AUTHOR: Daniel sullivan TITLE: Antique Gold Jewelry at Indigo STATUS: Publish ALLOW COMMENTS: 1 CONVERT BREAKS: 0 ALLOW PINGS: 1 CATEGORY: Antique Gold Jewelry at Indigo CATEGORY: Weblogs DATE: 08/07/2009 01:37:15 PM ----- BODY:Antique Gold Jewelry at Indigo
One of the most interesting things Caramiya and I get to do for our store is shop for antique jewelry. Over the years between Caramiya, her parents Sharon and Terry and myself we have found some amazing pieces of jewelry in Asia. Below is a beautiful antique 18k gold Russian cross brought back from Istanbul.
This beautiful Sri Lankin Sapphire necklace has many admirers. The antique Mugal design contains 1060 faceted sapphires. I counted one day. The work that went into faceting all of the sapphires and individually wiring them with gold to each other is mind blowing. A piece like this would have been made for a wedding and is considered a dowry necklace. The Mugal empire which began in 1526, ruled most of Hindustan (South Asia) by the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and ended in the mid-19th century.[4] The Mughal Emperors were descendants of the Timurids, and at the height of their power around 1700, they controlled most of the Indian Subcontinent — extending from present-day Bangladesh in the east to Balochistan in the west, Kashmir in the north to the Kaveri basin in the south
This is a beautiful piece we sold last year to a client. The gold amulet in the middle is an excellent example of the filigree work done in Northern India The necklace is stung on brioletted naturally colored red, blue orange and yellow sapphires
The ancient art of jewelry making from India and Nepal is called navrata or Navaratna jewelry. Women would visit an astrologer to find out what stones it was auspicious for them to wear according to the day, hour and minute they were born and where the planets and stars were at that time. The word Navaratna is a sanskrit word meaning nine gems and the jewelry revolves around 9 sacred stones. The Late Thai astrologer Horacharn Thep Sarikabutr has given the meaning of these nine gems in his Parichad-Jataka (chapter 2, verse 21, page 35-36) translated as follows[3]:
“Top quality and flawless ruby is the gem for the Sun, natural pearl for the Moon, red coral for Mars, emerald for Mercury yellow sapphire for Jupiter, diamond for Venus, blue sapphire for Saturn, hessonite for Rahu (ascending lunar node), and cat’s eye for Ketu (descending lunar node).”
These hammered 18k gold earrings were made for us in India. The design is a beautiful tribal design . To see more of our Antique Indian Jewelry and our gold jewelry you can visit or website www.indigopaia.com
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Ladakh Part 2
Each month I am going to publish photographs and essays on some of my favorite places. This month I have chosen Ladakh, the very top of India between Pakistan, Tibet and Xinjiang in the upper North-East. I had the pleasure to travel there this Spring and visited some of its amazing monasteries.
Ladakh Photo byDaniel Sullivan
The landscape of Ladakh perched high up in Himalaya is truly awe inspiring. This was the view from my guest house window.
Lamayuru Monastery Photo by Daniel Sullivan
The majority of the people in Ladakh are Buddhist and there are 35 Monasteries spread across the area. The oldest Monastery there is the Lamayuru which dates back to the pre-Buddhist Bon religion.
Photo by Daniel Sullivan
The monasteries of Phyang, Hemis, Chemrey and Lamayuru all belong to the Red Hat (Kargyu-pa) sect of Tibetan Monastic Order.
Zanzikari Shoes Photo by Daniel Sullivan
A pair of traditional Zanzakari shoes, sits outside the entrance of a monastery in Ladakh as pilgrims make their way to all the shrines on an auspicious day in the first month of the Tibetan year.
Chemrey Monastery Photo by Daniel Sullivan
Monk on the streets of Leh, Photo by Daniel Sullivan
Monks in Ladakh, Photo by Daniel Sullivan
Ladakhi Woman, Photo by Daniel Sullivan
If you would like to see more of my work you can visit our website at www.indigopaia.com
Prints of the images above are available for the prices below.
8x10 print $58
11x14 print $96
20x30 print $360
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----- EXTENDED BODY: ----- EXCERPT: Each month I am going to publish photographs and essays on some of my favorite places. This month I have chosen Ladakh, the very top of India between Pakistan, Tibet and Xinjiang in the upper North-East. I had the pleasure to travel there this Spring and visited some of its amazing monasteries. ----- KEYWORDS: Phyang Monastery, Hemis, Chemrey, Lamayuru Monastery, Leh, Ladakh, Daniel Sullivan Photography, Indigo Paia ----- -------- AUTHOR: Daniel sullivan TITLE: The beautiful new duvets STATUS: Publish ALLOW COMMENTS: 1 CONVERT BREAKS: wysiwyg ALLOW PINGS: 1 CATEGORY: Weblogs DATE: 08/01/2009 01:51:34 PM ----- BODY:Daniel and I ran into this fabric whilst shopping in India 2 years ago- I thought it was so pretty, Daniel encouraged me to design pillows made from it. The pillow were very popular and we sold out. I then decided to make duvets.....very simple envelope style with soft voile (very thin cotton) backing. We just got the samples and, I was delighted that they turned out exactly as I had planned. Except for the tags which read Daniel Sullivan instead of Indigo Paia and was woven instead of printed (I spent at least an hour explaining this but this still is India and we are still working with Indians) we will see if they get it right the second time around, it could be worse.
My only worry for this design that it would be impossible to wash (and who wants to take their duvet to the dry-cleaners). I decided to test it... I first tested a pillow that has been on our daybed and was in need of cleaning (with 2 kids nothing stays clean around our house for long). I threw it in the wash, regular everything and tossed it in the drier, it turned out looking fine- even the silk border was unaffected although the block print did not look quite as metallic. Since this worked out so well I threw a duvet in the wash (delicate this time with low heat to dry) and it came out looking great- with the block print just as shiny. I do not know how they fare after several washings and my professional advise would still be to hand wash and line dry but I will personally be throwing mine in the washer and drier. Now I just need to settle on which one.
We are also getting all these colors and designs in bedcovers which have a simple velvet border around the block print velvet. Bedspreads are a great alternative for the tropics as they do not need a filling and though pretty light can be easily layered and kicked off during the summers sultry nights.
If you want to see all the pictures of these duvets check out our online store, you can get there through our website indigopaia.com.
this is the bedspread after it has been washed- this pic is taken with my phone so it is not all that but as you can see it washed up well... if you want to compare to the pre-washed photos it is the 3rd down.
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ok, just the idea of this blog has given me nightmares... but here it goes, don't expect more then 2 sentences from me.
I am going to start this blogging business with sharing the dress i made yesterday while the kids were napping, or rather Tristan napping and Evie screaming (we are still working on that one).
This was a skirt that Daniel brought back from Thailand, it is made from old hill-tribe fabric, but the skirt was ugly... a big black top with some all-too eighty's elastic that would be flattering on very few. So I was sitting at the jewelry counter looking at these skirts when I realized they would make adorable dresses! I took them home (7 in total) and went about making the dress. Cute pinktucks made it fit nicely and some elastic in the back kept it close and comfortabe (also makes it fit several sizes). Also I found some great buttons at a local sewing store.
This is the first of many dresses that I will be putting on our big cartel site and our etsy site.
Link to the big cartel site through indigopaia.com
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Leh, India 2009 Daniel Sullivan
In March I traveled to Leh, India .At 11,483 ft, bordering Tibet, Leh is one of highest towns on the planet. Dominated by the Tibetan and Ladakhi culture, the region is still largely nomadic. In the center of the town of Leh is the massive Leh Palace built in the same period as Tibet's Potala Palace once home to the now exiled Dali Lama.
The flight to Leh from Delhi was breathtakingly frightening. Soaring like a rapture, beaten down by the winds, we cut through some of the highest peaks of the himalaya, then bounced down to a landing at the worlds highest air strip. As I settled into my little guest house the affects of altitude quickly set in and it was soon hard to walk up several steps without stopping to gasp for air. Stubborn and intent to see the area's monasteries I took a car and driver to the Labring Si Monastery. Along the way we stopped at the sangam of the Zanzikar and Indus Rivers where I took this photo. It was an amazing site to see the emerald waters of the Zanzikar coming from Tibet flowing into the Indus heading down into India.
Sangam of the Indus and Zanzikar Rivers Daniel Sullivan
Leh traditionally had been a trading town along Central Asia's historic Silk Road.
Thee jewelry, stones and rugs I saw were largely coming from Tibet, India and Nepal. Below is an example of one of our rugs which would have been found and traded in Leh around the turn of the century. It is a Pau-Tu rug from Tibet circa. late 19th century. The traditional Tibetan Tiger rugs like these were used to replace the rugs made from the pelt of a Tiger that lamas used for meditation.
Antique Pao-Tu Rug circa. 19th century- Indigo Paia
Auspicious Tibetan Reliquary box- Indigo
Above is a Tibetan Reliquary box which we have at our store in Paia. It would have been worn on pilgrimages to Mt. Kailash and held the relics of departed monks and lamas. Below is one of the many amazing monasteries of Leh, India.
Leh, India 2009 Daniel Sullivan
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Welcome to our first blog. Indigo Paia is a small boutique on Maui's North Shore, specializing in home furnishing, custom jewelry, tribal art, and handmade rugs from Central Asia. My wife Caramiya Davies-Reid and I, Daniel Sullivan opened Indigo in November of 2005. Our goal was to bring beautiful arts and textiles from the places we loved to Maui while at the same time bringing work and support to the people of Central Asia.
Before we moved to Maui in 2005 Caramiya and I had been living in Kabul, Afghanistan where I was working as a photographer documenting the return of Afghanistan's Refuges after the war. I had spent the past five years photographing human rights issues in Central and South East Asia. From the refugee camps of Peshawar, Pakistan to the children of Cambodia I had witnessed a great deal of human beauty and suffering. My experiences had also brought me to love and appreciate the tribal arts, jewelry and antiquities of the region. Over the years I had begun to amass a collection that eventually would become the antiquities and relics of Indigo.For nearly two decades Caramiya's family Davies-Reid had been supporting a refugee weaving project bringing work, water and education to over 300 Afghan Refugees. Caramiya studied jewelry and fashion design at CCAC in San Francisco. Her eye for jewelry and interior designs are part of what makes Indigo so unique. Balancing tribal and contemporary with the finest textiles her one of a kind designs have been wonderful to watch develop over the years.Together when we left Afghanistan we began the work that would eventually bring us to Maui and help us realize our dream of opening a beautiful boutique. Please feel free to visit us anytime you are in Maui. Indigo is located at 149 Hana Highway in Paia on the North Shore.We hope this blog will help to inspire through our designs, travels and photography. The newest addition to the Indigo family Rose Potter will share her knowledge of Indian and tribal arts, while Caramiya shares her inspiration for design and I my love for Central and South East Asia through my photography. Please join us!Indigo Paia on Facebookhttp://photocrew.com/danielsullivan ----- EXTENDED BODY: ----- EXCERPT: Welcome to our first blog. Indigo Paia is a small boutique on Maui's North Shore, specializing in home furnishing, custom jewelry, tribal art, and handmade rugs from Central Asia. My wife Caramiya Davies-Reid and I, Daniel Sullivan opened Indigo in November of 2005. Our goal was to bring beautiful arts and textiles from the places we loved to Maui while at the same time bringing work and support to the people of Central Asia. ----- KEYWORDS: Indigo Paia, home furnishings, Daniel Sullivan, Caramiya Davies-Reid, Handmade Rugs in Maui, Afghanistan, Kabul, Davies-Reid, Paia Maui, tribal art ----- --------
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