Need advice...

[Androssi]

OK, here goes:

My girlfriends birthday's coming up and she's originally from Moldova but moved to the UK when she was 7. I'd have no problems getting good presents BUT I don't want to settle for good!

I'd like to get her some original artwork from Moldova ( or Russia) for her, doesn't have to be a professional artist but i'm just asking in case someone could help me with this....?

Anyone? Also any ideas or advice would be good bearing in mind i'm a semi-poor uni student.

Thanks,


please note if people start posting "funny" or "witty" replies i'll cry.

[Ic3]

This is a funny and witty reply...

[Androssi]

This is a funny and witty reply...


No it isn't.

[lostreality]

eBay??

[Girl.]

I'm not sure of where in the UK you are, but I was there a year and a half ago, doing the tourist thing. I spent quite a bit of time visiting English cathedrals and churches, and discovered that a lot of Russian icon-style art was for sale in church shops. Much of it has a religious motif, but from memory, I did find some that pictured non-religious imagery. The icons I found were made of blocks of wood, painted with egg tempera and gold leaf, and ranged in price from a few pounds for a miniature to hundreds of pounds for a large icon. Maybe you could look into that?

[dozer]

i know theres a russian market in bayswater, they sell pushkin dolls, probably of very little use to you

[jambo]

"I'll take 1 art!"

What's your budget?

[King_Crud]

isn't Moldova that fictional country that a fake travel book was written about, by the late show guys?

[Androssi]

isn't Moldova that fictional country that a fake travel book was written about, by the late show guys?

Damn it! Your right, i made up a girlfriend and stupidly said she came from a country that doesn't exist. Such a schoolboy error.


i know theres a russian market in bayswater, they sell pushkin dolls, probably of very little use to you

Well, you are quite right but after all, caring is sharing and it's nice to know you care.


I'm going back to uni next week so i guess i'll ask some other russian girls for help as they have friends and family over there. It also gives me something to talk about with them...or i could just fake it.

Thanks for your help