The Beauty of Glass and Crystal

Did I tell you that I love anything which is clear, transparent and especially in aqua colours?
I am collecting glass as well as crystals and dream of having a place one day where I could use my treasures for decoration. At the moment they all live a sad life, cramped together on a shelf in my bedroom waiting for the moment to be released...

That's one of the reasons why I loved this delicate and simple dining room - the decoration is beautifully natural and fragile - nothing that disturbs the impression of living with much light. The only thing I would change here - if it were my dining room - I would add some more art to the facing wall - it looks a bit too bare to my eyes.

(original image source www.housebeautiful.com)

I have the perfect painting for this place - don't you think? It is from the Minerals series, painted in acrylic on cotton and depicts the image of a huge Aquamarine - this is also the title of this painting. It repeats exactly the colour of the wonderful glass decoration.

The painting tries to depict the wonderful colours and transparency of aquamarines which could not be better representatives for clear water - the most precious treasure we have on this planet...

"Aquamarine"
(from the "Minerals" series)
40" x 13", acrylic on cotton

©Petra Voegtle

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A Firework of Colours - in a Crystal

Remember the other painting about tourmalines? It is here. This is another one with completely different colours and different shapes. Tourmalines belong to the most variegated minerals. Take the complete colour wheel and you will have all potential hues and shades of the crystal.That's so fascinating with tourmalines.

This one has been painted in acrylic on cotton. You can hang it with or without an additional frame. Illuminated with the right light the colours of this painting start to glow...

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"Tourmaline II"

(from the "Crystals and Minerals" series)

40" x 13", acrylic on cotton

©Petra Voegtle

Some virtual examples of a room with this painting on the wall are enclosed in the following links: interior1, interior2

I have added some photos of this fascinating mineral:

(image source: http://mineralminers.com/)

And here is another, very unusual tourmaline crystal in order to show you how variegated this mineral is:

(image source: http://www.crystal-treasure.com)
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LUXURY FANTASIES: Cooking in a crystalized Kitchen?

uroWould this belong to your ultimate fantasies of luxury? A hyper-modern kitchen design with magical stones everywhere? Maybe these crystals inherit a kind of spell which would make your dishes automatically a fantastic experience for your taste buds and those of your guests! But who on earth would dare to make a mess in a kitchen such as this one

"Auro is a Spanish company, which is great in production and design kitchen furniture. It offers high quality products to consumers for 25 years. It always presents contemporary designs and perfect craftsmanship finishes, but on its 25th birthday it has surpassed itself and has created an excellent luxury kitchen. Its name Crystal25 perfectly reflects the main its feature: cabinet doors incrusted by Swarovski crystals." Continue to read...

all images from original source www.auroweb.es
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