http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com Welcome to our new weblog. On this site you will find an archive of articles and information, as well as news and feedback on a broad spectrum of topics. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:30:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2587 en hourly 1 http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/art/helly-nahmad-from-picasso-to-kandinsky/ http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/art/helly-nahmad-from-picasso-to-kandinsky/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:35:17 +0000 Michel Cruz http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/?p=364 In a world saturated with self-proclaimed experts and art dealers few can truthfully claim to be buyers and sellers of Picassos, Chagals and Kandinskys. For Helly Nahmad, it is part of a proud family dynasty that spans over 50 years. A man with such a diverse background could not do something banal for a living. Born in Lebanon of Syrian origin, Helly Nahmad grew up in Italy before living in France, Brazil, Argentina, Switzerland, and now in Marbella, Southern Spain. The result is a lively and inquisitive personality that has served him well, for it is his ability to connect with a broad range of people that has proved a particularly valuable asset in his unique line of work. ]]> http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/art/helly-nahmad-from-picasso-to-kandinsky/feed/ 0 http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/art/brilliant-designs/ http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/art/brilliant-designs/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:05:34 +0000 Michel Cruz http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/?p=159 Many of the world’s famous brands may come from Paris, Milan and London, but whilst in many cases iconic, much of what they make is actually produced on a considerable scale. For one-off pieces designed and made by master craftsmen, smaller bespoke jewellers are making a welcome comeback. There was a time when jewellers were not part of large corporate brands but made handcrafted pieces designed uniquely for individual clients. These were the times when a master jeweller was more an artist than an artisan, often crossing over between jewellery making, art and sometimes even architecture. René Lalique is a fine example, but in actual fact many of today’s famous names still trade on reputations earned over a century ago. ]]> http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/art/brilliant-designs/feed/ 0 http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/freelance-writing/an-artist%e2%80%99s-retreat/ http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/freelance-writing/an-artist%e2%80%99s-retreat/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:03:19 +0000 Michel Cruz http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/?p=125 Born in Rio de Janeiro of Spanish parents, Armando Sendin spent his early years in São Paulo and Porto Alegre. Inspired by the rich light of southern Spain, he has been producing a prolific body of work that has long since seen him established as the leading representative of Brazilian realism. Works inspired by this light and created within this studio now hang on the walls of collectors and museums in Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, Washington DC and Paris.]]> http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/freelance-writing/an-artist%e2%80%99s-retreat/feed/ 0 http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/copywriting/design-dna-future-designers/ http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/copywriting/design-dna-future-designers/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:37:31 +0000 Michel Cruz http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/copywriting/design-dna-future-designers/ Ross Lovegrove is one of the world’s most prolific designers, with a portfolio ranging from furniture to water bottles, from airplane seats to Thermos flasks. When he speaks of design, he uses terms more suited to a biologist, doctor or bio-engineer. In other words, his vocabulary, like his design work, is pervaded with an organic, natural theme that takes physical form in such structures as his ‘DNA Staircase’ or the iconic biolove bicycle. ]]> http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/copywriting/design-dna-future-designers/feed/ 0 http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/freelance-writing/murano-glass-design-art-colour/ http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/freelance-writing/murano-glass-design-art-colour/#comments Fri, 18 May 2007 15:23:54 +0000 Michel Cruz http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/freelance-writing/murano-glass-design-art-colour/ Since ancient times, glass has been revered for the mystical, supernatural aura produced by the magical interplay of light as it hits the transparent material and turns crystal to liquid. Not surprisingly, magicians told the future with it, chemists and alchemists studied it and beautiful women desired it. Equally mesmerised by this versatile material, jewellers and artists started working with glass too, creating works of art that evoke every bit as much emotion and awe as gold and jewels]]> http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/freelance-writing/murano-glass-design-art-colour/feed/ 1 http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/freelance-writing/fatima-quesada-clay-ceramic-art/ http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/freelance-writing/fatima-quesada-clay-ceramic-art/#comments Thu, 10 May 2007 16:30:13 +0000 Michel Cruz http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/freelance-writing/fatima-quesada-clay-ceramic-art/ Fátima Quesada was scarcely out of school when she left her hometown Madrid to search for artistic inspiration among the bewitching monuments of old Granada. Thrilled by the ancient mosaics of the Alhambra, she developed a fascination for the mysteries of ceramics and promptly enrolled in classes. ]]> http://michel-cruz.rimontgo.com/freelance-writing/fatima-quesada-clay-ceramic-art/feed/ 0