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Whilst the Wye Valley is an area of outstanding natural beauty, there is no escaping it's Industrial past. Fast flowing water down the slopes of the Wye valley, Iron Ore, copper, an abundance of wood for charcoal plus a tidal River with docks to move goods, made this area ideal for iron and copper production well before the Industrial Revolution. Tintern and Redbrook were centres of wire production in the 1600's.
This waterfall is one of many in the Angidy valley which drops down into the centre of Tintern by Abbey Mill. The old storage ponds for the Mills up in this valley are now "fisheries" and walks through the terrain are beautiful with waterfalls and woodland. Hard to believe now that heavy industry was underway in this pretty valley back in the reign of Elizabeth 1st, with the Wireworks here in Tintern being the largest industrial enterprise in the whole of Wales employing hundreds of people in the 1600's.
The areas around these old weirs and pools are pretty overgrown and I struggled to get down here to get this shot. It is composed of two RAW images, one exposed for the foreground and the second for the sky, such was the light challenges in this steep sided valley.
Tintern Abbey was founded on 1131. It was the first Cistercian foundation in Wales, and only the second in Britain (after Waverley Abbey).
Following the Abbey's dissolution, the adjacent area became industrialised with the setting-up of the first wireworks by the Company of Mineral and Battery Works in 1568 and the later expansion of factories and furnaces up the Angidy valley. Charcoal was made in the woods to feed these operations and, in addition, the hillside above was quarried for the making of lime at a kiln in constant operation for some two centuries. The Abbey site was in consequence subject to a degree of pollution and the ruins themselves were inhabited by the local workers.
"Night was falling. Birds were singing. Birds were, it occurred to me to say, enacting a frantic celebration of day's end. They were manifesting as the earth's bright-colored nerve endings, the sun's descent urging them into activity, filling them individually with life nectar, the life nectar then being passed into the world, out of each beak, in the form of that bird's distinctive song..."
- George Saunders
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This River is usually clear and blue but the flood waters have carried the mud and soil from the land it has overflown. A few days previously the nearby road had been shut because of the river flooding.
Tintern in the beautiful Wye Valley, Monmuthshire, South Wales
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This was my second choice for the Macro Mondays motion blur theme. The image shows a 2.5 inch section of a rigid wirework light shade, I moved the camera slightly to the right while the shutter was open. I added the colours in processing.
Tintern Abbey was founded on 1131. It was the first Cistercian foundation in Wales, and only the second in Britain (after Waverley Abbey).
Following the Abbey's dissolution, the adjacent area became industrialised with the setting-up of the first wireworks by the Company of Mineral and Battery Works in 1568 and the later expansion of factories and furnaces up the Angidy valley. Charcoal was made in the woods to feed these operations and, in addition, the hillside above was quarried for the making of lime at a kiln in constant operation for some two centuries. The Abbey site was in consequence subject to a degree of pollution and the ruins themselves were inhabited by the local workers.
Grade 2 listed. Built in 1875, this bridge carried a short-lived branch to the nearby Abbey Tinplate Works. Known as the Wireworks branch, the line proved to be a financial disaster - the wireworks had closed by the time construction of the line was completed.
The branch line was rendered useless after the tracks buckled in the very hot summer of 1935. The track was lifted in 1941.
The wooden planked road is now used as a footpath and for farm traffic .
Viewed from the Welsh to the English bank of Wye .
During the farewell parade of the Hamburg Cruise Days a wireworks is displayed with every cruise ship
Grade 2 listed. Built in 1875, this bridge carried a short-lived branch to the nearby Abbey Tinplate Works. Known as the Wireworks branch, the line proved to be a financial disaster - the wireworks had closed by the time construction of the line was completed.
The branch line was rendered useless after the tracks buckled in the very hot summer of 1935. The track was lifted in 1941.
The wooden planked road is now used as a footpath and for farm traffic .
I took this on the Welsh side, across the bridge is the The Forrest of Dean, England
Raided Lindsey's jewelry yesterday, hunting for some antique pieces she bought in England. Saw this bracelet I made for her a few years ago, and thought it would be a good test piece for the macro lens. I like the way the back nearly fades away in this shot. Images of the antique pieces are coming.
Wirework is common in South Africa and earns many people an income. This is particularly good wirework and I like the whimsy in this angel. I hope it brings you a taste of the sun and the warmth of the people in South Africa
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How could I resist ordering this unique charm? And what theme would I apply? "Johnny Appleseed" ~ "Isaac Newton" ~ "Adam" ~ or just a man sitting under an apple tree!
I did add the "engraved imagine oval" under the man, as he contemplates his destiny!
Many other ideas and charms came to mind, but I decided to just keep it simple and up to one's imagination!
I don't know what I love the most? Scrolling for an infinite number of eclectic charms, receiving them in the mail, creating reviews, or selecting recipients who might need one of these for a journal, zippered pouch, key chain, gift?
"It was not the apple on the tree
but the pair on the ground
that caused the trouble
in the Garden of Eden."
~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning~
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That is what this is called I am told . The wirework around the universe pendant is all hand wound in freeform style , ie it was made up as it was created !!
This shot is the first one out of my new light box studio - it comes with built in LED lighting , a top porthole for overhead shots , reflective inside and six different coloured background inserts - pleased with this and the fact that it is quick and easy to set up and put away !!
I was at a loss for a name for this but thought the loops looked a bit like the breasts on the famous Artemis statue (half down the page here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis) so that's what I called it *shrug*.
Sterling silver 1mm hammered wire, 1mm wire 4mm ID & 0.8mm wire 2.6mm ID Euro 4in1 & Byzantine, 0.4mm wire for the rose quartz round and briolette beads.
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A rework of an old shot , " The Theory Of Chaos " , the original was the first shot taken using my pop up light box . This time it was taken as it hangs on the wall just using the P&S TZ60 and not the macro set up with the 105 Sigma as before . For lighting this time as well as hand holding the camera I was also hand holding the quite large LED torch I always have handy .
The wirework around the universe pendant is all hand wound in freeform style , ie it was made up as it was created !!
A shot for The Saturday Self Challenge . Finding a shot for the challenge can sometimes be a challenge in itself AND like waiting for a bus ! Spent most of the week looking for a shot failing miserably - then have two ! Firstly I was going to use the shot of the " Tree of Life " hand crafted by someone in the family and not me , the wirework makes up the trunk and branches and hanging off of the branches are Swarovski crystals and tigers eye gem stones . Finally got the shot ( not easy to light but a good learning curve ) , then go off to the dump and remember this tree of doom nearby . Should have been an easy challenge , Surrey is supposed to be one of the counties with the most trees and some famous ones for their age !
And finally some music for Sight and Sound
I really love this one and will be making a matching necklace. Lots of lovely pearl clusters in a mix of size and shape that hang off of Lynne's lovely rings and seperated by some very delicate Hill Tribe tubes.
These giraffe are handcrafted from old tins (pop or beer) and wire. The craftsmanship is quite exquisite.
The texture is Skeletal Mess and is called monsters
A friend is attending an Indian wedding and asked for some large pasley earrings to go with her sari. They are very sparkly, adapted from a tutorial done by Sandee Lee
Caught in a tangled web..an uptown girl shares with her uptown friends....."he's a diamond in the rough".....you can hear a pin drop and then the giggling begins....tell us more, tell us more.....this gorgeous looking polished gem of a briolette is nothing more than a ruby tone quartz crystal BUT caught in the company of more poised and cultured gems like real rubies, iolites, tanzanites, amethysts,moonstones and prehnites, this handsome centerpiece can pass off as a ruby replica irrespective of any careless whispers that might be making its way thru' the uptown grapevine. All wirework, pins and chain are sterling silver. Ends with a sterling silver lobster clasp and measures approx 15" whilst the centerpiece drops at approx 1.5" Affordable luxury!
Another in the occasional series of earrings from my collection. This pair was found in Chichester in the UK, if memory serves right, in a shop that had all sorts of delights from the East. Following tradition and infilling with enamel between the wirework. I still love them!
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A beaded bouqet that I made a number of years ago. The butterfly is about 1 inch long from tip of antenna to lowest wing tip. All the beads (flowers and butterfly) are glass.
For Macro Mondays "Fake".
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This image is for the Monday Weekly Challenge group - the theme was 'anything to do with cars'.
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This little VW beetle was made by a local craftsman from wire and beads. This is a common craft in our area and in South Africa. I love the details in this.
This week I bought one of those amazing creations our South African wire workers make. This one looks like a baobab tree which fans out at the top and then curls into little branches. beautiful craftsmanship. I send you a heart for Xmas.
Natural and flawless transparent pinkish Rose Quartz gemstone. Wirework using gold-filled wires. Falls 30mm from leverback earwire.
~ lots of light and love ~
These earrings, though I made them in Spring of '09, are being listed nearly a year later.
Why such a delay? Well, it's because I love them SO VERY much that I hate the thought of parting. But, I think it's time to let them go [as I stifle a sob].
The title really says it all: these birdies have long aqua dyed tail feathers, 'shark tooth' shaped blue freshwater pearls, freeform bundles of thin gauge red wire, amethyst chips, intricate seed bead work, with shots of teal, black, fuchsia, periwinkle, green-gold and yellow. I'm torn between thoughts of magnificent tropical birds and giant bins of colorful candy.
Gazing at them, I find myself wondering whether I want to cage them as pets or eat them for dessert.
A friend at work handed me the exquisite rose quartz cabochon with the brief to do "something" with it. Inspired by Eni Oken's woven bezel it created this.
It reminds me of cherry blossoms for some reason.....but also of one of those ornate oval mirrors......
Mirror, mirror on the wall who is the fairest of them all.....
Approximately 25" of luxe. Finely faceted 10 mm diameter, deep purple amethyst round beads form the centre of this necklace whilst more faceted rondells and nuggets dot the rest of this piece. Smooth mauve amethyst and cape amethyst beads are the softer tone in this piece.
I invisaged this steampunk inspired brooch set for Australian Beading forum Challenge #26: "Very Merry Unbirthday! Brrr! Whizz! Click!" (Steampunk Alice in Wonderland).
This is a set of 5 brooches, intended to be sitting on a top hat for the Mad Hatters tea party.
The heart, club, diamond and spade are made from wirework brass, copper, stearling silver with buttons, rondels, swarovski's, beads, heshi, washers and watch parts with some glueing.
The focal brooch is a button with peyote stitch embelishment and glued watch parts.
This is my wedding circlet. I've used brass wire.....gold was a little out of my price range.
I've used 16 gauge, 28 gauge, 24 gauge and half round brass wire, swarovski crystals, czech glass and brass beads. The Olivine beads match olive green wedding dress.
This Celtic inspired wedding circlet is named after Danu, Irish Mother Goddess associated who fertility, prosperity, comfort, health and light...I thought this might be something she would wear.