{"product_id":"bamboo-and-flame","title":"Bamboo and Flame","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 22.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAt once structural and serene, \u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;\"\u003eBamboo \u0026amp; Flame\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e by designer and artist Aku Zeliang is a sculptural candle stand that reconceives the potential of indigenous materials. Created for Nilaya Anthology’s “\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;\"\u003eA Gathering of Light”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, the piece is a striking fusion of form, craft, and context - crafted entirely from bamboo and cane, rooted in the rich material culture of Northeast India.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 22.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 22.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eEach element- bamboo pole, cane binding, ceramic choker-is a narrative in itself. The raw materials are individually harvested from Zeliang’s \u003ci\u003eHeirloom Naga Centre's\u003c\/i\u003e raw material farm, and treated using indigenous methods passed down through generations-an alchemy of time, tradition, and tactility. The result is not just craft, but care, embedded in every joint and junction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 22.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 22.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBound with cane in a latticework reminiscent of architectural trussing, the design rises in rhythmic scaffolds. Ceramic chokers in orange hue hold the candles in quiet balance-unexpected, sculptural, precise. It’s a rare material interplay that speaks of region, reinvention, and restraint.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 22.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 22.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eOnly a handful were made. For the few who understand structure as beauty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AKU KAURINTA ZELIANG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43049616015440,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0586\/5845\/5632\/files\/1T5A8645_2dc2751c-2d2a-4302-88b8-d9ca83e30cb0.jpg?v=1792666938","url":"https:\/\/akuzeliang.com\/products\/bamboo-and-flame","provider":"Aku Zeliang","version":"1.0","type":"link"}