Saturday, July 9, 2011

Saturday Snapshot: July 9


A clay wall panel from a resort I visited in April 2011. Click to enlarge and see the fine detailing.  I love this!

Addendum: These are handmade, dried in the sun, baked in a kiln and then painted, if so desired. Each small square depicts something from the normal daily life. A few might deviate to give it an unique character. Rather very common in Rural India. They prefer to decorate their walls like this. And I find that so do I!

Posted for Saturday Snapshot, hosted by Alyce of At Home With books.

16 comments:

bermudaonion said...

That is fine detailing! I wonder if it tells a story.

Pam (@iwriteinbooks) said...

wow, I really want to know more about this. Very neat!

(Diane) Bibliophile By the Sea said...

I'm curious to know more about this.

Lisa@ButteryBooks said...

Beautiful! I showed it to my kids (they are always sitting on my lap this time of the morning) and they came up with some very interesting stories about the pictures.

Trish said...

Beautiful! I especially like the picture with the baby in the cradle hanging from the tree branch.

Margaret @ BooksPlease said...

Lovely - such fine details.

As the Crowe Flies and Reads said...

That is really quite lovely. Before I read your post I had assumed it was Middle Eastern, not Indian. Did you have a nice vacation at that resort?

Anonymous said...

Wow, that is really interesting. At first I thought it told a story, but it seems more like scenes from a life or something. Thanks for sharing it!

Laurel-Rain Snow said...

Fabulous detail, especially when you think about the process of creating this wall. Thanks for sharing.

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Paulita said...

Pictures in clay seem so amazing. It's a hard substance to turn into art.

Alyce said...

Those details are great! I've never seen anything like this for decoration before.

Sherrie said...

Hi!
Great snapshot! Beautiful art work. Have a great day!

Sherrie
Just Books

Leslie (Under My Apple Tree) said...

I thought you were going to say they were very old. Interesting that these are contemporary.

Bev Hankins said...

What wonderful artwork!

Here's my Snapshot: http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2011/07/saturday-snapshot-july-9.html

Mary (Bookfan) said...

Interesting! Thanks for explaining.

Veens said...

Very beautiful :)