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DADDY: "Goodness Malachi! Do you realise that you are sitting on one of my McVitie’s chocolate biscuits?"
MALACHI: "Hullo Daddy! What a preposterous question! Of course I realise I am sitting on a McVitie’s chocolate biscuit. "
DADDY: "Then may I ask why it is that you have chosen to sit there, Malachi?"
MALACHI: "I would have thought it was obvious, Daddy. It’s the perfect place for me to have my elevenses of course."
DADDY: "And why exactly is the best place to have elevenses, Malachi?"
MALACHI: "Oh because it’s so nice and flat and just the right size for me to set out my tea things, Daddy! It smells delicious too! That makes it a capital place to take elevenses. Don’t you think so?"
DADDY: "Well that's all well and good Malachi, but how am I meant to have my elevenses if you are sitting on it?"
MALACHI: "Well, I'm sure you won’t want to eat all of these biscuits, will you Daddy? There are quite a lot of them."
The theme for “Looking close… on Friday” is “biscuits”. I thought a nice stack of biscuits on one of my antique tea plates would be nice and then I thought of Malachi and his love miniature 1:12 artisan biscuits, and then I thought both would be perfect for the theme.
Malachi is a recent, and unexpected, addition to my bear family. I acquired him in mid-March from a wonderful Melbourne stalwart toy shop: Dafel Dolls and Bears, when I went looking for a present for one of my goddaughters. Malachi is designed by Mary and hand-made by Wendy Joy in Australia. He has reticulated arms and legs, and an extremely sweet face. Malachi was the name he came with, written by hand on his little tag.
Malachi is taking tea from a 1:12 white gilt miniature tea set. He has a fine selection of Schoof's Biscuits manufactured in Bourges, France in his tin. If you look closely on his plate there is a heart shaped biscuit, two cream centres and there is even a little teddy bear biscuit! All the biscuits, like the tin and tea set are artisan made 1:12 miniatures from my own collection and are between two and three millimetres in diameter.
The teapot is two and a half centimetres in height, the milk jug two centimetres in height, the sugar bowl one and half centimetres in height, the plate and saucer 2 centimetres in diameter, the teacup one a half centimetres in diameter, the teaspoon two centimetres in length and the biscuit tin two centimetres in diameter.
Malachi and my elevenses sit on a hand painted Primrose patterned Art Deco Colclough tea plate, made in Longton in England between 1925 and 1930.
Colclough Bone China was founded in Staffordshire in 1890 by Herbert J. Colclough, the former mayor of Stoke-on-Trent. Herbert loved porcelain and loved the ordinary working man. One of his desires was to bring fine bone china, a preserve of the upper and middle classes, to the working man. He felt that it would give them aspirations and dignity to eat off fine bone china. Colclough Bone China received a Royal Warrant from King George V in 1913. Colclough went on to innovate the production of fine bone china for the mass market in the 1920s and 1930s. They produced the backstamp brands Royal Vale and Royal Stanley. Colclough Bone China merged with Booth’s Pottery and later acquired Ridgeway China. Eventually they amalgamated with Royal Doulton in the 1970s.
Dafel Dolls and Bears history dates back to 1941 when founder Ada Schmit opened the shop to counter the shortage of toys available for children during the war. The shop, which also encompasses a doll and bear hospital and a dressing service, is still a family affair, run by mother and daughter Pauline Seaton and Lisa Brener. Located for 77 years in Melbourne’s iconic Block Arcade, Dafel Dolls and Bears relocated in 2018 to the end of Howey Place, a light filled arcade just a short stroll from their former original premises.
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"For centuries, men and women have manned lighthouses to ensure the safe passage of ships. It is a lonely job, and a thankless one for the most part...In the 23rd century, this job has moved into outer space. A network of beacons allows ships to travel across the Milky Way at many times the speed of light. These beacons are built to be robust. They never break down. They never fail. At least, they aren't supposed to."
- Text description for the novel Beacon 23 by Hugh Howey.
This is my take on the beacons from Hugh Howey's novel Beacon 23 for the Space Habitat Category for Space Jam 2023. I wanted to go for a near-future aesthetic as I wanted it to be recognizably earth technology. I also liked the idea of anchoring the beacon to an asteroid to make it more visually interesting. While this isn't ring station that can take advantage is spin gravity to the fullest, I still imagined the asteroid as the center of spin and the two modules each side could have different levels of spin gravity for different experiments or living conditions. And once I imagined it spinning, I had to make it a reality.
One XL Powered up motor is heavily geared down to drive the rotation of 2 technic turntables at for gear points. This allows the beacon to complete a full revolution in a little over 30 seconds at full power. See the animation in the comment below. I designed this model entirely around this function and it took 4-5 iterations of the drive mechanics to get it to spin reliably. The overall model with the stand weighs 9 lbs (4 kg), and yes it's over 100 studs across (accidental SHIP!). I plan to put together a video showing off the mechanics on my Instagram sometime in the coming weeks.
A special thanks for Nick and Casey who were able to offer stylistic critiques during the final stretch and help with the photo edit.
I am not completely satisfied with all of the detailing on this project, but I am happy to get it mostly finished in time to submit for Space Jam. The plan is to make the final tweaks for it to be displayed at Brickworld Chicago in June.
Winston Churchill at New Romney Station.
The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway was constructed during the 1920’s and opened on July 16th 1927. It was the dream of millionaire racing drivers Captain J.E.P. Howey and Count Louis Zborowski. The 15 in/381 mm gauge light railway is 13 ½ miles (22 km) long, running from Cinque Port in Hythe via Dymchurch, St Mary’s Bay, New Romney and Romney Sands to Dungeness.
DADDY: "Goodness Malachi! What are you doing in my teacup?"
MALACHI: "Hullo Daddy! What does it look like? I'm having elevenses of course."
DADDY: "Do you think this is the best place to have elevenses Malachi?"
MALACHI: "Oh yes Daddy! It's a capital place to take elevenses. It's cosy and dry, and I'm surrounded by beautiful hydrangeas: just like a walled garden."
DADDY: "Well that's all well and good Malachi, but how am I meant to have elevenses if you are sitting in my teacup?"
MALACHI: "Well, I'm not entirely sure Daddy, but I'm sure you will think of something."
Dedicated to red stilletto, with love!
Malachi is a recent, and unexpected, addition to my bear family. I acquired him in mid-March from a wonderful Melbourne stalwart toy shop: Dafel Dolls and Bears, when I went looking for a present for one of my goddaughters. Malachi is designed by Mary and hand-made by Wendy Joy in Australia. He has articulated arms and legs, and an extremely sweet face. Malachi was the name he came with, written by hand on his little tag.
Malachi is taking tea from a 1:12 miniature gilded tea set, which has a transfer of Art Nouveau gold leaves on it based on a Royal Doulton design for grapevines from the Edwardian era. He has a delicious looking brownie on his plate with hundreds and thousands decorating it. The tea set and the brownie are artisan made 1:12 miniatures from my own collection.
The teapot is two centimetres in height, the milk jug one and a half centimetres in height, the sugar bowl one centimetre in height, the plate and saucer one and a half centimetres in diameter, the teacup half centimetres in diameter, the sugar spoon two centimetres in length and the brownie is only one and three quarter centimetres in length.
Malachi sits in a teacup from my Hydrangea tea set, which was made by the Paragon China company in England between 1936 and 1939.
Dafel Dolls and Bears history dates back to 1941 when founder Ada Schmit opened the shop to counter the shortage of toys available for children during the war. The shop, which also encompasses a doll and bear hospital and a dressing service, is still a family affair, run by mother and daughter Pauline Seaton and Lisa Brener. Located for 77 years in Melbourne’s iconic Block Arcade, Dafel Dolls and Bears relocated in 2018 to the end of Howey Place, a light filled arcade just a short stroll from their former original premises.
This Hydrangea tea set was made by the Paragon China company in England. It features a double Royal Warrant on its base: “By Appointment to her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and Her Majesty Queen Mary”, which indicates that these were made between 1936 and 1939.
The Paragon China Company was a British manufacturer of bone china from 1919 to 1960, based in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, previously known as the Star China Company, and more recently part of the Royal Doulton group. Paragon was noted for producing high quality teaware and tableware, and was granted royal warrants of appointment by several members of the British Royal Family.
Off Howey Place, Melbourne CBD
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Linking up with Howey Place, which comes off Little Collins Street in Melbourne's fashion precinct, Presgrave Place is something of a standout. It doesn't offer much in the way of hole-in-the-wall galleries or design boutiques, but instead boasts an old-school Melbourne laneway vibe.
Check out the kitschy, framed artworks that line the brick walls and look up to see the Banksy-inspired rat sculptures hanging above. And despite the low-down laneway grime, you can still get your hit of killer brew at 30ml Coffee. For world-class cocktails mixed by folks who take themselves a little too seriously, step across to Matt Bax's Bar Americano. Yep, this is Melbourne, after all.
Based them on Nigel Gresley's famous
A1 class locomotives of the London & North
Eastern Railway, of which the Flying Scotsman
is a surviving example. Green Goddess and
tender cost £1,250 to build. The name of the
locomotive was apparently taken from one
of Howey's favourite plays.
Based them on Nigel Gresley's famous
A1 class locomotives of the London & North
Eastern Railway, of which the Flying Scotsman
is a surviving example. Green Goddess and
tender cost £1,250 to build. The name of the
locomotive was apparently taken from one
of Howey's favourite plays.
Over the weekend Rosie and I had a binge watching session of The 100, a post apocalyptic series in which humans have evacuated a radiation contaminated Earth. After orbiting in a space station for a century, 100 juvenile delinquents are sent back to Earth to test the air. This is the kind of stuff I love and, much to my delight, it turns out Rosie does too. She recently started checking out the science fiction section of my bookshelf as well. Starting off with Wool a post apocalyptic trilogy by Hugh Howey and she's really enjoying it so far. I used to journey to the center of the earth and far galaxies on my own. It's great to now have a traveling companion.
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This year I brought a virgin! That's the designation for someone that has never been to Burning Man...haha... his name is Hugh Howey ( @hughchowey - pictured here with my friend, the fully clothed Joe Azure - @jazurephotography ) - and you may know him as the sci-fi author of Wool and many other books. We hiked the Camino de Santiago recently and I slowly convinced him to join my friends at Burning Man. I'm super persuasive... ya know? Anyway, he didn't bring a lot of clothes, but that seemed to work for him. He's an awesome friend and it was a really good chance to bond and blow his mind via various molecular compounds. More to come about that... I know he got ideas for some new fictional works! I look forward to seeing what comes out of that brain (and shorts). Haha... yeah... he basically kind of owned Burning Man in his first year. Well done, Hugh, well done... *all 80,000 people there giving him a golf clap...
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On the blog: Part 2 of My 150km Hike in Spain... This Time, with Hugh Howey!
www.stuckincustoms.com/2018/10/23/part-2-of-my-150km-hike...
Dr. Syn is one of the railway's two Canadian Pacific-style locomotives, built in 1931 by the Yorkshire Engine Co., the other being Winston Churchill and has an identical history of design and build.
Named Black Prince on delivery, Number 10 changed name shortly after the war when Number 9 was re-named Winston Churchill (for obvious patriotic reasons and for display at an exhibition in Canada) and Howey knew that the line could not be without a Doctor Syn (a local fictional hero of smuggling stories).
The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway was constructed during the 1920’s and opened on July 16th 1927. It was the dream of millionaire racing drivers Captain J.E.P. Howey and Count Louis Zborowski. The 15 in/381 mm gauge light railway is 13 ½ miles (22 km) long, running from Cinque Port in Hythe via Dymchurch, St Mary’s Bay, New Romney and Romney Sands to Dungeness.