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@Grand Canyon, by Fred Kabotie (c. 1900–1986) was a celebrated Hopi painter, silversmith, illustrator, potter, author, curator and educator.
@Grand Canyon, by Fred Kabotie (c. 1900–1986) was a celebrated Hopi painter, silversmith, illustrator, potter, author, curator and educator.
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This silver atomic heart pendant with amethyst is my favourite of the many pieces my daughter, Clare, has made for me with her silversmithing hat on.
I have nestled it in a tiny purple glazed concrete bowl Clare also made one year when she went into production with a friend.
...remembering my daughter, Clare, who wrote "the shades of light to deepest pink...have always been favourite colours" and therefore named her silversmithing enterprise 'rose madder'.
The Silversmithing Museum is situated in the Castele of Ioannina - To Μουσειο Αργυροτεχνιας βρισκεται στο Καστρο Ιωαννινων
Ray brought these two 'Compassion' roses in from the garden last evening. The rose bush climbs on the back wall of our house and the blooms have a distinctive peachey scent.
They make me think of our late** daughter, Clare, who called her silversmithing enterprise 'Rose Madder' because "the shades of light to deepest pink produced by the plant pigment of this name have always been favourite colours and I like that Rose Madder sounds a little like a burlesque persona."
Clare wrote these words in an article she produced about her jewellery-making for the first edition of 'Sachet Mixte Women', an Arts Journal published in 2014.
She ends her piece in the journal with words from Henry Miller: "Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself."
**I used to think this adjective rather quaint. I noted its use in novels by Alexander McCall Smith. Now it has become for me a useful word to explain what I do not want to be verbose in explanation.
some pieces by Clare: flic.kr/s/aHsmTQ6GZR
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The silver of this ring is actually silver; the gold is reticulated brass (the process turns the brass a gold colour) which Clare explained to me as she gave it as a gift, made in her silversmithing enterprise 'rose madder'.
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Wualai Road in Chiang Mai is known for it's Saturday night market and for the silversmiths that live and work in the area. It is also the location of the famous "Silver Temple". The Lanna School of Ancient Arts utilizes Wat Sri Suphan as a school for the new generations of silversmiths.
Clare's silversmithing work was featured in this Arts Journal, 2014, the First Edition exclusively for Women...
Her opening words to her story and images of pieces crafted in
rose madder:
I love creating jewellery. It has brought so much into my life..............
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Landing among the flowers ... a special butterfly
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A brooch I've had for a long time - silver, carefully and intricately enamelled with bands of sky blue, purple, lime green and orange. The enamelling glitters in the sunshine. It was made by the Norwegian silversmith David Andersen.
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Bonus Silversmith
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Silversmith, Inle Lake, Myanmar
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Clare works as a silversmith, in her own small enterprise, Rose Madder, from a space in the hallway of her flat in Glasgow. I am fortunate to often receive special pieces from her. I have collected photos of a few of these in my album 'Made by Clare'.
update: we lost Clare suddenly in May 2022 and my album of her work has become an album in her memory
Alongside the hawthorn in memory of Clare, Ray has now planted a spindle tree in our front garden We were surprised and happy that the hawthorn gave deep pink blossom in May in its first season with us. And now the spindle tree is amazingly already decked with bright pink berries in July. **
The pink blossom and berries of these two trees have been chosen in reference to Clare's silversmithing enterprise, Rose Madder, which meant so very much to her and from which I have so many beautiful pieces.
** I checked it out online:
Spindle fruits are perhaps the most unusual of all our native trees and shrubs. They consist of green 'capsules' that become bright pink when they are ripe in September and October
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Wualai Road in Chiang Mai is known for it's Saturday night market and for the silversmiths that live and work in the area. It is also the location of the famous "Silver Temple". The Lanna School of Ancient Arts utilizes Wat Sri Suphan as a school for the new generations of silversmiths.
……Rewinding to Christmas just gone Attingham Park (N/Trust) the Tree theme was to celebrate many trades involved in keeping Attingham in tip top condition, so there was the Plasterers tree, the Gilted, Upholsterer, Woodworker and so the list goes on - this one is the Silversmith, I wish I’d have composed a little better on the left but decided to share for the quality of the display not the photo. Well done NT…. Alan:-)
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This beautiful English Style Liberty (Art Nouveau) milk jug was made by silversmiths George Nathan and Ridley Hayes in Chester in 1903. Very elegantly designed, it has a decorative edge, a sweeping Art Nouveau handle and three small legs with hoof like feet.
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 18th of November is “objects with legs”, where I can photograph anything that has legs, but is not a living being, nor a doll, stuffed toy, little figure, figurine or statue. I immediately thought of this beautiful sterling silver milk jug, which belonged to my Great Grandparents, which now sits on my dining room mantlepiece, and which I sometimes use for formal dinner parties and at Christmas and New Year. It was part of a very fashionable Style Liberty (the English version of Art Nouveau – also known as the English Arts and Crafts Movement) six piece tea and coffee set that my Great Grandfather bought my Great Grandmother from George Nathan and Ridley Hayes Hatton Gardens premises in London in 1904. The set was sent at some stage between the two World Wars from their London house to their Manchester house. The Manchester house was hit by a bomb during what became known as the “Christmas Blitz” on the 23rd of December, 1940. Many of my Great Grandparents’ belongings in the house were destroyed by the German bomber’s strike, but incredibly, many items survived the hit, including beautiful pieces of fine porcelain, books, photos, paintings and pieces of family silver. Sadly, the rest of this set was lost in the rubble, but my Great Grandparents’ housekeeper retrieved this milk jug amongst other items. My Great Grandparents were spending Christmas 1940 in Sussex, and were not at all in danger, but went up to Manchester as soon as they could arrange it after Christmas. Their housekeeper presented them with this jug amongst the items salvaged from their Manchester home, and, when they died, it was passed to my Grandmother, who in turn bequeathed it to me. I hope you like this pretty footed milk jug with its stylish legs, and that it makes you smile.
George Nathan and Ridley Hayes were silversmiths who entered their first joint mark in 1897 in Birmingham. They were particularly known for their Style Liberty interpretation of early English silver - producing tea sets and caddies, bowls, baskets and desk sets. They traded under the name Nathan & Hayes and had premises in both Birmingham and Hatton Gardens in London. Hayes ceased to appear in records in 1912, but the firm continued trading as Nathan & Hayes. They were bought by S. Blanckensee & Sons.
Inside the Castle
New Silversmithing Museum
The museum deals with silversmithing technology in the pre-industrial period, while illuminating the extensive history of silverware in Epirus from the 15th century to the 20th
Wualai Road in Chiang Mai is known for it's Saturday night market and for the silversmiths that live and work in the area. It is also the location of the famous "Silver Temple". The Lanna School of Ancient Arts utilizes Wat Sri Suphan as a school for the new generations of silversmiths.
This house dates to about 1818, or about 15 years after the United States purchased Franco-Spanish claims to Louisiana.
Around 1970 in the Midlands of England, a silversmith and amateur songwriter by the name of Ron Webster was riding home from work on a dark, rainy night and wished he was somewhere where it was warm instead of facing a cold, wet walk from the bus stop to his home.
He began to pen a song and took the invitation of Kenyan-born Roger Whittaker who was hosting a radio program and invited listeners to send in songs he would put to music.
Whittaker recorded Webster's song in 1971 and it became one of his greatest hits in his long music career, eventually selling over 11 million copies worldwide.
Photographing scenes like this at the closing down of autumn in Minnesota always makes me think of that song and how the brilliant fall displays signal an end of sunny days, warm nights and summertime memories. What awaits us over the next 6 months can test the endurance of the strongest person's soul.
(Photographed near Cambridge,MN)
The time already has passed, but the crape myrtle was in full bloom.
Especially the white flowers were so lovely.
Clare, my daughter, works as a silversmith so I am fortunate to receive beautiful pieces for birthdays, anniversaries or just any time. Here are a very few.
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There are several extant historical inns where silversmith artisans still produce silver work using very old techniques.
Silversmiths, Chiang Mai; Thailand
König Bhumibol ist nach 62 Jahren auf dem Thron die höchste moralische Autorität in Thailand.
This my friends, is my soldering station. Yes, you may laugh. :) I laugh all the time looking at it. But hey!! It gets the job done!! LOL
The Silversmith ~ Kuang Jinsheng.
Their generation as lives take the hand-planted silverware and had gone thru hundred years of history. He started hand made silverware when he was 14 years old, when he turn to 60 years old only then famous far and wide, once, by his fine vulture fine-pointed finish's small teapot.
百年手工銀器 - 銀匠鄺進盛老師傅
就在噴泉右邊，店屋的最後一間“列源金舖”，有位銀匠鄺進盛，他們世代以手工製作銀器為生，已有百年歷史。14歲就手製銀器，60餘歲才名揚四海，曾經，他就以精雕細琢的小茶壺、木碳爐及瓶子聞名海外，連日本雜誌都越洋專訪，登上了日本雜誌，是為浮羅人的驕傲。
Silversmith Powerhouse. Although not the first hydro development established in Sandon, the Silversmith was the most technologically advance when it was installed in 1916. It supplied power to the Silversmith Mines and mill. The powerhouse was built in 1916 and the machinery used dates back to 1905, as it was secondhand at the time of installation from the City of Vernon. The powerhouse provided both electricity to the mill and compressed air and electricity to the underground workings of the mine. The plant draws water from Carpenter and Cody Creeks through a wooden penstock that has a vertical drop of 185 m (610 ft). The Silversmith Powerhouse is still in use today, and is the oldest continuing operating plant in Canada.