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Vaishali Prazmari
- Dec 12, 2017
- 2 min
WHAT IS LUXURY?
What is luxury? Luxury is fine silk, fast cars and smooth cigars. Luxury is new experiences, the latest technology and old wine. Luxury is bespoke goods, personalised items and tailored things. Luxury is plush leather, lush fur and good hair. Luxury is worldwide shipping, local manufacturers and cottage industries. Luxury is fast internet access, timely arrivals and slow painting. Luxury is new tools, old manuscripts and ancient venerable traditions. Luxury is gold leaf, real
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Vaishali Prazmari
- Feb 1, 2017
- 2 min
ON THE FOUR TREASURES 文房四寶
On the Four Treasures 文房四寶 A Chinese expression originating from the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-589 AD), the Four Treasures, Jewels, or Friends of the Scholar’s Studio are the Brush, the Ink, the Paper and the Inkstone. We would go so far as to say they are the Four Essential Indispensibles of the Studio – without them, one cannot work. We should aspire to be like the archetypal Scholar, a member of the literati, a highly literate, cultivated and refined individua
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Vaishali Prazmari
- Jan 31, 2017
- 4 min
OUR STORY
Our Story It all started with the brush ring. It was a beautiful fine jewellery piece made with rhodium-plated 18-carat white and yellow gold and hand-engraved with my initials and our motto (Somnia mea omnia effeci et adhuc somnio) – and a spray of badger hair in the shape of a fan. It was a concession to the fact that I will never have my own beard to stroke and to aid the philosophical pondering process while creating my own work. My husband created the brush ring for my
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