AMBER IS MUCH VALUED FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT TIME AS A GEMSTONE. My father collected gemstones and minerals and so from a very early age I was exposed to the beauty of unpolished gemstones. I went on to learn about the chemical composition of some and also the different forms and shapes of crystals.Continue reading “MELTING SUGAR AMBER”
Author Archives: tradeanthology
Immersion
Immersion into virtual reality (VR) is a perception of being physically present in a non-physical world. The perception is created by surrounding the user of the VR system with images, sound or other stimuli that provide an engrossing total environment. Everyone is talking about the metaverse which is a developing platform where Virtual Reality (VR)Continue reading “Immersion”
COLOURS OF LOVE
LOVE IS AN EMOTION, IT IS A SUBLIME VIRTUE. We use this word so often with unconscious abandonment that I decided to research what does it really mean. The Ancient Greek philosophers identified six forms of love: essentially, familial love (in Greek Storge), platonic love (Philia), romantic love (Eros), self-love (Philautia), guest love (Xenia) andContinue reading “COLOURS OF LOVE”
FREEDOM
A SENSITIVE SOUL A HEART OF WILD Peace Movement The World is certainly not in a good space .There are many catalystic macroeconomic, political and humanitarian phenomena taking place right now, that almost emulate the same ideological fertile ground that previous generations experienced, during the peace movement, that protested against the Vietnam War and SocialContinue reading “FREEDOM”
ATELIER
STUDIO OR WORKSHOP WHERE FINE ART AND CRAFTMANSHIP TRANSFORM DREAMS INTO REALITY It is not often that one thinks about the many hands, minds, talents and scientific innovation that touch a designer product before it is launched into the World. It takes many different skill sets and several production hours to achieve a finished product.Continue reading “ATELIER”
ECO
She was chaos And beauty Intertwined. A tornado of Roses from Divine Earth, our beautiful Mother Earth is being tortured and ravaged by wars, greed and ignorance. Our Ecological balance is threatened. Recent decisions made on food supply, energy-efficient methods being abandoned to return to carbon emissions sources and the mining of the seas dueContinue reading “ECO”
ANTHOLOGY
ANTHOLOGY MEANS COLLECTION A COLLECTION STARTS WITH A STORY AND A STYLE Curating and collecting beautiful published images of fashion, movies,architecture, music, photography, spaces, fabrics, flowers, furniture, ceramics,recipes and kitchens have been in my DNA since I was young. I had a black pair of shoes made for me, when I was 14 years old.Continue reading “ANTHOLOGY”
CREAM
CALM IS A SUPER POWER FRESH RELEVANT INFORMED With a Strawberry Moon on the rise over the ancient ruins of Athens in Greece,today, I could only gasp in total awe, at the creative power of the humans that captured that image and marvel at the fact that those ancient ruins were still there as aContinue reading “CREAM”
Human2Human
In the Internet World until now, businesses spent a significant amount of time, positioning their businesses as B2B or B2C. Clearly, this business segmentation, in terms of aligning your businesses with the scientific data provided by all the different digital platform channels and their respective funnels…it did make perfect sense to promote your products orContinue reading “Human2Human”
CULT
Minimalism is an aesthetic design philosophy. Monochromatic colours and clean lines, reign. Space is the ultimate achievement. Enough but not more. Minimalism is a true cult. The most interesting discovery that I have made this week is that as a direct result of the pandemic and the need to isolate, work from home and manageContinue reading “CULT”