Stumble across a hand-blown glass candy dish in Italy or a basket maker in rural Ohio?
The 3, 933-room Bellagio, famous for its in-house art collection that ranges from colourful Chihuly hand-blown glass sculptures to the current Claude Monet exhibition, is putting the finishing touches on its full remodel of all rooms and suites.
The bathroom now has a sloped ceiling, added windows, a skylight, hand-cut sky-blue glass tiles in the shower, a big white tub and contemporary oak cabinets with Carrara marble tops.
Hippies and yuppies rub shoulders during the event held on Alberta Street in Northeast Portland, and "hipsters showcase their latest patched vintage tweed jacket and creative take on facial hair to crowds that take in food truck fare, art, hand-sewn sock puppets, glass blown jars and any other obscure item your heart might ever have desired, " Moon writes.
The 15, 000-square-foot mansion, with views on the Intracoastal, has kept many of the architectural features that the flamboyant diva ordered, including hand-painted walls, a domed stained glass skylight, five fireplaces, intricate crown moldings, a velvet-covered old-style theatre with a performance stage, etc .
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Forensic science has a lot of romantic literature behind it, with many fictional detectives stalking the pages of whodunnits magnifying glass in hand and nicotine-source in mouth.
The artist noted the significance of showing in New York "Precious Stonewall" (2010), a block tower of blown-glass bricks draped in beads hand-cut in India.
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Among the notable objects here are two hand-carved Mbari figures and a headdress made of glass beads and cotton.
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He was fitting a small panel at the bottom left-hand side, a pane of bruised blue glass that showed the broken and suffering about to be transformed by light, almost the last piece in the window, when he fell.
I, on the other hand, see myself as a more of a glass-half-full kind of guy .
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On the other side of the basement Bilotta Kitchens of NewYork designed a wine cellar with a Tuscan theme, custom pine cabinetry, hand-chiseled Jerusalem gold limestone on the walls and floor and glass-and-mahogany wine racks.
Simpson has contended that his hand was cut when he broke the glass after being told of his ex-wife's death.
In fact, the whole resort is quite simplistic in design, if you look past its gravity-defying guest room wings: basic wooden slats are placed in straight or diagonal stripes, poured concrete provides dividers between the expansive living areas and dining room, every piece of furniture or pillow is locally made by hand, and there are no televisions just acres of glass overlooking the seal-grey sea and the ever-changing weather.
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Ultra-sharp scalpels used in delicate procedures like eye surgery are still crafted by hand from volcanic glass called obsidian.
In court on Tuesday, Mr Magnotta held his hand over his mouth and asked a court guard inside his glass defendant's box for a five-minute break.
It will be standing room only on the Capitol grounds -- the Secret Service says no lawn chairs, nor umbrellas or signs will be allowed -- and the lengthy list of banned items includes aerosol spray, air horns, coolers, glass, hand tools, laser pointers, pepper spray, strollers, and thermoses.
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