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finally blogged: ikwilt.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/it-blue-ribbon-quilt.html
Two down, two to go.
My fingers will be relieved when it's done.
Awesome quilting by Michele Turner. I don't know if I could've handed it over to anyone else?
FYI
A SYMBOL RECOMPOSED
92" x 92"
Inspired by Chuck Nohara's Symbol Quilt featured in her stunning book 2001 New Patchwork Patterns.
The 121 blocks are 5" finished and were made by Maree, Kerry, Loloma and me. It was my choice for our fourth annual entry for the 2012 Sydney Quilt Show. I redesigned the border and sashings to fit our blocks.
I will make the whole album public once I have permission from the others.
Fish symbol. Saarijärvi, Meltaus. Rovaniemi, Finland.
Samanistinen kalariimu tunnetaan useista alkuperäiskulttuureissa muodon hieman vaihdellessa. Kala oli muinais-suomalaiselle shamaanille voimakas apuhenki matkoilla toisiin todellisuuksiin. Symboli on myös ikivanha maaäidin tunnus. Akka on saamelaisessa mytologiassa voimallinen jumalatar.
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Belém Tower is a fortified tower and a famous landmark located
in the Belém district of Lisbon, Portugal. I travelled there in 2007.
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Belém Tower was built in the early 16th century in the Portuguese late Gothic style, the Manueline, to commemorate Vasco da Gama's expedition. This defensive, yet elegant construction has become one of the symbols of the city, a memorial to the Portuguese power during the Age of the Great Discoveries. In 1983 it was classified, together with the nearby Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Belém Tower was built both as a ceremonial gateway to Lisbon and as part of a defense system of the entrance of the Tagus river and the Jerónimos Monastery, which was necessary to protect Lisbon. The system was initiated by King John II (1455-1495), who built the Fortress of Cascais and the Fortress of São Sebastião of Caparica. The banks of Belém were protected by a ship, the Grande Nau, replaced by the Tower of Belém during the last five years of the reign of King Manuel I.
The Tower was constructed between 1515 and 1521 by military architect Francisco de Arruda, who had already built several fortresses in Portuguese possessions in Morocco. The influence of the Moorish decorative art is manifest in delicate decorations of the arched windows and balconies and in the ribbed cupolas of the watch towers. Diogo de Boitaca, first architect of the nearby Monastery of the Jerónimos, probably also participated in decorating the building. The machicolation and the battlements are decorated with the rich sculptural ornamentations of the Manueline style.
Originally, the Tower stood on a little island on the right side of the Tagus, surrounded by water. Opposite the beach at Restelo, with the progressive southward creeping of the shore over the years, it is now practically moored to the bank itself. It was dedicated to the patron saint of Lisbon, St Vincent.
In 1580, when Lisbon was invaded by Spanish troops in the course of a struggle for the Portuguese throne, the Tower fought and surrendered to the Duke of Alba. In the following centuries the Tower was mainly used as a prison (with the underground cellars regularly flooding) and as a custom house. Indeed, given its height and lack of dissimulation in the landscape, some historians believe the Tower was mostly intended to serve as a customs outpost.
In the 1840s, under the impulse of romantic writer Almeida Garrett, the Tower of Belém was restored by King Ferdinand II. At this point many neo-manueline decorative elements were added to the building. It was declared a National Monument in 1910.
The third full moon of 2021 on March 28 is the biggest and brightest moon of the year so far. Known as the Worm Moon in the northern hemisphere as it comes as the ground begins to thaw from winter.
In the course of a thorough restoration, on April 19, 1991, the reliquary, which was kept in a leather case, was recovered from a sealed cavity in the head of the crucified Christ. It had been there for a good 600 years, nobody knew about his Existence.
The five by four centimeter silver figure in the form of a butterfly contains a cross relic and shows one executed in enamel technique on the front
Crucifixion scene with Mary and John under the cross of Jesus.
The valuable enamel work was probably made in France in the early 14th century (possibly Paris, probably around 1310/1320).
The butterfly, this image of transformation, miracle, resurrection, in the back of the head of the Crucified. Symbolism speaks without words; the butterfly reliquary can be seen in the original in the Regensburg Cathedral Treasure.
París (France)
La Torre Eiffel, símbolo de París y todo un orgullo para los parisinos.
Explore! - Apr 1, 2009 - #482
Woohoo! More nanotechnology for our bodies: Nanoscale devices; Nanoscale wires; Nanoscale wire sensors; Nanosensors; Nanoscale wire probes; Nanoscale field-effect transistors; Nanotube-electronic Hybrid devices; Nanoelectronic components for cells; nanotube-electronic hybrid devices; Nanostructures; Nanoscopic wire-based devices; Nanoscale wire-based data storage; Nanoscale wire-based memory devices; Nano666 technology!
Check out some patents for this stuff:
patents.justia.com/inventor/charles-m-lieber?page=2
Wall Street Journal: Ray Kurzweil: Future Tech Will Be Part of Us:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ausc1hRR4q0&t=6s
Revelation 1:1 “This is the revelation that God gave to Jesus Christ, to show His servants what must happen shortly. His angel revealed this revelation to His slave John, by using signs and symbols.”
Signs, symbols, algorithms, codes, implants, devices, physical, digital, natural, synthetic, human, machine, enhancement, enslavement, control, manipulation, host, parasite, microchips, nanochips, plastic, metallic, humanism, transhumanism, augmentation, amalgamation, robotics, AI, evolution, darwinism, eugenics, cybernetics, godless, luciferian, dystopian, apocalypse, prophetic, revelation, judgment, wrath, heaven, hell.
(Camera settings)
Camera: FinePix HS20EXR (FUJIFILM)
Focal Length: 6 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Aperture: f/3.6
Shutter Speed: 1/70 sec
Lisbon Series - Symbols
In this Work you may see some symbols of Lisbon, The Statue of Marquis of Pombal, the "Campo Pequeno", The flag and symbol of Lisbon and the typical Street Lamps of the City. The Lion is the Symbol of power and the Marquis the main leader of the reconstruction of Lisbon after the great earthquake of 1755, with an estimated magnitude of 9 on the Richter scale.
Some Monuments, houses and streets show the typical traces of a city that was under Moorish dominion (from 711-1108).
More soon than i thought i could finish some works in hands ! This is the first of that new series !
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Germany, Düsseldorf, „Gehry buildings“ in the Düsseldorf media harbour. One of the ensemble of three buildings by the Canadian-US architect Frank Owen Gehry built in 1996/1998, he is world-wide renown by his deconstructive architecture, which is like his fingerprint
Just as the old castle tower, only a few hundred yards downriver posted, the traditional & popular symbol of the former royal residence is & remains.
Gehry's harbour has become the most admired ensemble, most talked about & most photographed building in town. Curves, strange angles, distorted walls, protruding window frames, seemingly haphazard in the corrugated skin of the building. Different heights & levels, varying alignments & projections produce three solitaires that create the picture.
The uniqueness of each tower is determined by the choice of material for the outer skin very stressed. Smooth plastered the first tower in sheer white, but rather unspectacular addition to "Building B" is covered with the shiny silver stainless steel sheets. The curved surface can often reflected the sunlight again & flashed again. The third tower of the brick facade, which is on the bizarre architecture of a very modern look. The calculation of the load-bearing walls & floors was performed using a special architectural design program. The buildings seem so strange from the outside, functional & straightforward, the internal architecture. As many right angles are also & especially in the inclined external walls guarantee rational use.
Highly complex calculation & design were the nearly 1,600 windows in the three buildings. Gehry's idea, every window to put in a box to compensate for the different inclinations & angles, was brilliantly simple - but do not realize that simple. The variety of exterior walls required extremely detailed designs. It finally turned out, had 1531 individual window boxes designed, manufactured & installed. Long been controversial in Dusseldorf & in the growing media port, whose face they have a decisive impact. Advertising & media agencies in the Gehry buildings found their home, business consultants & designers work there door to door. With the Gehry buildings in Düsseldorf has "Mile of the creative & media" found its first milestone.
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"Ce symbole, représenté par trois croissants entrelacés, est au cœur de l’identité visuelle de la ville, ornant fièrement de nombreux édifices et documents officiels.
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L’histoire du logo de Bordeaux remonte au milieu du 17e siècle, une époque où ces trois croissants entrelacés font leur première apparition. Ces éléments caractéristiques étaient souvent présents sur le dos et les plats des reliures des livres de prix décernés par le collège de Guyenne, une institution éducative prestigieuse de la région.
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Aujourd’hui, le chiffre de Bordeaux a évolué pour devenir le symbole officiel de la ville."
www.bougerabordeaux.com/sinformer/le-logo-de-bordeaux-un-...
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"Le logo actuel de la ville de Bordeaux, dont les premiers dessins furent connus dès le XVIIème siècle reprend à son tour, pour le multiplier par trois, le motif du quartier de lune.
Il s’agit de trois croissants entrelacés qu’on appelle aussi le chiffre de Bordeaux. Ils ont pour origine le croissant de lune, emblème du port dans les armoiries. On ne les trouve pas avant le milieu du 17e siècle. Ils figurent, entre autres, sur le dos et les plats des reliures des livres de prix décernés par le collège de Guyenne et ornent, au XVIIIème siècle, le fronton de la fontaine Saint-Projet. Ce « chiffre » est aujourd’hui le symbole utilisé comme logo de la ville.
Au XVIème siècle déjà, les trois lunes entrelacées constituaient le monogramme de Diane de Poitiers, reprenant l’attribut antique de la Diane chasseresse."
bordeaux-gazette.com/le-blason-de-bordeaux-port-des-lumie...
in Bordeaux - Aquitaine - France
Taken in Asakusa, Tokyo. This image is available to buy from Getty Images
I'd walked from Tokyo Skytree to Sensoji Temple (my favourite in the city for photographing) and while looking for some new places of interest, found a small shrine behind the main complex. The shrine had all the traditional elements as well as loads of these little cat figures (update: fox figures - thanks Lee). Not sure what they symbolise, never seen them before. Can anyone add any information?
Also: Congratulations to the Japanese ladies football team on winning the World Cup.
You have lifted the nation!!
Faith is not my thing, at all, but I do admire the aesthetics of some symbols, like the framing of this cross next to the "Hermitage of Our Lady of Peace" (Ermida de Nossa Senhora da Paz).
A fé não é o meu forte, de todo, mas admiro a estética de alguns símbolos, como o enquadramento desta cruz junto à Ermida de Nossa Senhora da Paz.