Press ReleaseCongratulations on an amazing showing in the 2008 ADEX Awards Competition. This year's competition was the most hotly contested in the last 13 years with over 300 companies entering more than 1,200 products.
We have just completed the judging in your category and you really hit it out of the park this year. Your Winners and their respective levels are listed in below in blue.
Small Apothecary chest; Platinum
Heaven and Earth; Gold
Tea Display Cabinet; Silver
Regards,
John Moses
Publisher
Design Journal
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"...'Ying: Inspired by the Art and History of China' that opens Saturday at the Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz...
... April Shen of Shen's Gallery has re-created a scholar's room that not only reveals a very personal interior of exquisite antiquity, but conveys the aesthetic from which the pursuit of art and the discipline of calligraphy were natural expression..."
From "Art inspired by culture, history of China" by Maureen Davidson in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, February 17, 2008
"... At Shen's Gallery and Imports in Santa Cruz, Calif., where 17th to 20th century imports are featured, April Shen reported that 19th century imports are 'now inexpensive for certain pieices'. Her clients look for 19th century functional wood furniture such as tables, chairs, and cabinets. In the realm of decorative arts, they tend to like bamboo or wood baskets and small country stools made of natural woods. Prices cover a wide span, from less than $100 for a small stool, to as much as $20,000 for an exceptional cabinet. Prices vary depending on rarity, workmanship, design, color, carving, and rare lacquer work,' Shen reports...
...Eighteenth century China imports may not be as readily available as the 19th century pieces, but as April Shen points out, 'They are incomparible in terms of the art forms and the way they are put together.' They have an enthusiastic following...
...April Shen feels that clients looking for 18th century imports at her Gallery 'are affluent buyers who are either collectors or want an interesting piece for thier home.' There are also interior designers and museums that are interested in 17th to 19th century examples. 'Superb design elements are a priority' for Shen's Galleries clients choosing tables, cabinets, stools, and chests. Popular decorative arts objects have blue and white motifs, and include porcelain vases, jars, bowls, and decorative plates.' Shen's sells 18th century imports in a wide range of prices, and typically, $2,000 will buy a side chair, if you are lucky, Shen observed. 'A very rare hardwood cabinet possibly decorated with carving' might go for $30,000-$60,000..."
From "Chinese Imports" by Mildred Jailer-Chamberlain in Antiques and Collecting Magazine, January 2005 issue
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