Building a new office

 Fiona and I did a trip to IKEA today to purchase storage, draw units and a bookcase that will make up our office in our soon to be new home.

Our creative effort this afternoon was to construct three sets of storage draw units. Making draws is always time consuming but we work well as a team,

We did move some of our outdoor sculptural works to the entrance of the new place; but we were so engrossed in unpacking and building that we forgot to photograph them in place.

Fiona could not resist buying rainbow carry bags - they were not on the list!!!!!

Rainbows, blossoms and other bits

  

We had garage sale on Saturday as part of our upcoming move.We awoke to a sunrise rainbow and ended the day with a sunset rainbow - how good is that.

I managed walk this morning - one or my last along Treehaven Way - blossoms are starting to appear again - the bees were really enjoying the last blossoms on the large agave flower spike.

There are also many crucifix orchids to catch the sunlight.

Love how a spider has colonised a cumquat.

Ultimate recycling

 

The ingots in this post were made from the silver-plated brass offcuts of offcuts which were then smelted and poured into a graphite form.

I made the pieces as talismans for the 'and the answer is love' installation put together by Mo Crow many moons ago. She returned them to me. They were rediscovered when we were cleaning up for our move.

I decided to turn the pieces into earrings and a pendant.

The finished pieces are now in thew Deckled Edge Press gallery-shop.

New beginnings

 

Over the last few days I have been moving my metal working workshop to its new location. I have accessed a 4mX4m squad section of well lit and well ventilated shed adjacent to our 'new home' in Maleny. Into the bargain my workspace is near a roller door that enables me to let out fumes and also do hot work outside on the concrete entry; but also keep the weather out on inclement days. 

Whilst it will be a few weeks before I can put hammer to metal, because of the packing up and moving,  I am almost ready to go as soon as we are settled into our new home.

A few more photos of the initial set up in the space. 

There is one more large work bench to be moved in a week's time.

Building a new home and orchids

 

I some way these photos of a cheeky magpie reflect Fiona and my current state. The magpie was borrowing coir from under the walkway to build it's new nest. Fiona and I are packing up to make the move into a smaller home in Maleny.

This magpie spends a lot of time around our block. I was pleased it felt comfortable enough to get a big beak full of coir before heading of to line it's nest.

Following are a few orchids grown by Graham  in his orchid house.

Today has been momentous day moving my metal studio-workshop to a new location.

Something a bit different

 

I have managed to finish some of the single page books I have been working on over the last three weeks.

I finished one of the transparent books (above) printed on very fine faux vellum. I just love how the print and image can be seen at the one time through this transparent but tough 'paper'. I was surprised that the ink had finally dried - but I did not push my luck and fold the others in this limited edition.

I also finished 10 of the books printed on high quality paper. I made a band to hold the books closed - because the books have the title printed on the front cover I decided that I would deboss the title into the bond.

The paper based version of the books are also looking good.

Last metal for the gallery-shop for a while

 

I'm currently packing up my metal work garage-studio and moving it to a new location. Given the time for packing-moving-unpacking I estimate it will be about 6-8 weeks before I put hammer to metal again.

Still these beauties have made there way into the DEP gallery-shop (10/74 Maple Street Maleny) which means there is a bit more eye-candy for folk to look at and maybe purchase.

Fiona and I have used the opportunity to bring pieces of our art together - Fiona's calligraphic words and my hammered brass bowl. This makes a great daily word set very much like the one we use each morning.

I guess my arms and Fiona's ears will appreciate the break from hammering metal.