y9tWcgX2WRVbS8NdZHtJbgQl2bqhH/s1600/wpe22854.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552502175192656210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mlE4BXEtn6OWcwcwBjs_zXo9XiEvLV-nsOxZi48TQh3uf-zd8mjDrwXW2fe268rmSQ9G5KYilYNVUMQzb5zWjsM_zlBuqjlvalQt2uppjdD2s78y9tWcgX2WRVbS8NdZHtJbgQl2bqhH/s400/wpe22854.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 332px; height: 173px;" /></a><br /><br />Talented artist using magnifying glass, then skillfully carve their masterpiece by hand. No painting or printing is involved. The most common leaf used in leaf carving is the leaf of a Chinar tree, which is native to India, Pakistan and China. Chinar leaves closely resemblance the leaf of a maple tree:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIeHGntrXvhcN2l1ditpJ5OlAdTUtEKXa8LjPenX3hE_CjCYrM4fgRxSCismj1IkV5uQGleRd6HMjXhHGP7MDwgPj21IgFjtOIIiiCpebd_IhgmN_VR3aNZc2o5wBTa0fGNybE8oDmMnQ/s1600/leaves+before+carving.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552501293007211186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIeHGntrXvhcN2l1ditpJ5OlAdTUtEKXa8LjPenX3hE_CjCYrM4fgRxSCismj1IkV5uQGleRd6HMjXhHGP7MDwgPj21IgFjtOIIiiCpebd_IhgmN_VR3aNZc2o5wBTa0fGNybE8oDmMnQ/s400/leaves+before+carving.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 651px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Where To Buy Them:</span></span><br />Several websites will make custom leaf carvings from your own photo or sell already carved leaves in various Western and Asian themes.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.foliagesart.com/Products.asp">http://www.foliagesart.com/Products.asp</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.leafcarvingart.com/">http://www.leafcarvingart.com/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.longal-craft.com/leaf-carving-art.html">http://www.longal-craft.com/leaf-carving-art.html<br /></a><a href="http://stores.far-eastgifts.com/-strse-Art-of-Leaf-Carving/Categories.bok"><br />http://stores.far-eastgifts.com/-strse-Art-of-Leaf-Carving/Categories.bok</a><br /><br />Thanks to the above links for images and information.

Those Crazy Leaf Carvings; What, How & Where To Buy Or Create Custom Ones.

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Mann Made: Bowls For Driade By Mann Singh

Mann Singh's silvered brass baskets designed for Driade incorporate nature-like elements of twigs, petals and open foliage shaped into vessels and containers. They combine inorganic materials with organic shapes to give off a kind of spiritual and mystical feeling. All this from a bowl. Cool, huh?<br /><br />Here's the Shalemar collection:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcygAA1mNLnj28x68CzQ1hy4f4mRnKrgBXrOa4M0D8oKymHdcBHzQkB8Y0xxTISJxWjRcfQj9H-hvX3LJFJf0IjjsSH18QZUeIW3VHwheF8Drcx3zR-ybQqPkPZpcN2kQfs2CnAQtqQ_jL/s1600-h/Picture+15.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239728234184362482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcygAA1mNLnj28x68CzQ1hy4f4mRnKrgBXrOa4M0D8oKymHdcBHzQkB8Y0xxTISJxWjRcfQj9H-hvX3LJFJf0IjjsSH18QZUeIW3VHwheF8Drcx3zR-ybQqPkPZpcN2kQfs2CnAQtqQ_jL/s400/Picture+15.png" style="cursor: pointer;"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk1CpC5FVqCnNE1nockB9pUI3oIZFkaJNAbdCwXAZU9a9BDFp00OpoGRqBnYDuEOFJyVv0ta9ymdhB83rF9qJwIXkA8tTg3g1Z3fTxu3N5bb-qrGL5ti6u5XlMmofk1qgRjLW9YezgvlA5/s1600-h/Picture+16.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239728156466519378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk1CpC5FVqCnNE1nockB9pUI3oIZFkaJNAbdCwXAZU9a9BDFp00OpoGRqBnYDuEOFJyVv0ta9ymdhB83rF9qJwIXkA8tTg3g1Z3fTxu3N5bb-qrGL5ti6u5XlMmofk1qgRjLW9YezgvlA5/s400/Picture+16.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 131px; height: 171px;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkO9vCeww7YfUxxVtPcT0o95Jwtk-BGE7US8GGg5xjtwG4RYgHpN32jg8jZrL5b-U98C5nZwm1Fk-NY_LhKI8mUGxAOByn7naMGmD4vVl6qIkYVTA-ol1JbBMXrtUuyqzdbcOVbzdxdrWQ/s1600-h/citai.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239728739523147378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkO9vCeww7YfUxxVtPcT0o95Jwtk-BGE7US8GGg5xjtwG4RYgHpN32jg8jZrL5b-U98C5nZwm1Fk-NY_LhKI8mUGxAOByn7naMGmD4vVl6qIkYVTA-ol1JbBMXrtUuyqzdbcOVbzdxdrWQ/s400/citai.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 171px;"></a><br />Above: Chitai and Chitai II<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE2Mi-f6u4aOaTM3Ze57Xk8RlPz76KfXyjsjlMyLHiHc9LWyqCgCQCvZx9riEIsBL8U3eHD0MkltoPUQ_bqazkDIY-k2HYC2HK0vUSMC2N6lIsapy1mcpNLLTPu8GK6iR0MWVV6txZJHnw/s1600-h/Picture+18.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239727907030774050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE2Mi-f6u4aOaTM3Ze57Xk8RlPz76KfXyjsjlMyLHiHc9LWyqCgCQCvZx9riEIsBL8U3eHD0MkltoPUQ_bqazkDIY-k2HYC2HK0vUSMC2N6lIsapy1mcpNLLTPu8GK6iR0MWVV6txZJHnw/s400/Picture+18.png" style="cursor: pointer;"></a><br />Above: Kachnar I<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifsCpyPUs4-5u9eHLRLU6XhQIYdp10ti7D3kPR4h0tr2psT3eMz1Eq18IDtgCReR-UkLRQ7D8NTw06i8y3-plbNDINozA5UShLJeOJQ7Rw-bqVF9fjsmwHTCvqJb7xs4F-pDng6xtApzjZ/s1600-h/Picture+19.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239727797939150962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifsCpyPUs4-5u9eHLRLU6XhQIYdp10ti7D3kPR4h0tr2psT3eMz1Eq18IDtgCReR-UkLRQ7D8NTw06i8y3-plbNDINozA5UShLJeOJQ7Rw-bqVF9fjsmwHTCvqJb7xs4F-pDng6xtApzjZ/s400/Picture+19.png" style="cursor: pointer;"></a><br />Above: Kachnar II<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjstdWgc6UkpQPq3woXUSoCDN0TyLIEhZvgIpZfmKvDyuduTprEWxsNaXNY6lXlW1xF0L7_cKepzop-fi3WtEV1imhiM1CpQurWksGoQE32wVj1YyyVkZLFWBF0tv5ODCaW37e_yfyOFi40/s1600-h/Picture+20.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239727702048282930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjstdWgc6UkpQPq3woXUSoCDN0TyLIEhZvgIpZfmKvDyuduTprEWxsNaXNY6lXlW1xF0L7_cKepzop-fi3WtEV1imhiM1CpQurWksGoQE32wVj1YyyVkZLFWBF0tv5ODCaW37e_yfyOFi40/s400/Picture+20.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 357px; height: 265px;"></a><br />Above: Kachnar III<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoHEaZuVN-u_KGVy_cPs1__FKXg6Ccni0iKWLRpT0QYS_CPG8sc0XeKWR-r-Ah8hPM-QLsdm_AcAMMCDJAt0oaUZZeQXc7VFWKweJ0jloIX8d3r-NXoZXySS4D0naR8ZUaOrfA7S1QnR4Z/s1600-h/Picture+21.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239727621323905826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoHEaZuVN-u_KGVy_cPs1__FKXg6Ccni0iKWLRpT0QYS_CPG8sc0XeKWR-r-Ah8hPM-QLsdm_AcAMMCDJAt0oaUZZeQXc7VFWKweJ0jloIX8d3r-NXoZXySS4D0naR8ZUaOrfA7S1QnR4Z/s400/Picture+21.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 348px; height: 300px;"></a><br />Above: Muqarna<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmP_XIWNVJOBNJ3SPOdXomzO1JvLAEFsiDLQGbOxjr9yHrCVM_DUoIbgndwrwlHrResRIWoqw1K6_xaZKrqaPrjpeoCt8xTw7hVoYgA570Y-whn2EDVOcUz2U_ypv21I6szFHNYHqbFew/s1600-h/muqarna+top.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239728937697299778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmP_XIWNVJOBNJ3SPOdXomzO1JvLAEFsiDLQGbOxjr9yHrCVM_DUoIbgndwrwlHrResRIWoqw1K6_xaZKrqaPrjpeoCt8xTw7hVoYgA570Y-whn2EDVOcUz2U_ypv21I6szFHNYHqbFew/s400/muqarna+top.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 362px; height: 240px;"></a><br />Above: Muqarna, top view<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikuFcrRSYYoKp-HGxF4rNm-zgjobuSCalZn1z4KiJyQR2Rywvb-Rc1TNLo5MNMs2a8HIyn7rZXLnAdDYthyXTkd5wBLgA52V4f4yKLa798E9AgtXxdszx2RCrpdnRym1Ypesw1UeYgjs_3/s1600-h/Picture+23.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239727513812693442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikuFcrRSYYoKp-HGxF4rNm-zgjobuSCalZn1z4KiJyQR2Rywvb-Rc1TNLo5MNMs2a8HIyn7rZXLnAdDYthyXTkd5wBLgA52V4f4yKLa798E9AgtXxdszx2RCrpdnRym1Ypesw1UeYgjs_3/s400/Picture+23.png" style="cursor: pointer;"></a><br />Above: Shamadan

Mann Made: Bowls For Driade By Mann Singh

Mann Singh's silvered brass baskets designed for Driade incorporate nature-like elements of twigs, petals and open foliage shaped into v...

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