“You look like a million dollars”

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Laban Roomes of Goldgenie has teamed up with sculptures Wrightson and Platt to create “you look like a million dollars”, an exclusive portrait service allowing your loved ones to be immortalised in precious metal and stones.

The portraits are sculpted at their London studio and then cast into bronze, glass and precious metals by specialist foundries within the UK.

Surfaces are enriched and embellished with precious gems and gold by Goldgenie in Hatton Gardens.
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24 karat gold automobile sculptures

Gold+Automobile 24 karat gold automobile sculpturesFor more than 25 years, Michael Dunlap has crafted uniquely original automobile models. Typically they are built to 1:12 scale, hand engraved and finished in 24 Karat gold. They are purchased for different reasons — their beauty as artwork, display in museums and trophies to commemorate special automotive racing events.

Mike+Dunlap 24 karat gold automobile sculpturesEach model is a commissioned order. Therefore, the price is determined by the complexity of the project desired by the client. The Indy cars displayed on the website got sold off for $60,000 and the NASCAR models managed to generate $70,000. Mike Dunlap is currently pricing a yacht, for a potential client in Dubai, for around $180,000.

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Indian and Southeast Asian Art

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If you believe in Buddha and his ideologies then some corner of your house would be housing a big or small figure of Buddha in any one of his forms.

If not then take a look at the gilted bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara belonging to the 13 century from Tibet.

Unlike the hieratic, frontal, and often powerful images that typify many Southeast Asian sculptures, this figure of Avalokiteshvara is portrayed in a less formal position.
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Artistic Art suites for the Ice Hotel

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Mesmerize yourself with the artictic sculptures at the Ice Hotel. The world famous Ice Hotel is located at Jukkasjärvi, Sweden.

Globally renowned ice sculpture artist gather to display their talent on ice at the ice hotel. The Ice Hotel has an Ice Church and Ice Bar.These art suites are made from the frozen water of Torne River.

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The Ice Hotels exhibition has artist fro all parts of the world who gather in this small Swedish village, 200 km north of the Arctic Circle, to create an exclusive art exhibition: ICEHOTEL in Jukkasjärvi.

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