Saturday, June 27, 2009
History of Chinese Antique Furniture: Every culture has its furniture
0 comments Posted by graphic designer at 1:44 PMCultural Context
China is a country with a long history and developed civilisation. The models, colours and craft of the carved ancient furniture have their specific oriental and Asian national style.
The Chinese Antique Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties is made of selected excellent wood, which is based on both popular and imperial use, handed down from the previous dynasties Tang, Song, Yuan et Ming.
The Chinese antique furniture has two characteristics.
1*The work is always excecuted with the greatest care. The structure is strict and tight; the line is smooth. The splendor and emitted light are realized by deep-carving and hollow carving, and by repeating varnishing: 7 times in all.
2*The forms and varieties of models cannot be equalled by other country. There are more than 100 variations, such as a palace bed which was done by a thousand days of work, different kinds of dinner tables, desks, chairs, cupboards, screens, dressing-tables, barrels and benches. They are really precious arts and displays, which are greatly appreciated by foreign friends all over the world.
We find ourselves new unique pieces dayly from the population, or from museums in different parts of China. Our catalog will never be exhaustive and here we present only some samples of Chinese furniture just for reference when you select them.
There exist two major styles of traditionnal chinese furniture:
the lacquerware furniture with sculpture and painting of vivid and variable colors, it fullfills a pre-eminently decorative role, and
the traditional furniture that is much more sober, with a façade of almost unique color. It is frequently used by families in the ancient China.
We show you here a collection of the second category. This furniture has an appearance much more in harmony with european and american furniture, and are often cheaper but more pratical.
The Eurasia Chinese Antique Furniture - France assures with Chinese restauraters the restauration of chinese antique furniture, who exercise since 40 years in this artistic and artisanal work in China.
These antique/ancient furniture of style of dynasties of Ming and Qing (1368-1911 AC) are collected from great chinese familiies of the epoch, sometimes with certificat of origine. Exclusively in naturel wood and bamboo, their materials are as well diverse as their forms: elm, camphorwood, oak, teak, cypress, beech, maple, chestnut... . or other noble trees such as roosewood.
Near 400 models are distributed in 3 categories according to their functionality, in harmony with the 3 pieces in a traditional chinese house: bedroom, living room and kitchen.
Bedroom:Beds and clothes-presses are essential elements. Desks, bedside tables, chests of drawers as well as suitcases and trunks offer a lovable ambiance and a supplemental confort.
Living room:Tables, chairs, armchairs, sideboards, commodes,chests of drawers, medecine cabinets as well as bookcases are most suitable here. Other decorating objects such as vases and weaven baskets in bamboo will give a delightfull charm to your living room.
Kitchen:The kitchen can be either a separate piece or a surface integrated in the living room in the classical chinese style, but it has always its own fruniture. The cupboard and dining-room table naturally occupy a place of choice. Owning to it's good airing, a genuine fridge smelling a wood parfume, chinese people usually kept their food fresh. Now they can contributing to arranging your precieux crockery and dishes in porcelain.
You can find also tools of dayly life such as cake kneading-troughs, water buckets, pick-nick baskets, bowls, children baths, highchairs, moses baskets and other decoration objects...
As complement, we also provide other furnishing products of artisanal style in furniture, home decoration as well as Chinese Culture.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
intro How To: Ping Pong Ball Lights
At some point last semester I realized that ping pong balls make great diffusers and look really cool when they are glowing. Next we concluded that a hundred glowing ping pong balls would look even cooler. It was at about this point I decided that my apartment was in dire need of some ping pong ball lights.
step 1 Gather Materials
For this Instructable you'll need a few things.
Parts:
A string of Christmas lights
A ping pong ball for each light on the string
Tools:
Drill and drill bit (or other implement to make a hole in a ping pong ball)
Hot glue and glue gun
When researching this project I found that you can get a gross(144) of ping pong balls for under $20 including shipping on eBay.
Make sure the string of lights you use is in good condition. Check for any electrical shorts or overheating bulbs before starting.
step 2 Prepare the Ping Pong Balls
Drill a hole in each ping pong ball.
There are several ways to do this such as a drill, exacto knife, or by poking a hole in it with a nail. A nail is the quickest method, but you will need to spend more time later gluing the balls to the lights. With a clean hole just smaller than the bulb the ping pong ball will stay in place without needing glue.
To drill the hole in the ball you will need a drill bit that is slightly smaller than the Christmas light bulb. Approximately 3/16" should be good, but make sure to test fit a few before drilling the rest of the balls. You will need to prepare as many ping pong balls as you have lights, if it's a long string it probably has 100.
A quick note on drilling holes in ping pong balls:
The best method I found for putting holes in the ping pong balls uses a c-clamp, some paper towels, and a drill. First fold a 1.5" wide strip of paper towel over on itself several times so that it fits on the plates of the c-clamp and tape one on each side of the clamp. Next adjust the clamp so that it holds the ball just enough that it doesn't slip when you drill into it. Because of the give in the paper towel you can pull the ball out and press another one in without needing to readjust the clamp. If anyone finds a better method please share in the comments.
I found I got the cleanest hole by first pressing the bit against the ball so it depressed slightly, then running the drill at medium to high speed while applying light pressure. A drill press would be very helpful at this step, but is not necessary. As always, please exercise care when using power tools.
step 3 Building the lights
Slide a ping pong ball over each light.
If the holes are too loose or you choose to use a nail to puncture holes, run a small bead of hot glue around where the base of the light meets the ping pong ball. If the holes are tight enough that they won't be easily knocked off, you can leave the ping pong balls press fit without a problem.
step 4 Hang the Lights
All that's left to do now is to hang up your new set of ping pong ball lights and enjoy.
February 15, 2009 by Patricia
It can be difficult visualizing new home interior design ideas, especially if you have lived in your home for many years. It can seem like you have already tried every possible home interior design idea that would work for your home. However, if you are bored with the layout or decorations of your home, there are plenty of new home interior design ideas out there just waiting for you to implement them into your home. This article will help you figure out just where to find these amazing new ideas.
Magazines
Magazines are some of the best places to look for new home interior design ideas. There are magazines for nearly every type of interior design you would be doing. There are magazines devoted strictly to home office interior design ideas and even bathroom interior design ideas! Whatever your interior design need, you can probably find a magazine that specializes in that field.
Once you have found your magazine, flip through it. Chances are that you will almost immediately find something interesting that you like. Once you find an interesting new design idea, think about whether or not it can be implemented in your home. If you answer no, do not get discouraged. Look to see if there is any way you could modify it into a new home interior design idea that would fit into your home.
Home Improvement Stores
Another great place to look for new home interior design ideas is at a home improvement store. These stores are no longer just for finding the materials for designs and ideas that you have already chosen. Instead, home improvement stores like Home Depot and Lowes are catering to the do it yourself home designer. These stores host do it yourself home design workshops on a regular basis. At these stores, you can learn how to use almost every product that they have available in their facility. You can also learn how to implement some concepts that you found in magazines, especially if the magazine was sponsored by that particular store.
Home Design Television
Home design television is another wonderful place to find some new and interesting home interior design ideas. This television station is solely for home design and home improvement. If you cannot find a new design idea watching his station for a few hours then you will not be able to find a design idea anywhere! So just sit back one night and watch a few shows on this channel and you will have more than enough information to find your own new design concepts and ideas for your home.
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