Blog playing

30 04 2012

I’ve been playing around with some of my blog pages.
I’ve updated the ‘My Work’ pages … check out the 2004 page for example.
I like the pages better now than how they were … so much easier to read.

screen shot of new page layout

Wish I’d taken a snapshot of the original layout … you know, just for nostalgia sake … so I could laugh at how remedial I was ‘back then’!





Calendar: May 2012

30 04 2012

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Another peek

28 04 2012

Another sneak peek of what I’ve been working on …

I always get nervous when I’ve finished pieces … will anyone genuinely like them?

another peek; image not to be reproduced without permission

More soon …





“Beau Sancy” diamond

27 04 2012

In diamond news …. oh I know, we’re all SO flush we can consider such flippant purchases …

THE 400-year-old Beau Sancy, one of the world’s oldest and most-storied diamonds in private hands, is up for sale at Sotheby’s auction house.

Weighing in at 34.98 carats, the sparkling pear-cut gem is estimated to be worth up to $US4 million ($3.87 million).

Those who don’t have the money to buy the jewel can see it on display ahead of next month’s sale.

Cut from the famous gem mines in the Indian city of Golconda, the diamond made its way through four royal European families and once belonged to Queen Marie de Medici of France.

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More information here; with the beautiful image below:

diamond cut; click on image for original source

This is the site for the Sotheby’s auction.