The sugar painting is just paintings made of sugar, which can not only be eaten but also appreciated. It is always called Inverse Sugar Figure, Inverse Sugar Cake or Sugar Light Figure. The history of this handicraft, with the local ...
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In Sichuan Province of southwestern China, it is usual to see some folk artists producing sugar paintings along the streets, in the parks, and around the schools. The artist uses the bronze spoon and shovel as the tool, and the slab of ...
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In and around China's southwestern Sichuan Province, it is usual to see some folk artists producing sugar paintings with liquid sugar along the streets, in the parks, and around the schools. The artists normally sit before a ...
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To get an idea of how American coastal waters might look just before they succumb to all the degradations they have suffered these past five centuries, it would be worth taking a July trip to Mobile Bay, an Alabama inlet that feeds into the ...
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This month, our mystery toy retailer discusses brighter weather SOR agreements and rip-off products. As I write this, the first rays of sunshine are streaming through the window and suddenly people are smiling and happy. They’re ...
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Oil futures closed out the week in higher territory Friday, boosted by a strong equities performance even as the US Dollar Index climbed to a 34-month high. NYMEX June crude settled 86 cents higher at $96.02/b, after ranging from a low of ...
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Bagalight’s up-cycled paper bag design explores what lamp shades would look like if lamp shades were made of brown paper bags. Insistent upon creating a lighting design that involved an everyday household item with no monetary value, ...
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In classical antiquity swimming and bathing were done naked. There are Roman murals which show women playing sports and exercising wearing two-piece suits covering the areas around their breasts and hips in a fashion remarkably similar to ...
Wicanders is thinking outside of the box, or should we say bark, for their stylishly chic Slate collection. Comprised of pure cork, this series takes on the stunning appeal of natural slate with a stately modern appeal. Slate infuses a ...
If there is one thing we have in common with the family owned and operated WE Cork manufacture, it's our passion for cork. Its splendor, beauty, resilience's and ability to regenerate makes us head over heels in love with cork and ...
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Dental lasers distributor Biolase has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared NewTom Biolase VG3 digital panoramic, cephalometric, and tomographic extra-oral X-ray system. The VG3 is a complement to the ...
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“In Spring/Summer 2014 G DESIGN presents progressive fabrics, washes and patterns in an unusual mix. We see a clear tendency towards slim trousers, rounded off by tapered styles that offer loose, casual widths at the thigh.” ...
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Chinese ceramic ware shows a continuous development since the pre-dynastic periods, and is one of the most significant forms of Chinese art. China is richly endowed with the raw materials needed for making ceramics. Chinese ...
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The world’s leading retail labels commit to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh before the midnight deadline. The Accord now covers more than 1000 Bangladeshi garment factories. Implementation starts now! Clean ...
Brown & Brown has elected James S. Hunt (Jim) to its board of directors, in an effort to help the firm as it moves towards its next intermediate revenue goal of $2bn. Having worked with the Walt Disney Company from 1992 to 2012, Jim most ...
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