Justyn

Justyn rang me  the other day to ask if I would take some more photographs of him.. He had just had a new haircut. He is very photogenic as you can see. c

Back to Mavis Bank

Susan, Beryl and I travelled to Maryborough yet again to visit our particular museums and to take photographs.

Susan has produced a beautiful ceramic piece that I will show you once the exhibition has opened.

I took some photos  for her, one of which is of a beautiful lady's pipe.  How she will develop a work about this piece is yet to be seen.  But knowing Susan, she will come up with something gorgeous.

We dropped in to the gallery to see Trevor and to have another look at Clinton Cross's exhibition.  I sent him a text the other day to catch up with the latest news about his show as I knew he had sold a major piece and one small work.   By the time he rang them, he had sold 3 pieces.  He was delighted and says that is his fare to Paris!!!!

I will post some pictures from his show tomorrow.

While we were at the gallery, we caught up with Niels who is working in the sculpture room upstairs. He had misplaced or lost one of his sketching books tthat are so important to his work.  I really hope he finds it soon.

Attached are some more photos I took today of my objects for the 'Collective Insites' exhibition.
http://creativehistories.com/

Talk soon....c  xx

Collective Insites

I travelled to Brisbane on the weekend as I had some business to deal with. I stayed with Ben and Sarah and beautiful little Eden.  We managed to Skype Alexandria, Isabella and Charlotte. So it was a delight to have my three Grand daughters 'together'.  Alexandria was doing a great job of baby sitting.

On Saturday afternoon, Ben and I went to Carina to meet Helen and her lovely relatives.  Helen had found me on the web when searching for someone with a biscuit tin collection.  She had been spring cleaning he Grandmother's house I think she said. She came across quite a few tins and wanted to find someone who could give them a home.

To my way of thinking, you can never have too many biscuit tin!!  I was really happy to meet Helen and the other lovely ladies and I will be sure to invite them to visit my exhibition of the Suburban Goddesses next March.  I will probably be able to use some of their tins in one of my sculptures. (Picture attached of Helen's tins.)

Susan and I  left Brisbane for Maryborough, very early on Monday morning to catch up with Judy, Fiona and the artists   involved with the Collective Insites exhibition.

It seems that all the artists are producing interesting works for the show. So everything appears to be on track.

I have emailed a printing broker to give me a quote on a long digital print that is to be part of one of my works.

I have been doing quite a lot of writing about my work.  I might include some in this blog after the show has opened. You can check out the blog about the Collective Insites exhibition by clicking this link....
http://creativehistories.com/

Jip called in to see me last week and I was supposed to drop into his place to pick up a pumpkin!!   Sadly I forgot, so I will have to call in to see him this week with my apologies.

Till soon,  c x

Jewellry making.

Jeweller 'extrordinaire',  Bundaberg's  Paul Moynihan rang early this morning about a possible jewelry workshop. He has a Japanese jeweller staying with him and she was happy to run a small workshop here at my studio.

It turned out to be a great day. My friends and I learnt how  to make jewelry from silver clay.   We each produced a gorgeous silver ring. It is a very quick process.

Our tutor Sachiko Katayama was fantastic.  Thank you Sachi!!

Di was  very happy with her silver ring.

New website software

I am having fun with some new web software. I went into a trance I think!!   I spent all day and evening mesmerised in front of the computer. I love it!

You can see some examples  of the interesting features of the software in my new website.....I will be adding to it in the near future.

http://www.christineturner.com.au/

Sarah's Website

I have been pretty busy making a website  for my daughter- in- law Sarah who is a stylist.  It has come together very nicely, but websites require a lot of attention to detail and can be quite taxing. So I'm glad that the homepage is done. The rest will be easy.

I have done some more work on the print for the mangle artwork that I am making for 'Collective Insites'. I'm not sure how I will go about getting it printed - it will be about 3 metres long. 

c  x

Pottery

Attached is a picture of an amazing pottery basket that I purchased recently.  It is a very unusual piece, skillfuly made.  I hope to have more information about it soon.
If you are interested in retro and vintage pottery, you must read Ray Garrod's blog at Retro Pottery Net.
Very interesting and entertaining also:
http://www.retropottery.net/

Cash register Part 3

 
Perseverance pays off!!    The pictures tell the story!
 
I am not sure where I go from here.    The keys are still not working and I would  love to hear the sound '  Ka Ching' !!

Cash register Part 2

I made some progress dismantling the cash register...it still has a way to go though.   I took it to SHARP next to Thai Tulips on Takalvan St for any suggestions they might have.  I was told to remove the base first.  I had to go  back to get the guys to remove some rusty screws. They are so friendly and helpful there.  I told them I would   invite them to the exhibition at BRAG.

The cash register  till was empty except for 15 cents, so I guess I can afford a lollipop now!

Some people from the Bundaberg photography group booked in for a day shoot on Sunday 20th of March.  That should be interesting.  I hope they might give Justyn some work.

I also received an email from a lovely lady called Helen,  who has some biscuit tins to add to my collection. I will catch up with her in Brisbane soon I hope.

C  x