Rustnstuff: 09/15

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

A mixture of matters - storms, moon and flowers.

The weather in our neck of the world has been a little crazy. Whilst there has been some good opportunities to view the moon; there have also been times when the safest and driest place was indoors.

A few photos of the storms we have been having including falling hail (small bits) which is a little unusual in our part of the world.

Some interesting light and cloud shows in the valley.

My moon watching started with a see-through moon in a blue sky whilst we ate lunch. Obviously it progressed to early evening, then early morning and then the moon after sunrise in a blue grey sky. I'm still fascinated by the rotation of the moon from moonrise to moonset.

We have been very lucky with the flowers this year - gorgeous Waratahs; and the second of our newly planted roses - a very deep red and just amazing aroma.

Not a lot of dull moments on the mountain.

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Townsville placemaking sculptural walk...

When we were in Townsville last weekend Fiona and I managed to do a walk in and around the old army barracks which has now been converted into a number or public, art and memorial spaces for the community.

We were very impressed with the vision of the Townsville local government to include quite a lot of sculptural works that tell the story of the place. I want to share a few photos of some of the pieces. Not all the pieces and not necessarily in the oder of viewing on the walk.

I also took a number of photos of bronzes circles set in the pathway - but that can be for another time. The other thing that impressed me about the sculptures was that they were all on a fairly large scale and had real presence as one moved from one piece to the other.

Friday, September 25, 2015

What is it about leaves?

The last couple of weeks has seen me make over 100 silver-plated leaves - ranging in size from 7cm for Daily Leaf Word sets to 12.5cm for a commission of 20 leaves with stamped words of inspiration. I never get bored with making leaves as they always bring joy and sometimes a sense of calm when folk receive them.

The person who commissioned 20 silver-plated leaves wanted to give them as gifts to a significant group of people he had been on a life-career changing course with 25 years or so ago. We discussed the reason I make leaves with words - I said to me leaves are a symbol of many things including: life, growth, change and renewal; and the words are just an added dimension. He thought that was perfect for the individuals in his group. In addition to my normal inspirational words we added other words such as: respect, reflect, balance, simplicity, authentic. I had delivered 5 leaves as they were needed in a hurry - the balance (with a couple of spares) is below.

I'm making five sets of Daily Leaf Words as I'm totally out of stock again - and I want to take some to the expo in a couple of weeks.

The Daily Leaf Words bowls (about 11cm in diameter) were made from a few of the trays that came back from our Townsville trip.

A good end to the week and a Friday. I'm off to make pizza and drink some red with Fiona.

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Abundance

The mornings are much brighter - even at 6am it is too light to see the colour of the sunrise. But the compensation is the abundance of colour of blossoms and birds.

My walk took a bit longer than usual as I found myself drawn to the detail and pattern of many of the flowers as you can see below. And I like how some of the backgrounds are soft and out of focus letting the detail shine.