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Category Archives: Jewellery
Coming soon…
New posts are on the way about my trip in October to Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif, and about my upcoming trip later this month – just waiting for proper permissions from the organisation I’m working with. I know it’s a bit … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Arts, Culture, design, Islamic pattern, Kabul, Mazar-i-Sharif, Travel
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Autumn in Kabul 2012
I am very excited to be returning to Kabul later this month. The reason for my return is that for the past two years, since my first visit to Kabul, I have been involved in developing a project to take … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Craftsmanship, design, Education, Gem-cutting, gemstones, jewellery, Kabul
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Salam Melanie jan! Chetor Astid?…
(Literally translated as “Peace Melanie my soul. How are you?”. However a more accurate English equivalent would be “Hello Melanie dear, how are you?”. This is always followed by questions further enquiring into your health and wellbeing, the health and … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Architecture, Arts, Conservation, Craftsmanship, Culture, design, Education, Infrastructure, Kabul, Murad Khane, peacocks, Regeneration, Restoration, Tradition, Travel
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Gem-cutting design workshop – Lapis Lazuli
Gem-cutting at the Institute here at Turquoise Mountain is carried out using both modern and traditional equipment. It’s difficult to know where to start with the gem-cutting students because they truly blow me away whenever I visit them. I haven’t gotten to … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Arts, Craftsmanship, Culture, design, Gem-cutting, gemstones, jewellery, Kabul, lapis lazuli, Travel
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Design workshop – Looking to the Turkmen style
I have had a great time carrying out some design workshops and technical exercises with the students. I’ll be posting some of the highlights of these over the next few days. The students had asked me to design something … Continue reading