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Friday, July 17, 2020

Precious small metal books

I have managed to finish the 10 small (3.5cm w by 4.5cm h) silver-plated books. The books are made from metal salvaged from high quality silver-plated placemats. The contents are only one word stamped into the third page (hope, believe, love and peace).

I needed to open the riveted books; and give them a final grind and polish and remove sharp edges.

An example of each book follows.

These precious inspiration books will now make their way into the gallery-shop at Deckled Edge Press studio-workshop.

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Revisiting my sculpture, dawn light, micro eco-systems and other fragments

My blog post today is a bit of this and that. Fiona and I had an early meeting this morning so no time for a walk. It was such a gorgeous blue sky day that we decided to take a drive to a nearby town and check my Little Yabba Creek sculpture on the way.

The sculpture was 'opened' in 2017 - I think it is still looking good.

Fiona took this photo of one of the heart stones we embedded into the wet concrete when installing the stones around the sculpture.

This morning was crisp and clear so the city lights were easy to see.

During a recent walk on the terraces we came across this little eco-system

A flock of birds visited the camellias after lunch.

I end with the beauty of a few blossoms and bug

I dud say it would be a bit of this and that.

Sunday, July 12, 2020

Unopened books and earrings

I have made quite good progress on making a stash (10) small metal books with inspirational words - they are about 4.5cm high and 3.5cm wide. As you can see from the photo above I have got them to the riveted stage. A few progress photos follow.

During the week I will need to grind all the edges; open the books; give any sharp edges a second grind; and then a final polish - it is not done until it is all done.

I did also manage to complete four more pairs of the earrings I was making out of silver-plated disks.

All the earrings are now in the Deckled Edge Press gallery shop. But if folk who don't live locally or visit want to buy any of them they can message me and we can work out arrangements. I just don't have the time to put them in my online shop.

Friday, July 10, 2020

Change and anticipation

I have just finished the above limited edition (10 prints) of A5 posters - known in Deckled Edge Press as mini-posters. The design for this poster came about by serendipitously combining two works - a postcard on "if not now then when?' and a mini poster that just said "be the change". The photo below shows 1/10.

I have printed my cards for International Peace Day on 21 September. I needed to get them done now so they can be sent out in a couple of weeks time. Post delivery to some places is taking 8 weeks in these pandemic times.

In all I have printed 160 cards - the number was determined by the amount of business card sized paper I had to hand. Just because I could I added a bit of gold dust - peace is special!!!

When I was brushing the gold dusting powder off the cards this interesting insect like image appeared.

Over the weekend I hope to start some small metal books.

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Morning moons and turkeys in the trees

There are those who are not enamoured of the moon so this is an up front warning that there are quite a few moon photos in this blog post.

But there are some who enjoy the daily changes and beauty of the moon - these are for us.

The following photos are different aspects of the moon setting on the 4, 5 and 6 July - the photos are in date order.

I walked Treehaven Way this morning - there was about 6 turkeys running ahead of me on the road. As I got closer a few took to the trees - a bit unusual but it made for a few reasonable photos.