Created for TMI - In the style of... Pastels.

Dandelion, courtesy of PD.

Strange element, purchased from DS.

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How to kill a worm

Mistle Thrush - Turdus Viscivorus

Nunroyd Park Yeadon

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Gettin' It On is the Bull's name.... This bull was mounting another bull in the shoot just before he was rudely interrupted... belted up and mounted by the cowboy. I would say that would only piss him off further...poor cowboy , he might just meet his maker...

I posted a WIP picture a week ago to get some feed-back on what was the original version of this, and with the help of Lord Dane, Torin, and my first Bricklink order, it transformed into this.

For Flickr Friday's theme #Letters

Lower Butte Creek Falls in Oregon. This one had been on my list for years but the trail was closed until recently due to the nearby Beachie fire of 2020. The waterfall did not disappoint with its curvy flow. The viewpoint is a finger of land that juts out and forces a bend in the river, with cliffs on either side. I didn't fancy the precarious path down to river level. As I set up my tripod, a rain cloud passed over the sun breaks, creating a wonderful glowing fog among the trees.

A pattern-welded blade by Pete Mattila of Hobart.

This particular blade is one of a trio of such hand-forged pieces created by Pete, artist, designer and blacksmith.

Pattern-welded steel is often mistakenly referred to as 'Damascus steel' but there are notable differences in production techniques, chemical composition and metallurgy in a historical sense. Sufficient differences in fact to start whole wars on blade smithing forums so not going there... :-)

This particular blade is made from railway steel and another, higher carbon steel being forced together under extreme temperature and pressure - either by press or hammer.

The unique banding in this one-piece blade comes from the many layers being twisted very tightly together at the end of the welding process and when close to white hot. The blade shape has then been hammer forged out of the circular blank. The twisting is visible in the handle.

They are a very pretty blade after pickling in acid then strong coffee :-)

Nikon Z 6, Nikkor Z 24-200/4-6.3, 1/160th sec at f/6.3, ISO 400.

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Looking close on Friday theme: Clothes Pegs

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The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker,

and all of them going to the fair.

The Dicken's Christmas Fair to be exact. It's a Victorian visual feast between now and Christmas at the Cow Palace in Daly City. It's well worth a visit if you're local.

This lady is technically a candle maker and not a candlestick maker, I guess.

Hugesville, MD

Maker Faire

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Photo of this bread maker was taken on the West Bank of the Nile in Luxor during one of my trips to Egypt during the 1990s. Again, is a scanned image.

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Long exposure taken from a great spot at the Narrow Neck Peninsula in Blue Mountains. I loved the strange rock pattern in the foreground and loved the motion of the trees and clouds. To me the trees looked like a dream maker, weaving the fabric of the clouds and creating their motion towards me.

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Adjacent to the Designer Maker User exhibit at The Design Museum.

Canada, Toronto, China Town, November 2018

The new Design Museum on Kensington High Street. Maybe a few too many people but it's always difficult with London's landmark buildings

My first test of Impossible I-1's manual mode was this illuminated inflatable forest made by Astro Botanicals at the Maker Faire. A 1.5 second exposure.

I walk around the garden and find these two mischief makers silently up to something. Not too sure if they were trying to cultivate or dig for worms.

The Maker: Our hardworking rural women are the symbol of our women empowerment with a lot of difficulties. They are the real heroes for their family and us. The unseen heroes.

4 years back it was a nice photo journey at Manikganj .

In Cairo, Egypt there is a whole road designated for the tent makers. These people are highly skilled and very artistic. We were amazed at the level of detail in these pieces as they are hand made. We ended up buying the brown reddish one in the middle of the image.. It now hangs in our house as a reminder of this trip.

a traditional salt makers at Kusamba - Bali start the works at early in the morning

The saga concludes...

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Colour version

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WONDERFUL MAKER ~ Jeremy Camp

You spread out the skies over empty space

Said, "let there be light"

To a dark and formless world

Your light was born

what a wonderful God

Umbrella maker

[ca. 1890]

1 photographic print : albumen, hand-colored with watercolor ; 20.7 x 27 cm (image), 30.6 x 39 cm (mount)

Notes:

Photograph shows a man and a young boy making parasols. Watercolor drawings on the mount depict flowers in the upper right and a kimono drying on a wooden frame in the lower left.

Title from item.

No. B1097.

Illus. in album: Japanese people and views, B1097.

Subjects:

Umbrellas--Japan--1880-1900.

Men--Employment--Japan--1880-1900.

Boys--Employment--Japan--1880-1900.

Kimonos--Japan--1880-1900.

Flowers--Japan--1880-1900.

Format: Remarques--Hand-colored--1880-1900.

Watercolors--Color--1880-1900.

Albumen prints--Hand-colored--1880-1900.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication in the U.S. Use elsewhere may be restricted by other countries' laws. For general information see "Copyright and Other Restrictions ...," www.loc.gov/rr/print/195_copr.html.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g14288

Call Number: LOT 9648 [item]

Washington DC's own Bed Maker playing at Smash Records in DC.

One of the things that impressed me about the film props on display at the Harry Potter Studio Tour was the really minute detail on display. This mark was on an orrery prop–there's no way anyone would ever see this detail on screen, only the folks who made this, and perhaps an actor who was particularly attentive, would see it at all. It didn't need to be there, but it is.

Nikon D7000 w/Nikkor 18-300 @ 300mm, 1/60s @ ƒ/5.6, ISO3200. Color finishing in Lightroom.

Walking a path through the woods below Maker in east Cornwall, very impressed with these trees. Mum taking a quick break on the bench.

Hay umbrella in a bar near the Black sea beach.

Photo taken with Canon 450D, Tamron SP AF28-300/3.5-6.3

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Minnesota Vikings, Great game.

Bubble maker on the Thames Path near Blackfriars, London on a cold January night 2016

at the Rochester NY 2019 Maker Fair

An event to celebrate crafts, engineering, science projects, etc. For and by all ages.All of these “makers” come to Maker Faire to show what they have made and to share what they have learned. Maker Faire is primarily designed to be forward-looking, showcasing makers who are exploring new forms and new technologies.

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