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Made these while cleaning up my work table, using scraps that emerged from the pile. His photo has been on my worktable for a while. He was a playwright, set designer and theater manager in Berlin during the Weimar era. And grandfather of former work colleague.
This delicate Art Nouveau inspired necklace is much more romantic then what my pieces usually are. But this was one of those pieces that just happen. When the separate elements – first intended for other pieces - just end up together on the worktable and lies there, in perfect symmetry and there is no way of ignoring them. You just HAVE to put them together.
The two swirly side elements are wrapped to the centre element with lovely faceted rondelles of Green Amethysts. From the centre element one stunning, big faceted briolette of Brazilian Emerald with amazing colour hang. A double chain leads up and closes with my handmade hook style clasp. A simple, but very very elegant necklace.
Total length – 51cm (20”)
Focal total drop – 8cm (3.1”)
Este es mi pequeño estudio y que hasta dentro de unos dias va a estar cerrado por vacaciones. Gracias a todos y hasta muy pronto.
This is my studio and that even within a few days will be closed for vacation. Thanks to everyone and very soon.
In a quiet chamber of the Palácio Nacional da Pena in Sintra, Portugal, an extraordinary cabinet commands attention—a fusion of craftsmanship, color, and symbolism that perfectly reflects the Romantic spirit of nineteenth-century design. Its panels shimmer with deep emerald-green reliefs, depicting robed figures within Gothic arches, each one carved with reverence and finished with a luminous glaze that catches the light like stained glass. The cabinet is more than furniture; it’s a story in wood and ceramic, a testament to the era’s fascination with artistry and meaning.
When King Ferdinand II and his artisans reimagined this former monastery into a palace of dreams, they sought to weave art into every surface. This cabinet, likely influenced by the German and Italian styles Ferdinand admired, embodies that vision—where architecture, sculpture, and interior design blend seamlessly. The interplay between the dark carved wood and the jewel-toned ceramic tiles suggests the dialogue between nature and imagination that defined the palace’s eclectic interiors.
Each panel tells its own silent narrative. The figures—saints, scholars, or perhaps allegories of virtues—are rendered with a sculptor’s precision, inviting the viewer closer to trace their contours. Around them, swirling ornamentation and floral motifs soften the rigid geometry, creating a harmony that feels both sacred and human. Above, a leafy crown rises, as if nature itself is blessing this work of devotion.
Light from the doorway spills across the tiled floor, illuminating the cabinet’s glossy greens and the muted warmth of the wallpaper behind it. The chandelier above, with its curling wooden arms, echoes the organic forms below, uniting ceiling and floor in one rhythmic composition. Every element in this scene—from the patterned walls to the carved doorframe—speaks to Portugal’s nineteenth-century embrace of the decorative arts as an extension of national pride.
To stand before this cabinet is to feel time slow. You imagine artisans bent over their worktables, the scent of varnish and clay in the air, the gleam of candlelight catching a new glaze. You imagine Ferdinand himself walking through these rooms, finding beauty not only in grandeur but in detail—the curve of a leaf, the gesture of a carved hand.
Today, this preserved interior offers a rare window into a vanished world of meticulous design and idealistic ambition. Every surface tells a story of preservation—of historic interiors kept alive not as relics, but as vibrant testaments to creativity and continuity. In a palace famed for its color and whimsy, this single piece captures the essence of Portuguese Romanticism: ornate yet human, grand yet intimate, timeless yet alive.
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This is my work table ...it is not so neat all the time :) ...but, I always do a clean-up before starting a new project.
I have a very tight deadline ...19 August for doing a massive amount of work. But, I find myself Flickering most of the day...Yes, I am confessing that I have become a Flickr addict.
So, when you see me commenting on your photos, please do remind me to work. :))
If I am being good, you may not see any photo uploads and comments until my deadline is over....
See you all soon...I will miss you :(
Explore Aug 10, 2008 #241
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You'll find lots of unique animations added to the series, including 8 garden types with props (to wear) to go with the anim cycles.
The full sets have a modifiable greenhouse, side garden, front area and stone path to suit your need for texturing, size, and configuration.
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“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.”
J.R.R Tolkien, The Hobbit, Chapter I: AN UNEXPECTED PARTY
Welcome to the Shire. The starting and ending point of the famous books and films “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings”.
It is a perfect place to relax, read and fill your hobbit stomach with plenty of delicious food.
The Hobbit hole consists of 5 different rooms. A nice kitchen with a big table, a full storage chamber, a cosy living room with a fireplace and a worktable, an entrance room to welcome invited and uninvited guests and like all hobbit holes it has a round tunnel that connects the rooms.
I would suggest that it would include the minifigures: Frodo, Sam, Bilbo, the 13 dwarves and of course Gandalf.
Please support this creation and help it to become an official Lego Set.
Remember, it doesn’t cost you anything and you would do me a big favour.
I glued two pieces of MDF together, covered it with oil cloth and added IKEA legs. Voila, a custom sized desk /worktable on the cheap.
What's on my worktable? I'm working on my Fan Fold Designs tutorial and I just finished up these 3 leaf designs. They show 2, 4 and 6 fold examples of this particular design. The tutorial will have about 7 different designs that use the fan fold idea. I've posted my round ones with a central focal point some time ago. I'll get a gallery of images going soon. Couldn't decide which background colour I preferred so I'll show you both!
Dusted off my DSL camera and reacquainted myself with the lens and settings....Busy worktable and gorgeous afternoon summer light.
Na minha mesa de trabalho: pernas e braços para lobos, raposas, guaxinins, renas e alguns ursos....
... em breve na loja.
On my worktable: legs and arms for wolves, foxes, raccoons, reindeers and some bears....
.... coming soon to the shop.
This is my current LEGO workspace. To the right of the table there are two commodes I'm currently using to put on two builds I'm working on.
I think I have to buy soon more small parts magazines because my collection is growing quite fast.
I'm soon going to replace the Justice League poster with a Zelda or a LEGO poster. (big LEGO and Zelda fan ;) )
A pale, gothic-styled woman with jet-black, voluminous hair and blunt bangs stands in a rustic, medieval-looking kitchen. She wears a black corseted dress with lace sleeves and a dramatic silver statement necklace, leaning casually against a worn wooden worktable. The room is softly lit by daylight from a small window, revealing rough stone walls, hanging metal cookware, bread loaves, and earthenware pots that enhance the old-world atmosphere.
She holds a dildo near her slightly parted lips in a deliberately provocative, playful pose, locking eyes with the viewer. The contrast between the dark, elegant gothic fashion and the warm, humble kitchen setting creates a cinematic, fantasy-like mood—sensual, teasing.
This delicate Art Nouveau inspired necklace is much more romantic then what my pieces usually are. But this was one of those pieces that just happen. When the separate elements – first intended for other pieces - just end up together on the worktable and lies there, in perfect symmetry and there is no way of ignoring them. You just HAVE to put them together.
The two swirly side elements are wrapped to the centre element with lovely faceted rondelles of Green Amethysts. From the centre element one stunning, big faceted briolette of Brazilian Emerald with amazing colour hang. A double chain leads up and closes with my handmade hook style clasp. A simple, but very very elegant necklace.
Total length – 51cm (20”)
Focal total drop – 8cm (3.1”)
I love this section of the library. Its a very quiet place. The Table and wall lights give it a old time feel.
collage made from all the "extra" stuff that had built up on my worktable. not that i was too lazy to clean up in the conventional way or anything, lol! :)
blogged here:
llaurenb.blogspot.com/2013/09/another-super-sized-art-jou...
it was my intention to go into the studio and work. then it happened again: i thought "i should organize a little..."
and that's been that. i pulled out over a hundred drawings from just one of my portfolio cases and wondered how much stuff i've been doing. of course, i then had to dump everything onto the floor and separate them into piles, then clip each pile together, and so on. the good side: i suddenly remembered an ambition/ project i thought of two years ago and keep forgetting (go a.d.d.!)
i think this time i'll write it down and stick it to the wall so i don't forget. of course, remembering this project means i need to re-organize the studio to accomodate this work in a whole different way...
“A Little Tale”…
He was born to two very powerful wizards. Both his parents were highly respected for their strong abilities and gifts. Other wizards were in awe of what each could do alone and together. They were a force no one dared to reckon with.
Unfortunately, as life does, it extracts a price for every gift received. Maybe that is Universal Laws’ “Law of Balance”. In the case of the young wizard, he was the price his parents had to pay for their great wizardly and other abilities. You see, their son, their only child, had very little, okay, truth be told, almost no wizardly abilities. And, the ones he did possess were uncontrollable and weak.
Rather ironic, don’t you think? The two most powerful wizards produced an offspring who was barely a wizard; and, they were ashamed of him. He shamed them because they felt they failed to continue the long line of superior wizards, and thus, to them, that meant that they had flaws and were not as perfect as they considered themselves to be. They felt that the other wizards took delight in their son’s lack of powers and abilities and that they were ridiculed behind their backs. So, they regarded their son, their own child, as something less and an abomination. They also believed he was dumb and simple minded.
And, he, their son, knew how they felt and rather than being in their loving sunlight, as their son, he was cast into their shadows. No matter what he did, it never succeeded in pleasing his parents. He always fell short of their mark in some way.
The way his parents felt about and regarded him alienated them from him…He saw each time they glanced at him, they saw failure…his and theirs. But, in truth, it was no one’s failure or fault, but, rather, nature’s doing. But, they did not see him that way. He was an enormous embarrassment and burden to them.
Thus, they avoided him as much as possible and when in his presence, treated him as if were simple minded. And, that could not be farther from the truth. He was, in fact, quite brilliant, in spite of his lack of wizard super powers and abilities. He would have been considered a genius among humans. But, sadly, he was not human and so, his parents were blind to the gifts he was given…all of them.
He had the ability to invent and create gadgets, machines, gizmos, and the like at a time in history when there were no electronics, computer was not nonexistent and neither were many of today’s taken for granted conveniences. Some of his creations, which I am certain you have heard of, include…the Time Reversenum, the Magnifyometer, and the Energy Directiumus.
More than once, he tried to share his inventions with his parents, but they always waved him off like a mere fly. They had no need for gadgets or machinery. They had their powers. Plus, they had, in reality, disowned him, unofficially, as their son. They simply didn’t care about him or want him.
Hurt badly to his very core by his parents’ feelings toward him and their treatment of and disregard for him, he made a vow to himself that he would not let them make him feel as if he was a failure, a nothing or a loser. They, in fact, were the ones, in spite of their super powers, who fell short of the mark as sentient beings. They were conceited, small minded, self involved and self absorbed, vain, and looked down on others. He was grateful he was nothing like them. He was his own person.
So, he packed his things, left them a brief note of goodbye, which he knew would bring them great joy, and set out to follow his own life plan and destiny. He settled in the Enchanted Woods where he was immediately accepted. He found a very old, huge, and dead Oak tree, which had been abandoned. Inside it had so many floors going up to the top of the tree; each connected by spiral branch staircases. But best of all, it had, below the ground, where its dead roots were, a cellar. It was enormous. This was the ideal place to set up his lab and create his inventions.
His neighbors in the Enchanted Woods-elementals, fairies, witches, hobbits, gnomes, squirrels, wizards, and others, delighted in each of his “odd”, scary, and “magical” inventions. They loved to see them work and try them out. They were fascinated by them and by him. The wizards and witches especially loved his Energy Directiumus because it helped them direct the energy needed for difficult or complicated spells.
They would “pop” in unexpected from time to time just to see what he was working on. This was fine with him. He enjoyed hearing the fairies giggle, the gnomes snort in glee, and the wizards and witches saying, “OOOO! or “Hmmmm”. Their reactions gave him great pleasure and a sense of worth. He was accepted for himself and respected for his gifts. The hurt and the pain of his early years with his parents fell away and his life was one of accomplishment, friendship, and happiness.
~ Marsha J. West, Author~ edited for Flickr
(This is my original story or “A Little Tale”. It is my personal property and cannot be copied or used in any medium either online or written without prior approval.)
The Chalon worktable is one of those classic chalon pieces that is often emulated but never equalled. The sheer weight and scale of these pieces impose warm authority into the space the occupy. Instantly calming and restorative. Clients can be reassured that they will preserve their values for the years ahead.
This is for my sister - she loves these autumnual hues. This mug rug is already on her worktable. If you want one check out the pattern via the shop button on my blog.
Title: Sewing Children's Clothing photograph
Date: 1953
Description: Three women students sewing clothing for children, in this 1953 classroom. Wooden silhouettes of a boy and a girl serve as forms for fitting the clothing. One student is working on a bottom seam of a shirt on the boy model. Another is sewing on a Necchi sewing machine, the third, handsewing. Their worktable has sewing supplies including a copy of a pattern, and a finished short-sleeved shirt.
Image ID: 12-10-Children's clothing 1953.
Copyright 2008, Iowa State University Library, University Archives
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