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Bowl of Roses

Lemons

Autumn Roses

Country Road

Pear

Passionfruit Leaf 1

Oranges

Summer Tree 2

Summer Tree 1

Summer Tree 3

Walking Home I Found a Leaf 1

Walking Home I Found a Leaf 2

In the Garden 4

Apples

Passionfruit leaf 2

Bouquet of Roses.

Roses With Silver Leaf

Bouquet of Roses.

Art Nouveau Roses.

Silver boat with wax master

Sandcast Silver Boat

Sandcast Silver Boat pendant with Lab-grown Sapphire and a fabricated ring with a lab-grown synthetic Ruby

Over the last few weeks I have been getting back to doing more sand casting.., and am now  learning, (on YouTube) wax carving techniques to produce low-relief masters specifically for this sand casting process.

Couple of things here.. The Cage in the Prison, one without a floor , the other an open door. 

About the “SELF” we build from birth, by first experiencing, then judging, then forming an opinion 

and identifying with that … holding it to be the truth of us .. This sense of SELF  can prevent us from

experiencing the moment directly.. Whereas .. it is an illusion, has no foundation and so cannot hold us.

(a useful tool though.. but to be put down upon completion of a task)

PARADE

PARADE

The “Wheeled Wheel” Takes this thought further and describes how we carry the idea of “Self as Journey” 

and perpetuate it.

I have been thinking about Schrodinger’s Cat and what Bruce Lee said about Flowing Like Water… How water will take the shape of anything.. like a Tea Pot  or a glass, yet still remain water.. These two thoughts connect in the mind …. are we a river or a tea cup ? .. in a universe of water is there water..?   Musing on emptiness.. running on empty .. It’s how we roll !

“Tip-Toe Through the Tulips”Mechanism for Kinetic Sculpture

This little guy is a Romantic, let loose with a Ukulele (Or is that  an  Ukulele with the Hawaiian pronunciation ? .. both I recon because being a proper pedant about it is just silly) … ANYHOW ! … Click on the link to see the little fellow on Youtube .. CLICK HERE

Click this link for “Virgil” in action.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ0RQpPZFAk&feature=youtu.be

From “The Band” .. a song sung by a Southern soldier of the American Civil War…

I imagine Virgil’s ascension on his death.. playing his Ukulele and singing .”The night they drove old Dixie down, all the bells were ringing”.

“Virgil Cain” Kinetic mechanism

and woosh! the sound of another month going by….

The opening evening of our MetaLust exhibition was a great night.  Lots of people, clear skies, fire in the gorgeous (Bruce Pringle made) brasiers, yummy nibbles, 4 litres of mulled wine gone in less than an hour….and gorgeous new works unveiled by the whole crew from Hammer and Hand.

I went for a old mixed with new theme for my MetaLust – cast organic pieces set with large and/or bright stones.  I’m really pleased with them….so without further ado:

Red gum branch set with a stunningly cut green quartz

Amethyst how I love you….set in a bottle brush seed pod head

Gum pods ring set with yummy hessonite stones

Cheery tree twig with organically set opal triplet

Beautiful blue quartz in a blackened, rustic setting and chain