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The wine armoires neede to have the grape vine wrap nectar of the Gods. I sketched the concept and the iron craftsmen forged them. |
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The glitzy round mirrors go home with 9 out of 10 visitors to Morrocco. They probably buy a few of them. We bought 7000 of them. we saw them everywhere, on the ceilings, the walls, the doors etc... The lights play with them in ways that are other worldly. The shop owner was very pleased to have such another worldly order. |
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The mirror behind the bar near the fireplace is actually a door way of of an interior of a building. The face of the bar itself is actually a ceiling system taken from a house somewhere near Marakech. Somehow we say the use of these elements as abar ensemble. |
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The nomads of northern Afica have images that are reminiscent of ancient cave paintings. They provoke a sense of primative human nature. |
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These are fire. What is Eden without a reference to HELL |
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The giant scale of the fireplace with the palm leaf sconces is something that had no story really. The form and te materials are quite indicative of the materials and influences of North Africa. |
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