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!

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 . . .

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.

. . . 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

An engagement ring returns for a setting check and a resize.

We are always delighted when folks return for more, right out of the blue we received an email from Gina “I’ve been through the entire blog, the Holbein knot I have for my engagement and wedding rings is still a standout. Have you got any emeralds? I want a wide stitch ring in black enamel with his birthstone.” Add the hand engraving to the inside, the terrific emerald has sat here in the tray for 10 years – it has never been re-priced since we bought it. Gina swooped!

“Give us three weeks to create and make and send us an email with the text for the secret side,” I asked. We’ll never get another quality emerald at that price,” Barbara added. And at 5 months Jacob has his first significant symbol for his life’s journey from the Jeweller to the Lost – he’s found (as we say)!

I can say that I have several hundred saved bookmarks, on my studio Dual G5 and a separate set of folders containing several hundred more on the MacBook Pro, upstairs. I was recently asked to share my favourite 50 with a fellow blogger, I managed to send maybe the first 8 with details and descriptions – both to him and cc to the bloggers. Two blog authors sent me emails and “FaceBook friends requests” which was nice . . . I’m continuing that task now, its Saturday arvo . . .

http://accidentalmysteries.blogspot.com

http://altamiranyc.blogspot.com

http://chapeauxbibitop.blogspot.com

http://nothingisnew.wordpress.com

http://parenthetically.blogspot.com

http://anonymousworks.blogspot.com

http://bibigreycat.blogspot.com

http://blogos-haha.blogspot.com

http://jackman.stanford.edu/blog

http://blogs.princeton.edu/graphicarts/ephemera

http://www.johncoulthart.com

http://blog.alphabetsoupblog.com

http://x-factor-e.blogspot.com

http://observatory.designobserver.com

http://www.monoscope.com

http://sevenels.net/blog

http://www.sauer-thompson.com/junkforcode

http://www.thenonist.com

http://www.donnalethal.com

http://www.carinberger.blogspot.com

http://tokyoundressed.blogspot.com

http://bookplatejunkie.blogspot.com

http://dailypoetics.typepad.com

http://thisisnthappiness.com

http://ffffound.com

http://www.thingsmagazine.net

http://dulltooldimbulb.blogspot.com

http://amassblog.com

http://www.colectiva.tv

http://www.qbn.com

http://anambitiousprojectcollapsing.blogspot.com

http://kitandcaboodle.ning.com

http://www.batiasuter.org

http://artistbooks.ning.com

http://skelemitz.wordpress.com

This blog below has me intrigued, for the first time I used the SHARE facility, hidden in the comment area – 167 different share-where options. I made this blog entry on WordPress direct from Tumblr where I found this clock dial:

this isn’t happiness.? Peter Nidzgorski, tumblr

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I’m about to start my clock club’s next newsletter and I’ve been searching ‘unusual clock dials’ +  images created using clock and watch dials for a possible article, here’s another one below and if anyone has any leads please make a comment?