barbara heath and Blogroll and jeweller to the lost - commisions and jeweller to the lost - retail range and malcolm enright collections, gem stones and high carat metal, recycling, silver, the good things 1:26 pm
Special makes, stock returned from retailers, some vintage 80’s and 90’s Barbara items, some gem fiends only concentrate on gem stock – everything at wholesale and less until the studio closes for the summer break. This annual event helps us clear the stock trays and assists new year metal and gem purchases, it also enables collectors and fans to stock up on another signature piece while others are here for three or more well-priced gifts.
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Blogroll and jeweller to the lost - retail range and malcolm enright blogging, fashion, photography, the good things 10:30 am
We take our own Georgian dropside table and a glass fronted display cabinet just to separate us from the other market sellers with their stall tables and black tablecloths. A day of standing as waves of visitors sweep past for a gander and sometimes a chat, often a try on and a nice lot of sales. We meet so many QAG customers – all regulars at our showcase there, gallery guides who are commission clients and many old faces appeared this year out of the blue.
A late afternoon shot just prior to bump out – Iza and Peter from QAG Gallery store with Dean and Gary, who can never drag himself away from the goodies . . . one sale down and next weekend is the studio sale running all day Sat and Sun for commission clients and their friends.
barbara heath and Blogroll and jeweller to the lost - retail range and malcolm enright blogging, exhibition, gem stones and high carat metal, handmade, silver, the good things 12:46 pm
This is the correct compass orientation – note that the coffee cart will not be beside us tomorrow, blast! The weather map indicates showers but at least yesterday’s massive storm-cell has passed over us . . . rain, hail or shine we will be there to greet you.
barbara heath and Blogroll and jeweller to the lost - retail range and malcolm enright blogging, collections, exhibition, found photography, gem stones and high carat metal, graphic design, handmade, the good things, typography 10:10 am
Stocks from our QAG showcase inside marked down and sold outside for one day only . . . then onto our own studio sale for commission clients and their friends the following weekend, December 6 and 7 2014. We hope to see you at one of the events, this season!
Blogroll and jeweller to the lost - commisions and jeweller to the lost - retail range and jeweller to the lost - sculpture and malcolm enright bespoke, blogging, exhibition, gem stones and high carat metal, the good things 6:06 pm
barbara heath and Blogroll and jeweller to the lost - commisions and jeweller to the lost - retail range and jeweller to the lost - sculpture and malcolm enright blogging, handmade, objects with text, recycling, research, the good things, typography 2:35 pm
This well researched and much anticipated book is now available to everyone interested in the subject, across the divide from both directions. I’ve altered the cover of the book shot to show that the magic is out-of-the-box.
Barbara’s email to Kevin has been copied into this post, below. Published by Bateman ISBN – 978 1 869 53 820 0
“Hi Kevin, Wow! really.” “I have been dipping in and out of this book – it would be curious to map a trail of my exploration…I started at the beginning of course, no that’s not quite true, of course I started by looking up my name in the index to hastily read the section on myself – an act which in itself reveals the enormity of your project from the outset – i.e. the number of artist egos you must have had to negotiate to gather all this material together. That fact alone is extraordinary and I/we all thank you for it. Anyway after finding my own story succinctly told and enjoying the subsequent wave of warm inclusion, I went to the pages on Ray Norman, my friend and mentor. I have had so many conversations with Ray and so often thought, ‘I must write this down’, so I loved reading about his early years couched within your overview of the context within which he was working. Here was both a revelation and a re-iteration of the familiar – I felt gratitude again for details recorded. Praise the archivist.” “But also I began to get a sense of this quality of dispassionate overview; the placing, recording and grouping, the timeline and the larger cultural themes. Its like having a key to unlock the story of one’s own category…the fascination of looking through the other end of the telescope.” “So then I focussed on the Australian segments and thought , mmm maybe I’ll read the NZ parts later… but quite quickly (good plan to have each section flow back and forth across the ditch seamlessly) I got hooked into the whole. So…I am hooked and enjoying the ride tremendously – and wanted to let you know sooner rather than wait until I get to the end.” “I hope you are both receiving mountains of praise for what we know to be a considerable amount of labour. More in due course,” “Cheers and love from Barbara”
Kevin adds that he has started another blog to post all the material taken from texts prepared but not included in the final published work + updates – http://placeandadornment.tumblr.com
Blogroll and jeweller to the lost - retail range bespoke, collections, gem stones and high carat metal, Ring Design, the good things 10:16 am
. . . as multiple commission requests and a large public art project have taken up almost all the time and energy available. Nevertheless the studio still manages to recreate some of our ‘heroes’ when we lose them to customers, this new Mother of Pearl dress ring has just been handed to me to scan and cost for consignment. With our annual ‘studio sale’ planned for the first weekend in December I know that this ring will not be going anywhere until the sale.
Blogroll and jeweller to the lost - retail range and malcolm enright blogging, fashion, Gem Polishing, gem stones and high carat metal, Necklace Design, Ring Design, the good things 3:16 pm
Oval cabochon ring set (above) and oval cabochon Pendant set (below). Both sets are complete in their presentation boxes (but sadly sans retailer’s marks). The ring and pendant chain are now ready for wearing again. Thanks to Janette Wiley for bringing these into the studio.
Blogroll and jeweller to the lost - commisions and jeweller to the lost - retail range and jeweller to the lost - sculpture bespoke, blogging, found photography, research, sculpture - public art, the good things 12:02 pm
Barbara has created pierced ‘lace’ work in wax and developed many versions of this technique for over 20 years now. We are also working on larger sculptural elements for a series of suspended works following this ‘lace’ theme called “new nature” but we remain in awe of this particular caterpillar’s edible art, recently found on Tumblr.
barbara heath and Blogroll and jeweller to the lost - retail range and jeweller to the lost - sculpture blogging, exhibition, fashion, the good things 4:15 pm
We are about to consign new stock to three retailers after the successful QAG|GoMA mid year design market. All remaining & new stock is at studio wholesale for one day this Saturday 10:00am–4:00pm. For out-of-towners, send me an email <male@co-opones.to> with your wish list, address details and we can send pics and prices. We sell and dispatch all over the world successfully.
The other studio surprise is the rotation of paintings after 15 years, Barbara’s new work by ‘skull kapt’ has replaced Nick Cominos’ ‘red scape’ which is now behind malE’s workstation. The French cabinet will be filled with gem and jewellery stock, we have never done this mid year before so be brave because the bold ones will be on the doorstep way before ten am . . . commission clients will already know the address.
