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Trees never a crowd.

2/22/2016

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It has been a lovely weekend here at Rivertrack Studios and some even lovelier people have walked through our gates. An artist friend popped in to get another copy of Songs of the Darling for a friend and mentioned she had just finished a painting, so of course, I had to ask if there were any pics. What I saw on the screen of her mini iPad gave me goose bumps. The subject matter? Trees! There will be an exhibition eventually but you will just have to wait to see what I am talking about. The Artists in this area are just amazing! 
There is a bit of a tree theme this week with Dee too!  She has hand cut sterling silver in the shape of our majestic river red gums - each piece is a different tree. There are pendants and earrings and they are selling as soon as they are put on sale, and I can see why. Dee's first river red gum still sits on my neck. I love it and never take it off (except for the photo - 'cause who wants to look at my old neck? :-). It represents my love for this region and its nature.
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Aliens in the workshop and unfinished business...

2/8/2016

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I often pop into Dee’s studio to see what she is up to or discuss our latest respective projects. Imagine my delight opening  the studio door to a vision of a woman with 1/4” thick glasses, earplugs and a surgical mask. The aliens have nothing on Dee :-). She had just taken delivery of some specially made spectacles to replace her jeweller's loupe, which was proving uncomfortable .The resulting effect is HUGE eyes. Still, it is good to see that my nagging about OH&S hasn’t fallen on deaf ears (although she is pretty deaf with the ear plugs in!)
The latest gourd design is shaping up to be another incredible work of art. Dee has burnt eagles into the wood and then created a filigree design to complement that. It is by no means finished but shaping up to be gourdgeous.  I just had to share its progress with you!
Now I know I can be a bit of a nag, but I adore Dee’s tree pendant designs – they are so unique compared to the run-of-the-mill trees usually seen on jewellery, so I am very excited to see Dee has heard my pleas with nearly a dozen designs sketched in her note book, waiting to be cut into sterling silver.
The ongoing battle with the tinny has been resolved with our dear friend John Bond gifting us some 'you beaut' spark plugs that apparently run hotter, which is ideal for old outboard motors. Well, they worked a treat and we have been zipping up and down the Darling with gay abandon ;-)
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    Hi! I'm Mair and welcome to my blog. I'm a bit of a jack of all trades here at Rivertrack Studios but mostly I do the admin and I am a musician and videographer

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