Journeys From A Small Room

Brick Lane Amazing Street Art In London

Posted by Annette Johnson on April 10, 2018

Posted in: United Kingdom. Tagged: #expression, #old, #red, #street, #symbol, #white, abandoned, abstract, aged, alley, artistic, back, backdrop, brick, colorful, concrete, cracked, dark, decay, decoration, design, dirty, distressed, door, frame, ghetto, graffiti, grunge, grungy, lane, light, london, material, mural, paint, pattern, rough, spray, stained, texture, town, urban, wall. Leave a comment

Brick Lane is world famous for its street art, which features artists such as Banksy, D*Face and Ben Eine. Brick Lane has been used in many music videos such as “Glory Days” by Just Jack and “All These Things That I’ve Done” by The Killers.

Artists from all over the world and the UK come here to paint, safe in the knowledge that they will get an appreciative audience.

The street art is constantly changing, new work is created, new artists come to the area. From one day to the next exciting finds will always be made.

Zeravshan Valley and 7 Lakes of Shing- Northern Tajikistan

Posted by Annette Johnson on April 10, 2018

Posted in: Tajikistan. Tagged: #culture, #destination, #ethnicity, #exterior, #heritage, #medieval, #old, #outdoors, #temple, #tourism, #tradition, #travel, archaeological, buildings, citadel, civilization, clay-bricks, discover, famous, fortress, geographical, hill, historical, journey, landscape, location, magnificent, mountains, panjakent, pendjikent, pre-islamic, proto-urban, remote, river valley, ruins, rural, sarazm, scenery, silk road, sogdiana, soghdians, sughd province, sunlight, Tajikistan, zeravshan, zoroastrianism. Leave a comment

During my trip across Central Asia I journeyed to this amazing area of Northern Tajikistan. I will let the images speak for themselves. Yes the sky is that blue and yes the lakes are that colour! and glacial cold too! The Zeravshan Valley (also Zarafshan or Zarafshon) is situated in northern Tajikistan, embedded between the impressive mountain ranges of the western Pamir-Alai massive.“Zeravshan” – which means “Golden River” in Tajik –is the main stream which crosses the valley and which supplies its inhabitants with a most precious resource: water. The area is famous for its unique mountain landscapes and its beautiful lakes: the Alauddin lakes, the Kulikalon lakes, Iskanderkul Lake, the seven lakes of Shing among many others. While being an important tourism and recreation destination during the Soviet era of dispatch tourism, it is now an insiders’ tip among those interested in mountain trekking, alpinism and the little travelled branches of the silk road.

Dragon Coffee Korat

Posted by Annette Johnson on April 10, 2018

Posted in: Thailand. Tagged: #fire, #flame, #mask, #sculpture, arc, build, construction, craftsman, engineer, equipment, factory, flash, framework, gas, helmet, hot, industrial, industry, iron, job, joint, labor, light, man, manufacture, manufacturing, metal, metalwork, occupation, pipe, production, protection, repair, safety, skill, spark, steel, structure, technical, technology, Thailand, tool, weld, welded, welder, welding, work, worker, workplace. Leave a comment

Based in Chachoengsao, about 40km from Korat in Thailand, this cool company creates absolutely unique life size statues based on movie characters. The collection includes life size predator/alien replicas, Transformers statues, Star Wars and Terminator Figures. Besides that, it also includes sculptures of superheroes such as Iron man, Captain America, Hulk and Spider man. Plus many many Cartoon favourites. Each scrap metal art statue is hand-made from recycled car parts. Car and motorcycle parts, screws and gears welded together to most original and unique sculptures. These expressive figures are produced according to hand made plans, polished and painted. Their strength lies in the detail. Up to 8 meter high sculptures are dismantled in up to 10 parts. Each object is unique.

Tanjavur Palace- Tamil Nadu – India

Posted by Annette Johnson on April 10, 2018

Posted in: Indian Subcontinent. Tagged: #craft, #craving, #culture, #destination, #detail, #empire, #ethnicity, #exterior, #fretwork, #god, #handicraft, #handmade, #heritage, #hindu, #hinduism, #hindustan, #holy, #india, #luxurious, #luxury, #macro, #marble, #medieval, #mythology, #nadu, #old, #ornament, #palace, #religion, #rich, #sculpture, #site, #spring, #stone, #summer, #symbol, #tamil, #temple, #thanjavur, #tower, #traditional, #world heritage, #world heritage sites, #worship. Leave a comment

The Thanjavur Maratha Palace Complex, known locally as Aranmanai, is the official residence of the Bhonsle family which ruled over the Tanjore region from 1674 to 1855 Tanjuvar Palace was built in 1636 by King Thirumalai Nayak with the help of an Italian Architect. The building we see today was the main Palace where the King lived. The original Palace Complex was four times bigger than the present structure. This palace consisted mainly of two parts, namely Swargavilasa and Rangavilasa. In these two parts, there are royal residence, theatre, shrine, apartments, armoury, palanquin place, royal bandstand, quarters, pond and garden. King Thirumalai Nayak celebrated festivals like Sceptre festival, Navarathri, Chithirai festival, Masi festival and the Float festival. He conducted daily dance and music performances in the palace. This palace was destroyed by his grandson Chokkanatha Nayak and the valuables were transferred to other places.