barbara heath and Blogroll and jeweller to the lost - commisions and malcolm enright Australian gardens, bespoke, blogging, collections, fashion, gem stones and high carat metal, Ring Design, silver, the good things 12:43 pm
One of Barbara’s earliest sets of stacked interlocking rings was purchased at a Cintra House exhibition by Glenn Cooke, who was the decorative arts curator at the Queensland Art Gallery. ‘Cook-e’ has been a friend and supporter of us both and also we share many interests, Australiana: furniture and gold & silversmithing, chip art, tea towel art, matchstick art and found ephemera plus we are all members of the Australian Garden History Society. His third commission is featured today.
barbara heath and Blogroll and jeweller to the lost - commisions and malcolm enright bespoke, blogging, collections, ephemera, fashion, found photography, objects with text, primitive objects, silver, the good things 7:07 pm
barbara heath and Blogroll and jeweller to the lost - commisions and malcolm enright bespoke, blogging, fashion, gem stones and high carat metal, Necklace Design, recycling, silver, the good things 12:07 pm
Barbara’s job bag description - © Bh Necklace Commission (No 1 Punk Necklet): make constructed frames and links for 5 objects: Gael’s tortoiseshell x 2, Victorian bog oak hand, Chinese Brown Jade and Cornish stone pendant and link all to matt onyx flat round beads. 925 Silver. Handmade strap curb link chain 925 Silver. 2 x bar and ring clasps to necklace + chain extend further use to series. All having matt/polished/oxidised/bright finish.
barbara heath and Blogroll and jeweller to the lost - commisions and malcolm enright bespoke, blogging, collections, Earring Design, fashion, gem stones and high carat metal, the good things 11:45 am
© Bh Commission – Caroline Cotton using x4 princess cut Diamonds (supplied) one each at centre and base of hook 9ct Palladium White Gold. Juan-Luis took an iPhone pic with a x20 power lupé to the lens - here is how small the handwork is . . . look at the saw blade.
barbara heath and Blogroll and jeweller to the lost - commisions and malcolm enright bespoke, blogging, collections, fashion, gem stones and high carat metal, Necklace Design, recycling, the good things 11:38 am
This a gem detail of a divine © Bh Necklace Commission for very old friends and client’s of both mal E and Bh: Celestine Doyle – Mothe’s Beads with new clasp and leaf button detail. Double strand of antique graduated Bone beads are connected with button detail and clasp to each side; Five Leaf Button set with central 3mm square orange BET Sapphire (0.27ct) and surrounding 5x3mm round Pink-Orange Sapphires (5=0.92ct) sits opposite a matching Leaf Bar & Ring clasp set with 3mm square orange BET Sapphire (0.27ct). 18ct yellow gold with matt and burnished finish.
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The ‘weekend edition’ by MAP is an email subscription – linked here.
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The other side of the entrance to the Bacon show, we loved it. The AGNSW show was pretty well the *John Russell viewpoint, to me – but that was my first view of Bacon’s work (until the first time I viewed them at the Tate). I hated the glass over the canvas, understandable but regrettable. Tony Bond’s video clip was a treat, especially his ‘void’ comments/observations. I have always loved Bacon’s constructed grounds, the doorways and the flat panels behind the figures, *Thames and Hudson published John Russell’s work on Bacon in 1971 which I read at the time. Alas the reproductions were so small but the friendships, the precursors, the sitters, the lovers were all recorded in his detailed chronology. Amongst John Waterman’s library was a new copy of ’7 Reece Mews’ – Francis Bacon’s Studio published in 2001 by Thames and Hudson and penned by John Edward’s – the sole heir to the booty, since gifted and spirited away to Dublin.
yep, no photography allowed – my movie of the day – HERE
Those Kaldor works are all wonderful, Jeff Koons and mal E and Bh
Playing around at Bruce McLeod’s shop in South Dowling Street, the three of us surprised him – he is my good friend and life-long dealer in special objects. Just celebrated his 83rd birthday.
Back at the Boulevarde where I stayed 1979–1984 while working with David and Leo at SSB
barbara heath and Blogroll and jeweller to the lost - commisions and malcolm enright bespoke, fashion, gem stones and high carat metal, Ring Design, the good things 7:37 pm
barbara heath and Blogroll and jeweller to the lost - sculpture Australian gardens, bespoke, blogging, exhibition, sculpture - public art, the good things 9:40 pm
We are featured in a review of the Lake Macquarie Gallery’s travelling show entitled “life in your hands” click here. The designers selected our work as the hero and it is also covered in one of the four illustrated works, nice!
The studio is very pleased with this commission, the brief and the outcome. We are still to post the Art Monthly review by Anne Kirker, we know about it but haven’t managed to get our own copy hard against the scanner glass as yet . . . I’ve just updated this post with two earlier links to this commission and artwork as I’ve had requests for more information – final art – concept.
barbara heath and Blogroll and jeweller to the lost - commisions bespoke, blogging, Bracelet Design, Earring Design, fashion, gem stones and high carat metal, Necklace Design, Ring Design, the good things 11:53 am
