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A visual journey through the Ran Ruwan story — our heritage, craftsmanship, honours and film.

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Bride and groom wedding portrait — Premium Portraying with the couple's reference photograph
Unveiling a commissioned Premium Portraying of a gentleman at a company event
Flute-playing figure — Mineral Arts line artwork in natural mineral particles
Mineral portrait of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar — Premium Portraying with natural stone pigments
Framed 75th-anniversary commemorative artwork presented to His Eminence the Cardinal
Commemorative Lucion Fitness Club plaque rendered in mineral particles
Family unveiling a large framed Premium Portraying at a public event
Premium Portraying of a matriarch unveiled at the CA Sri Lanka Chartered Accountants Forum
Handing over a framed Premium Portraying at a CA Sri Lanka event
Premium Portraying detail — bearded gentleman rendered in natural mineral particles
Premium Portraying of a Gulf sheikh in traditional dress with ceremonial rifle
Premium Portraying of a smiling gentleman rendered in natural stone particles
Premium Portraying of an elderly statesman with spectacles
Client couple holding their Premium Portraying beside the reference photograph
Framed Premium Portraying of a Gulf sheikh in kaffiyeh and agal
Work in progress — a falconer portrait emerging in mineral powders
National Science and Technology Award 2006
Award of Excellence from the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects
Industrial Excellence Award 2011
Factory exterior — Hokandara North workshop
Artisan at work in the factory
Mineral sorting bench in the workshop
Finished portrait quality check
Packaging a completed mineral artwork
Workshop tools and mineral specimens
The historic mortar and pestle used to pulverize stones at the inception of Ran Ruwan
Hand grinding minerals with a mortar — early cottage workshop
Hand pulverizing stones with traditional tools
Sieving mineral particles by hand
Assembling a lampshade by hand in the cottage era
The very first Ran Ruwan shop at Majestic City, 1994
Early Ran Ruwan shop glowing with finished stone lamps
Cottage living room filled with early Ran Ruwan works
Ran Ruwan lamp display at the Serendib Nights hotel exhibition
International trade fair aisles — Ran Ruwan participation
Visitors touring an international trade fair
Sri Lanka national pavilion with Ran Ruwan booth at a trade fair
Founder A. A. R. L. Dias welcoming visitors at the Ran Ruwan trade fair booth
Ran Ruwan mineral crafts — video presentation Video
Ran Ruwan — video feature Video
Ran Ruwan documentary — part 1 Video
Ran Ruwan documentary — part 2 Video
Ran Ruwan documentary — part 3 Video
Knowledge — mineral crafting feature Video