ENAMEL BADGES
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Enamelled-back Spider (Araneidae Plebs bradleyi) female
For Macro Mondays - Phobia
Many people, my wife and children included suffer from Arachnophobia.
This one has a body length of around around 15 mm (6/10 of an inch)
Happy Macro Monday!
Meravigliosa creatura - Gianna Nannini
Se que no es muy nítida la imagen, pero el esmalte es muy pequeño y la foto sólo es un fragmento. Esta pequeña obra la realicé hace mucho tiempo y le tengo un cariño especial. El dibujo surgió de un fragmento de aguadas de acuarela que sugerían una pequeña forma femenina, el color rojo de la acuarela sugirió el fuego y así nació esta pequeña figura que formará parte de una futura exposición.
22/11/2024
Theme for 'Looking close... on Friday!': "not a real one"
Not a real fish - not even real Water 😂
(Enamelled brass keyring pendant)
- a gift from Clare (but not made by her) who brought it back from a trip downtown to Glasgow with Ray when I stayed behind in her flat for a small siesta (I'm quite expert at such!)
posting for :
Macro Mondays: ring
I have photographed the ring on one of my scarves....
Some good old household names shown here...and a six penny aspirin machine...I am old, but even I don't remember these!
Enamelled-back Spider (Araneidae Plebs bradleyi)
Usually these present their underside to me. Today this one gave me a good look at the markings.
Part of a necklace bought in Paris, in a very small shop, near Sacre Coeur many years ago. The only trinkets I normally buy on holiday is cheapish jewellery.
Macro Mondays theme - trinket. Cropped to fit the size.
2018 one photo each day
This aturns out to be best with the colors in which I found the original by Hal Tenny on Deviant Art. See www.deviantart.com/art/Pipe-World-195354261 for his image which is probably rather better than mine except that I specifically wanted the change in size. It is fascinating that any formula should produce such a modular coaxial cable system trimmed out with a quite tasteful enamel pattern in blue and yellow.
I'm afraid I'm not feeling hugely inspired at the moment, so here's another button from my collection. It dates from the late 19th Century and it's quite large at 1½" across. The button is leaning against a (barely visible) vintage Sylko cotton reel and I added in a few of my trusty Hydrangea flowers for good measure.
When I joined Flickr, it was so I could enter a photographic competition. I never imagined, fifteen years later that I would have so many followers, have shared so many images, or have made some of the best friends I have (even ones whom I have never physically met but have connected with emotionally and spiritually). Thanks to Flickr, and the exposure it has given my work, my images have appeared in books, journals and magazines around the world, I appear on numerous websites, and I have three postage stamps all featuring my images. The world of social media can be ruthless, yet here on Flickr, I have found a kind, friendly and receptive community of like minded people ready to embrace other members. I have much to be grateful about, thanks to Flickr.
So, happy twentieth birthday, Flickr! Thank you for everything you are, and all that you do. I am paying tribute to this wonderful platform by using the Flickr livery of bright blue and hot pink in a still life using my latest obsession, cotton spools.
When it was my birthday a few months ago, a very dear friend who enjoys photography as much as I do, and knows that I collect beautiful and vintage pieces, gave me a wonderful selection of antique ribbons, buttons, buckles, lace and other fine notions. She also gave me three follow up tins of similar delightful gifts for Christmas.
Amongst the gifts was a pretty ribbon of vibrant blue and white embroidered daisies, some blue, magenta and pink crocheted daisies from Poland, some Estonian hand dyed lace and some tiny segments of crochet, all of which I have set up on the back terrace against one of my antique embroidered Art Deco doilies from the 1930s, and accessorised with some peacock blue silver and enamel buttons from Birmingham, hallmarked 1910, some tiny Japanese cloisonné vest buttons from the 1880s, some pink rose buttons from the 1960s, a Victorian spool of W. and J. Knox peacock blue linen thread and a spool of Dewhurst's Sylko Rose Pink cotton which dates from between 1938 and 1954.
W. and J. Knox Ltd was first established over two centuries ago when the Knox family set up a small textile mill in Kilbirnie to spin the locally-grown flax fibre and to manufacture linen thread. It was first registered as a company in 1778 then subsequently named W. and J. Knox in the 1800s by the sons of the founder. The Knox family was involved with the company for the first 200 years, with ownership passing through the generations, and agents being set up all over the world. Hearsay places an agent in New Zealand only ten years after Captain Cook’s discovery, and written records show trade agreements in place in the early 1800s in Canada. Cosalt plc purchased the company from Linndustries in the 1970s, with ownership passing to the local management team in 2004, following an MBO. Two centuries after opening, Knox is still based in the same Ayrshire town, and is now owned by the local management team, following an MBO from Cosalt plc in 2004.
Belle Vue Mill, commonly known as Dewhurst’s, was built by Thomas Dewhurst in 1828. It opened in 1829 as John Dewhurst & Sons and was one of Skipton’s largest spinning and weaving mills. The mill’s position next to the Leeds Liverpool Canal meant that raw cotton could be shipped in by boats from Liverpool. Finished goods would then be sent back the same way ready for distribution. Coal to power the machine’s steam engines was also delivered by barge. In 1897 Dewhurst’s was bought by the English Sewing Cotton Co. It continued to produce Sylko, one of the mill’s most famous products. It was produced in over 500 colours and sold throughout the world. Sylko cottons are still available at haberdashers today.
A series of pictures showing some of these iconic signs of an earlier age.Many copies are obtainable, mostly "aged" with a slightly damaged and rusted appearance, but originals like the ones in this series are increasingly rare and increasingly valuable.
Some show ads for cigarettes, etc...these would certainly be banned today.
Macro Monday Jewelry
I made this copper enameled pin one summer when my parents let me take an art class at a local high school. I think I was about 12. I loved the class and everything we did in it. After I finished the 4 copper enameled projects, I never made another piece. Still one of my favorite pieces of jewelry!!!
Macro Mondays, 18 March 2024 - Iron
Detail of the edge of the lid of an enamelled cast iron Le Creuset casserole.
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