"The idea was to learn new skills which are more physical in nature-like craftsmanship and require step-by-step instruction," Sanghi tells The Creators Project.
"Besides liking the craftsmanship, I also paint realistically because it's important to me and my practice that the viewer fully recognizes the scenes I'm painting, and to became aware of these scenes in their own lives," he adds.
Identifying Quaker tombstones by sight alone is difficult because, like Quaker craftsmanship in general, they are designed to be simple and modest.
MES: Not sure that sounds like good craftsmanship.
After a while they begin to feel a bit too precious and also mechanical, more like feats of craftsmanship than painting (or even feats of nature, like slices of finely veined stone).
The first African-American to rise to the top of the international contemporary design world, Burks would like to fuse local craftsmanship techniques from around the globe with well-known luxury brands.
Sitting next to her was Jean-Eudes Neton, 43, another Vermont empolyee, who said that events like Les Journées bolstered craftsmanship, especially in troubled economic times like those in Europe today.
