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The first time Mary Maxwell saw a Victorian lamp shade, she was hooked. It was the most incredibly gorgeous thing I had ever seen, recalls Maxwell, an artist and founder of Heart Enterprises, Victorian Lampshades designs, kits, and instructional DVDs.
I had to know how to make them, I was driven, that was in 1972.

Since then, Maxwell has become the Nations Premiere Designer of and has sold hundreds of her beautiful Victorian lamps to clients across the United States and through out the world.

Each shade is meticulously hand-sewn using imported silks, velvets and other fine materials and decorated with rosettes, vintage trims and beaded fringe to complete the beautiful beaded lamp shade design.

By 1990, Maxwells work which sells for an average of $750 for a completed lamp & shade saw such demand, that she decided to create a series of 3 instructional videos, now-(DVDs) to teach step by step the techniques for making lamp shades.
All you need is basic sewing skills, and with Maxwells instructions you can create a family heirloom yourself.

The beginner program How to Make is 75mins. And walks the viewer thru the entire process of making a Victorian lampshade.
This technique is for all sizes and styles and you can make many lampshades with just this instruction. The next program is How to Make Victorian SUGAR Shades and Other Advanced Techniques. This Advanced program is also 75 mins. and does not repeat anything from the Beginner program. The 3rd program is
How to Restore Traditional Style Lampshades. 65 mins. and a completely different way of recreating the Bell or Drum, or Italian style lampshades that have an inside stretch lining. Maxwells programs are the only ones that teach the art of hand sewing these beautiful lampshades, quality is built to last. Maxwell is available for your questions via email to or sign up for her free newsletter thru the website www.VictorianLampshadeSupply.com

In addition, Maxwells work has been showcased in numerous magazines, and books, including, Victorian Homes , Romantic Country, Victorian Decorating magazine, and on the Discovery Channel- Creative Living and the Christopher Lowell home show. Maxwell was nominated as Craft Designer of the Year in 1997 .

For your convenience, she has available many Ornate Lampshade Frames, Bead Fringes, or complete lampshade KITS, plus and bridge lamps. To see her selection visit her online store. www.VictorianLampshadesupply.com

Nicholas Chistiakov is a emerging North-American contemporary artist and painter working with diverse media. He began painting in 1990-ies and actively working in the present. His creative oeuvre is a vivid reflection of modernity, an artistic response to our time. In his works he uses variety of subjects, ranging from mythic figures to epic seascapes. He explores painting in a multiple ways, utilizing styles ranging from photorealist painting to almost abstract. He is restricting himself from naturalist vision of reality in favor of abstract artistic goals. For him any subject is an interplay of form, shadow and light. His painting are often images of biomorphic semi-abstracted figures isolated in the painterly space. His art is a personal reflection of important events of our time. He seeks for an iconic imagery that represents modernity. Events of 9-11 left a specific trace on his art. Man’s tragedy and suffering are the main subjects for many of his works. Such works as “The Midday Suicide” is an iconic interpretation of wasted life, possibly very relevant to understanding of lives of those female suicide bombers whose actions are widely known and have a great impact on the way we perceive life and death in present time. Everything might be over in the fraction of seconds. Humanity don’t have a control of a fragile life no longer. Phenomenon of momentary death is an extremely important for the painter. Sometime he uses depictions of known people in his art, he has created a series of portraits of screaming and exploding George Bush, an artist’s vision for what was happening in day of September 11 2001. Artists seeking for his own language, he concludes that contemporary art should search for different methods and forms than art of the past. Old masters indeed great, their art is belongs to the history, but modernity require different vision, methods and approaches. His art is extremely influenced by photography. Modern media greatly affected the process of painting. While taking his subjects directly from photographs, artist restricts himself from copying photographs exactly – his art often is an abstracted blurred interpretation of photography. Epic landscapes and seascapes are characteristic for his oeuvre as well – he see the nature as an eternal entity which is the connection of past, present and future. Artist actively using color in his art. His photo-based paintings are often monochromatic, while figurative paintings are often use bright palette and almost primary colors. His art is not likely associated with the pop culture, this is rather depiction of subjects of everyday life, common and familiar to everyone. He seeks for a greatness of unimportant, rather unnoticed. He puts reality at the different angle. He finds the moments in the daily routine which is important and might be timeless. He is often able to capture time itself – in the complex game of strokes of paint we observe the years of life, from the beginning to the end, from the cradle to the grave.

Stephen Devassy, a musical arranger, composer, performer, and educator at his audio engineering school, is well known to mix his music with contemporary and classical styles. His style can be compared as a collage of music across the continents, centuries, and genres. He is also well known as an enchanting stage performer, music arrangement innovator and original composer. Stephens career, which spans more or less 13 years, has given him the chance to arranged, compile and edit music for more than 2000 songs and these were in different languages.

Stephen, who comes from the Palakkad district in Ottapalam, has been showing his talent with the piano since his early adulthood. At this time, he started receiving different opportunities to perform and even work with the best musical artist in India, which include, Zakir Hussain, A.R. Rahman, Hariharan and Amjad Ali Khan to name a few. However, it was not until the last 6 years, when he began performing in Chennai, that he became interested in his vision, to open a professional recording studio and an audio engineering school. His first vision came true when he opened the Musik Lounge Studios in Saligramam. This recording studio is a professional mixing and production studio where artist can record, edit, compile and finish their music. His second vision, the Musik Lounge School of Audio Technology found in Vadapalani, has the latest technology related to audio engineering and production. The school is definitely one of the most updated in the area.

According the Stephen, working in Chennai lets him gain a solid foothold with the Indian film industry, specifically with the music production side. Some of the songs the Malayalam films use are largely made in the Chennai area. Because of the heavy work load the studio has, and the very easy accessibility for performers, Stephen decided to open a school. Enrollees at Stephens audio engineering school are given hands on experience with the music making science. The students also meet professionals and experienced audio engineers. This gives them the change to ask questions about the industry.

According to Stephen, happiness being felt by the listeners is the whole point of music. This happiness can only be achieved if the performer plays what the audience wants to listen to or is expecting to hear. Proper training, whether you are a performer or an audio engineer, is vital since its the only way for you to know if youre making your output correctly and if the people will like it.

Weddings in Delhi have their own beauty and every bride dreams to look stunning and astonishing on the most auspicious day of her life. The best bridal makeup helps to achieve the desired look on the wedding day while keeping in mind that the over makeup can make you look plastic faced. Only a best Wedding make up artist can fulfill this dream.

You should keep in mind that you look naturally beautiful and for that you have the option of choosing the natural makeup to achieve an heavenly look. First thing you should start doing few months before your wedding is to take care of your skin and for that you should drink plenty of water, avoid junk food and opt for healthy eating options.

The next step is the hiring of a professional and well-trained Wedding Makeup Artist in Delhi, at least one month before so that he/she can analyze of your skin and hair and provide you with the best skin and diet regime and give you the best suitable makeup. A good makeup artist always does facial and hair makeup trial beforehand in order to find out the suitable products according to your skin. With all these tests, you can opt what you desire for and choose the best makeup and hair style for yourself.

Another important thing is to show your wedding dress and jewelry to your makeup artist so that he/she can coordinate and arrange your makeup and hair with your wedding attire. Also, it is always best to discuss our choice and taste so that the makeup artist can improve.

Then comes a spray tan, it is also an important makeup tip before your wedding. If you are not naturally tanned, you might look pale in your wedding dress; therefore you can go for a spray tan, a subtle tan a couple of days before your wedding will make you look extraordinarily beautiful.

The wedding makeup starts with the pre-bridal makeup procedure a month before the wedding. The bride gets all the pampering through hair and body spa, facials, pedicure, manicure etc.

These are few important tips which you can make your wedding memorable for lifetime. However, all these makeup tips and efforts of your Best makeup artist in delhi will be waste, if you would feel low or sad on the day, so keep yourself happy and excited about the event. Then, you will notice that your makeup will look definitely enhance your look.