From the LAEM Store: Mechanical LED Watch

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By Alison Shepard in New Products on Wednesday 3 October 2012

This Mechanical LED Watch by Watch Design is a boatload of bells and whistles, all wrapped up in a sleek sophisticated style. The piece features a handmade Lithopane dial: a piece of carved art that becomes 3D when backlit. Add the LED backlight to this to ensure the effect (and be handy at night!), then add a handmade leather strap, and it’s hot enough to stand on its own as a jewelry piece. Check out this and other Watch Design products in the Lost At E Minor store.

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Colossus installation by Miri Chais at Shay Arye Gallery

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By miri chais in New Events on Saturday 12 March 2011

In my installation, Colossus, at Shay Arye Gallery, a video stream flows towards the giant Colossus (three metres tall) like ‘the river that issues from Eden to water the garden’ [Genesis 2:10]. However, unlike abundance in its enlightened or spiritual sense, the river flowing through the exhibition is a river of excess.

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