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Of a type once ubiquitous-----but now almost vanished-----in old industrial Saint John.
This photo was taken in Rumford, Maine.
My brick built Clayface. Kinda based off of his appearance in BTAS, but altogether just whatever hulking creature I could make with the brown parts I had. I painted onto that top part for his face but I messed up a bit on the eyes and lower left part.
*Might rebuild him with mixel parts, and not sure why he's so dusty...every time I grab him he's covered in dust*
A nearby 1920s house has two spiral (helical) brick columns (one clockwise and the other anticlockwise). The bricks appear specifically shaped for the purpose. So, I tried to discover their history, because these days spiral brick strutures seem to be made awkwardly from rectangular bricks.
In Adelaide, helical brickwork was part of Tudor revival designs in the 20s and 30s (see www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/e15923e7-9ece-4217-83a9-9...), but I could not establish the actual shape of these bricks or which company made them.
I found one UK company that currently supplies specially shaped bricks to create a convex spiral (see www.ibstock.uk.com/pdfs/self-build-new-ideas/Spiralbrick.pdf). In the Tudor period, apparently special bricks were made, as well as bricks being carved in situ.
We're collecting antique bricks from old family homes for our hearth. If I find out any information on the star imprint, I'll add it here. These came from the Auburn house.
Update: Jim Graves, from the International Brick Collector's Association, tells me that the star bricks were manufactured by the Lone Star Pressed Brick Company of Ferris,Texas, circa 1905-1923.
The Brick Lane Posse had a fabulous meet-up a week or two ago with the wonderful Allie, who was down visiting from Scotland. Allie is an amazing woman - beautiful, extremely intelligent, and fun - and we all had the most fantastic night out together.
In this pic (from left to right) you can see Nigella, Emma, Rachel, Rebecca (me!), and Allie herself. I had not seem Allie since long before the pandemic (although I have written a profile of her for "Transliving"!).
Allie just gets younger and lovelier as the years go by! I hope she will be down again soon.
Love and Kisses to All!
xxx
Rebecca
I enjoyed a fabulous afternoon out and about on Brick Lane in the Spring sunshine yesterday, with a group of lovely girlfriends. From left to right we have: Irene, Rebecca (me!), Chrissie, and Gillian. A great time was had by all!
The four of us attracted a lot of positive attention from tourists and other passers-by, with lots of requests to photograph us - and to be photographed with us. We were even approached by a casting director for an ad agency, shooting clothes "for the more mature woman (!!!)...". We shall see if anything comes of that!!
Love and Kisses to All!!!
xxxxxx
Rebecca
This brick work also has the 1 small and 1 large brick but it's on a house where the owner has money. The small bricks have coating on each brick that reflects light so when the sun shines on it the house shimmers. The date marked into the brick tells when the bricklayer stopped for the winter because it would take several years to build the house.
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