| eading an interesting article with bright shiny pictures | | | | washroom though, I can see that some culture shock |
| recently that I found really impressive. The art in the | | | | could be inevitable if one found themselves in such a |
| pictures was big and bold with interesting textures | | | | facility. |
| and an off the wall modern feel. Some of the | | | | The downside that I can see to some of these |
| sculptural pieces had an interactive feel to them with | | | | fixtures and designs is what I like to call "The Seashell |
| jets of water that sprayed up or trickled down like | | | | Experience". Consider the movie Demolition Man; for |
| rain or waterfalls. All in all, it was a lovely installation of | | | | anyone who doesn't remember that particularly |
| art ... except it wasn't, it was a bathroom. | | | | stunning piece of film history, the main character is |
| Some of the products that have emerged in the last | | | | woken up after spending 40 years in suspended |
| few years in the area of bathroom design are utterly | | | | animation and quickly discovers that the future that |
| gorgeous. The big, solid, freestanding carved marble | | | | he has awakened into has evolved new bathroom |
| washstands look like pieces of abstract sculpture | | | | fixtures that he doesn't understand how to use. The |
| with water elements. The minimalist showers with | | | | only clue being a set of three seashell-shaped fixtures |
| glass tile mosaics and rain shower look more like | | | | where the toilet paper should be. At least he comes |
| elegant water fountains than places to wash in the | | | | out and admits that he doesn't understand the |
| morning. They're big and bold and innovative. | | | | process; how many of the rest of us would just |
| For those that have the money to spend on such | | | | spend the afternoon fiddling with the controls, too |
| unique works of functional art, there is a lot of | | | | embarrassed to come out? |
| interesting pieces out there to choose from. Pretty | | | | After reading through some of the sculptural design |
| much any item that you'd find in a bathroom you can | | | | articles, I worry a little about finding myself in one of |
| find in a sculptural version. There are carved stone | | | | these gorgeously decorated bathrooms and not |
| varieties, sculptural porcelain, ceramic, glass, bronze. | | | | knowing how to turn on the water or flush the toilet |
| Due to the fine quality of many of these items as | | | | but I suppose that as long as no one mistakes a |
| well as the vast quantity of some of them, many of | | | | stylish and dramatic piece of art for the commode |
| these items are quite pricey however. | | | | it's all good. |
| For those of us who're used to a far simpler form of | | | | |