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I loved to look at the leftover scrapes of clay and let me speak to me. What did they want to be? These are a couple of pieces that were created that way.
See my sets, Earth to Stoneware. And Living in a Jungle.
The greatest efforts made over the years in maintenance and preservation at Fort Ross on the northern coast of California have been for the chapel. It was constructed by the resident Russians about 1825 with their own funds and funds donated by visiting Russian officers and crew of the Kreiser. The earliest photographs of the original Russian chapel are from the 1880's.
When the Russians left Fort Ross in 1841, they apparently took all the icons with them. They left one large bell, a candelabra, a candlestand and a lectern which were destroyed when the chapel burned in 1970. All have been replaced with replicas. The bell that hangs today outside the rebuilt chapel was recast, using the original bell’s materials and a rubbing which had been made from the original. It bears the inscription: “Cast in the St. Petersburg Foundry of Master Craftsman Mikhail Makharovich Stukolkin.” The bell’s deep, resonant chime can easily be heard across the stockade, and twice a year it announces to the public the Orthodox services held in the chapel.
Front view shot of this leggy creature I made with Plasticine - standing amongst various random objects on my workstation desk...It looks over toward the mirror...
Apollo and Daphne tapestry at Kingston Lacy, National Trust property near Wimborne, Dorset. 'Probably English' and late C17. From the NT website:, 'Tapestry, wool and silk, 7 warps per cm, Apollo and Daphne, probably English, c. 1680-1700. In the foreground there are two small figures of Apollo, carrying a bow and arrows, chasing Daphne, who runs away with both arms outstretched, looking back fearfully over her shoulder. Apollo’s lyre lies on the ground behind him. The setting is a landscape with a palatial building on the left, trees on the right and a central vista to rolling hills and a castle. The side borders have vases of flowers, fires in urns and floral decoration, there are swags of flowers with parrots and a central cartouche in the upper border and dogs and geese either side of a silver shield in the lower border. The colours throughout are unusually fresh and bright.'
A closer view of the front altar at the church of St Mary-le-Bow. According to an interior description of the church: ''The figure (or Corpus) of the crucified Christ on the east wall is a recent work by Simon Robinson; together with Paschal (or Easter) and altar candlestands. ... The centre light [of the stained glass windows] depicts Christ in Majesty above the City of God from the Book of Revelation and surrounded by the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit as flames of fire; woven behind Him is a portion of the wall of the City, suggestive of the City of God in the Book of Revelation. To the left of the Altar the Blessed Virgin Mary rests on the arches of the crypt from which many have believed the church acquired its name: Sancta Maria de Arcubus, St Mary-le-Bow or St Mary of the Arches. She holds Wren's church and tower. The window to the right depicts St Paul, his cathedral clearly visible behind him. Both saints are surrounded by the churches which survived the blitz, held by the saint of the dedication in each case.''
After this comes the Eating Room. Dining Rooms were still something of a novelty in England when the Dutch-born William III came to rule. He also disliked the traditional, but stuffy, ceremony of dining in front of a crowd. So this room may only have been used on a few formal occasions, when tables and food were brought in along a winding route from the old kitchens. The wheat ears and fruit in Grinling Gibbons’s limewood carvings above the fireplace are a sign of the room’s use.
Candlestand
Eight giltwood torchières made in 1701, each with a circular top with gadrooned edge molding, on a spreading acanthus leaf neck supported by three griffins’ heads on a triangular-section tapering shaft with descending husks, with three female masks above foliage, on a shaped tripartite base with scrolled legs.
•Provenance
The Pelletier family of carvers and gilders left France in the early 1680s, probably to escape persecution as Huguenots, and settled in Amsterdam. By 1682 Jean Pelletier was established in London and by the end of the decade his two sons René and Thomas, had joined him. Their introduction to royal service was due to the patronage of the Francophile Duke of Montagu, the courtier responsible, as Master of the Great Wardrobe, for the furnishing of all royal palaces. Montagu held office from 1671 to 1685 and from 1689 to 1709.
For tables, mirrors and stands—the principal furniture types in which they specialized—the Pelletiers drew heavily on the designs of French contemporaries employed by Louis XIV; the engraved furniture of Jean Le Pautre (1618-82) and his son Pierre (1660-1744), for example, finds numerous echoes in the Pelletiers’ work for the English Crown. On the technical side, the Pelletiers introduced many subtleties and refinements to the preparation, cutting, gilding and burnishing of carved surfaces. In the rare cases where gilded surfaces survive unscathed, such innovations suggest an attempt to simulate the decorative effect of gilded metal.
These candle-stands form part of the important commission to furnish William III’s State Apartments at Hampton Court Palace which Montagu obtained for Jean Pelletier. Between 1699 and 1702 furniture costing nearly £600 was delivered. Towards the end of the commission, Pelletier supplied a pair of gilded table frames costing £35 each and two pairs of stands costing £35 per pair for the “New Gallery” (i.e. the Queen’s Gallery) at Hampton Court, left unfinished at the time of Queen Mary II’s sudden death in 1694. The tables and stands are shown by Pyne, still in situ over a century later.
•People Involved:
oCreator(s): Jean Pelletier (active c.1681-d. 1705) (furniture maker); English (nationality)
oAcquirer(s): William III, King of Great Britain (1650-1702)
oCommissioner(s): Montagu, Ralph, 1D (1638-1709)
•Physical Properties:
oMedium and Techniques: Carved and Gilded Oak and Lime Wood
oak; limewood
carved; gilded
oMeasurements: 155.5 × 56.0 × 48.5 cm (whole object)
Christian IV, King of Denmark
Full-length portrait of Christian IV, King of Denmark (1577-1648), facing half to the right, his right hand on his hip, his left resting on top of his stick; his hair is in a pigtail resting on his left shoulder, and he wears a richly embroidered suit, the collar of the Order of the Elephant
•Provenance: Painted in 1640 and possibly first recorded in the Royal Collection during the reign of Charles II
•People Involved:
oCreator(s): Karel van Mander III (1606-70) (artist)
oPreviously attributed to: Paul van Somer (c. 1576-1621) (artist)
oSubject(s): Christian IV, King of Denmark and Norway (1577-1648)
•Physical Properties:
oMedium and Techniques: Oil on canvas
oil paint; lined canvas; augmented (canvas)
oMeasurements:
231.7 × 169.8 × 2.7 cm (support, canvas/panel/str external)
223.2 × 169.8 × 2.7 cm (support (etc), excluding additions)
Here most of Australia's states under extreme heat, 40+ days. We spotted these in a room we hadn't entered for a while!
Shot of this leggy creature I made with Plasticine - standing amongst various random objects on my workstation desk...looking toward the mirror...
Of note in the furnishings of this second floor bedroom is the combination campaign chest/washstand, which would make sense for a major in the militia. On the far wall is a particularly nice highboy chest on chest and a nice little candle stand in front of the window.
Although the outside of the house was unpainted, they used a lot of colour in decorating the interior.
ca 1820 - A Connecticut Loyalist, Daniel Moorehouse magistrate, farmer, highway supervisor, gristmill owner and militia major.
Everything inside the Svetitskhoveli Cathedral of the Twelve Apostles in Mtskheta is of the highest standard, as is this beautiful gold plated candle stand. Devotees were stopping by to light candles on it, and the chap in the pink shirt is approaching the stand for this very purpose.If I recall correctly, this candle stand marks the grave of King Gorgasali. (Mtskheta, Georgia, Sept. 2016)
A pair of huge candelabras sit each side of the ornate alter in the little church atop San Salvador.
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...and What Alice Found There.
This is something that I had taken a while ago, but never put up, somehow.
Taking the camera out is beginning to feel more and more like a chore, so I think I'm going to be taking a few days off. In the mean time, there's this.
Josh and Ric lighting the candles, on the first night of Channukkah.
Josh y Ric encendiendo las velitas de la primera noche de Jannukkah.
The Hanukkah Story
Nearly 2,200 years ago, the Greek-Syrian ruler Antiochus IV tried to force Greek culture upon peoples in his territory. Jews in Judea—now Israel—were forbidden their most important religious practices as well as study of the Torah. Although vastly outnumbered, religious Jews in the region took up arms to protect their community and their religion. Led by Mattathias the Hasmonean, and later his son Judah the Maccabee, the rebel armies became known as the Maccabees.
After three years of fighting, in the year 3597, or about 165 B.C.E., the Maccabees victoriously reclaimed the temple on Jerusalem's Mount Moriah. Next they prepared the temple for rededication—in Hebrew, Hanukkah means “dedication.” In the temple they found only enough purified oil to kindle the temple light for a single day. But miraculously, the light continued to burn for eight days.
The Menorah
The lighting of the menorah, known in Hebrew as the hanukiya, is the most important Hanukkah tradition. A menorah is a candlestand with nine branches. Usually eight candles—one for each day of Hanukkah—are of the same height, with a taller one in the middle, the shamash (“servant”), which is used to light the others. Each evening of Hanukkah, one more candle is lit, with a special blessing.
The menorah symbolizes the burning light in the temple, as well as marking the eight days of the Hanukkah festival. Some say it also celebrates the light of freedom won by the Maccabees for the Jewish people.
Tip top candlestand, with octagonal top and tripod base. Birch or birch and maple; painted black. From the household of John Albion Andrew, 1818-1867, Governor of Massachusetts from 1860 to 1865.
Gift of Edith Andrew.
In the collection of the Hingham Historical Society [FU70].
51. Candlestand of a Crane on a Long-tailed Tortoise
Beverly Munson, Richfield Garden Club
I have collected turtles for years and was instantly attracted
to this piece. The container was purchased at Seattle’s Pike
Place Market, and I intend to use a white lily and carnation,
bear grass, and lemon leaves to reflect the graceful lines.
Years of Art in Bloom Participation: 10
Votive candle stand in the Lady Chapel made by Brother Patrick of Prinknash Abbey from twenty equilateral triangles.
All the dimensions and angles in the building are based on an equilateral triangle of height 1ft 6in base to apex and is the controlling order that runs throughout.
Made of round bar of pine (the helix) and three pieces of edge-glued panel (pine) glued together (the base). Waxed.
Tools used:
Triple helix: power drill and a stand, chisel, knive, sandpaper - and some maths to calculate the optimal values for the drill bit diameter and the hole positions.
Base: hole cutter to cut the basic round disks, then knive to carve the final round shape, and some sandpaper for final touch.
Himalayan salt crafted candle holder with wood & iron stands. Candle holder releases healthy negative ions to cleanse and improve the quality and freshness of the air you breathe and the beautiful glow creates a romantic atmosphere of tranquility. This category contains salt candle holder with wood and iron stand in different shapes ranging from wall sconces to six candle holder stand.
We do make custom shapes and designs according to given diagrams, not every design is possible to Craft on the Rock Salt, wood OR iron but we can try to make one of your choice. Any kind of logo or name or diagram in shape of flower or any special characters and alphabets can be carved on salt
Size: small, medium & large
Hole:1, 3, 6
Salt Colors: Red, Reddish Orange, pink and white salt
stand: Polished Wood, Iron
Packing: shrink wrapping on each salt holder, air bubble packing, 4 ply inner, 7 ply master cartoons
Votive candle stand in the Lady Chapel made by Brother Patrick of Prinknash Abbey from twenty equilateral triangles. All the dimensions and angles in the building are based on an equilateral triangle of height 1ft 6in base to apex and is the controlling order that runs throughout.
I love to use philodendron vines in my home. They remind me of my home-Hawaii. You can snip off pieces of the plant, place in water, and watch the roots grow. You can then plant the new rooted growth for a completely new plant!!