ArabCrunch: achtART, e-shopping Site for Arts and Crafts from Arab and Lebanese Artists and Craftsmen

http://arabcrunch.com/2011/05/achtart-e-shopping-site-for-arts-and-crafts-from-arab-and-lebanese-artists-and-craftsmen.html

achtART is an E-Commerce site for Arts and Crafts says it aims at helping regional and Lebanese artists and crafts-people showcase their artistic creations through an online platform and offer those creations for sale.

The site showcase artists products according to the category they belong to: paintings, home/ office accessories, design jewelry, wooden structures, not for profit, furnitures and fashion accessories.

Like any other e-commerce site achtART allows you to view items with their price add them to shopping cart and buy them at checkout. The website also features some of its artists.

The site has a nice concept but since it is about art, I think it should improve its design and UI.

Sandra Sahyoun: Painter and Furniture Designer

Born in 1978, Sandra Kheir Sahyoun graduated in interior design with a specialization in furniture design from ALBA (Academie Libanaise des Beaux Arts) where she currently teaches interior design. She held many solo exhibitions in Lebanon (Robert Mouawad Private Museum, State of Art Gallery), in Vienna ("Rathaus" Municipality of Vienna, Raiffeizen Central Bank, Parliament of Vienna , Kunstraum Gallery,...), in Paris (Office du Tourisme Libanais) and participated in several collective exhibitions.



Sandra cannot be restricted to a single art school. She wanders freely between them to such an extent that she finds no boundaries between abstract and reality in her acrylics, oils or watercolors. She finds her inspiration from raw material in her daily life, the media broth and hundreds of photographs throughout her travels. Transparency alternates between the figure and the background and we can see through the space opening between silhouettes, graphic symbols, abstract or geometrical shapes, another layer of reality... Her designs are the fruit of a permanent dialogue between oriental traditions and purity of lines. Having at her disposal a large variety of wooden essences, Sandra Kheir Sahyoun, re-worked the "marquetrie" in a way to change it from a simple two-dimensional veneer to a real three-dimensional structural process of assembling wood as if skin turned out to be the skeleton at the same time.

Sandra is proudly a part of achtART.com's artists. You can find her page here: www.achtart.com/sandra-sahyoun

Lebanese Colombien Artist, Denise Daccach

Denise Daccach Fiat, is a Lebanese designer who lives between Lebanon and Cali, Colombia, S.A. She first studied fashion design in Paris and continued with jewelry design.

Denise has taken part in several jewelry exhibitions in Colombia, Panama and Argentina. In her workshop she creates exclusive designs made in sterling silver, natural and semi precious stones with the label of KANZ.

Denise's designs are proudly a part of achtART.com, and you can find them at www.achtart.com/denise-daccach

Mizalla.com: Meet Achtart, Lebanese Arts Sold Online!

Posted by Pascale M. under News in http://www.mizalla.com

We’ve just discovered Achtart.com, an e-commerce shop that helps regional and Lebanese artists promote and sell their creations online. The website was launched beginning May 2011 with a collection of handmade jewelry, crafts, and paintings.

According to Achtart’s owner, the need for such a portal became apparent when her friend, a jewelry designer, found it hard to sell her hand-made ornaments. This soon sparked the idea of a platform that allows artists to showcase their work and sell it.

The owner co-runs a family business and has decided to give more time to this artistic venture. She described how the initiative will help sustain communities and revive rare arts by allowing craftspeople to market their handiworks internationally. Right now, Achtart is online with a limited choice of artifacts. However, it intends on becoming a broader platform and a hub for online arts and crafts in the Middle East.

You can take a look at Achtart here, follow them on Twitter and like their Facebook Page.

Zakharef by Hoda Hajj

Zakharef is Hoda Hajj's paintbrush tapestry and creative tunnel of sharing her artwork with family, friends and art lovers of all kinds. It is simply an atelier of art. With her humble beginnings as an amateur artist, she has now chosen art as a profession. She draws inspiration from simple design patterns to nature's most complex mosaic of colors, shapes and textures.

Zakharef has one of the greatest and most creative varieties of handmade crafts, furniture and household accessories.

Ms. Hajj is also an interior decorator and consultant on transforming your home into a playful, comfortable and cozy living space. An item from Zakharef is a fantastic way to lively-up a room. www.zakharef-art.com

More of Zakhref on achtART.com!

Free Jewelry Making Videos

By Maire Loughran,

About.com Guide April 30, 2011

If you are interested in jewelry making or metal working don't miss subscribing to Rio Grande's free instructional videos. At present there are over 100 videos available online. If you aren't particularly interested in the one currently playing, double click on the All link on the top menu bar to access all the videos.

Happy viewing from achtART.com!

Nayla Ghazali's Shawls & Scarves

Nayla Moawad Ghazali is a Lebanese fashion designer who started her career by designing clothes and bags. But it has been more than ten years that she designs only shawls and scarves. Nayla participates in exhibitions in and out of Lebanon.

Check out more of Neyla's wonderful shawls and scarves on achtART.com