Blogroll and barbara heath and malcolm enright
The good things malcolmenright
12:21 pm

Roz MacAllan and John Potter are off to Tasmania’s east coast, for their first extended stay at their Binalong Bay residence. Roz also starts her third blog based on the apple isle’s produce – it’s growers and harvesters, the regions and the seasonal fare. As one does they are eating (and drinking) their way through the island - foodfindertasmania. The <about us> link shows an antique graphic revamped by mal E.
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Blogroll and barbara heath and jeweller to the lost - retail range and malcolm enright
bespoke, collections, exhibition, Fashion malcolmenright
1:16 pm
. . . so we fell back to the latest retail piece, Brooch/Pendant © Bh Lace Oxidised Silver Antique Buttons Contemporary Buttons Stainless Steel. The piece emerged from a recent Necklace commission briefed by Diane Roberts, five antique buttons from her collection made with the lace work, neoprene linguini and a textured ‘S’ hook. I can’t show Diane’s piece yet as she only collects it this coming Saturday. Saturday UPDATE: Diane’s piece is here.

As usual, some commissions evolve from tweeking previous makes while some are born from client thoughts and the personal material they present. We have been using our own collection of buttons (as gems) for ages, our antique seals as remade objects of desire and still delight at recycling the myriad of found objects we are attracted to enough to keep. It also helps to have nearly thirty years of always pushing a new solution behind you, doesn’t it Barb? . . . never satisfied with the easy way out – love your work guys! I also popped these on Kit & Caboodle just now.
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Blogroll and barbara heath and jeweller to the lost - commisions
collecting, Fashion, Gem Stones High Carat Metal malcolmenright
11:36 am

Most difficult to scan highly polished curved metal without a white egg. Since I only use a flat bed scanner these days that makes it almost impossible to get great light through the gem itself . . . many Photoshop clone-tool clicks later we have an acceptable piece of documentation for the blog.
Yes, this is after-the-effect. The ring was collected last night and the birthday is today. Wendy prefers to remain tight-lipped about her forays here at the studio, so no sir names but I’ve not enough fingers to count her pieces of Barbara Heath clobber so far. Thanks and Happy Birthday babe!
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Blogroll and barbara heath and jeweller to the lost - sculpture and malcolm enright and urban archaeology
Australian Gardens, collecting, exhibition, recycling, Refurbishments malcolmenright
3:47 pm

Like her ‘private’ garden blog that she keeps to herself, Barbara is busy researching the work of local tinsmiths for a future project. I’ve been swept up just combing my ephemera collection, our joint library and the general blogosphere for items of interest and worth.
This is a call-to-action: if anyone has a connection to or knowledge of local artisans operating in the building, manufacturing and general plumbing trades in South East Queensland since settlement, please get in touch with us? We are interested also in catalogues from overseas (and locally) that document these trades, see below. Get my drift? I can see another Mashrabia coming on . . .

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Blogroll and barbara heath and jeweller to the lost - retail range
collections, Fashion, Gem Stones High Carat Metal malcolmenright
10:28 am

Barbara says that these bulk up at the neck beautifully with four twists and over the head. A selection of our more unusual gems threaded with neoprene on stainless steel trace, crimped at a © Bh oxidised silver tag with 18ct yellow gold detail. Artisan, QAG store and the studio all have some of the selection on hand for the festive season.
Additional stock saved and re-jigged for Jeweller to the Lost 2009 Christmas Sale, shown below. Necklace © Bh Antique Twin Mesh Chain with Twin Tags, Enamel on Copper & Silver with Textured “S” Hook. There are a few un-sold items remaining from the second ‘another time’ show at Katherine Kalaf in Perth. Commission clients are invited each year end to a private studio showing where we do a ‘close-out’ reduction of stock returned from retailers. This has grown over 20 years to be a huge social 2 day affair where stocks are sold below wholesale as a reward to those folk who dare to be different – those folk who go beyond the instant purchase – those folk who quietly collaborate and commission a one-off object of desire. Invitations are by snail mail only so its up to clients to advise us of their change-of-address. You have been given notice! . . . a little over two weeks to this year’s mailout.

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Blogroll and malcolm enright and urban archaeology
collections, ephemera, exhibition, graphic design, recycling malcolmenright
8:03 pm
. . . but not in this case,
I did this for Peter Tyndall after I found and reprocessed x11 blank notes + posted to my directory for his use.

Peter just uploaded his blog page with the above featured – here
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