Calendar: July 2013

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Metal price update

My last full update was just over two months ago, as was the little gold update. So what’s been going on with metal prices?

As at the morning of 28th June 2013:

The most important news is that gold has seen a significant crash, to its lowest levels in three years (in $US).
And silver prices are also at their lowest (in $AU) for three years.
Perhaps a time for metal buying??

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1. Gold price in US$ for last 12 months

as at 28th June 2013; click on image for original source

2. Gold price in A$ for last 12 months
The shift in the exchange rate has meant that the fall isn’t so significant in $AU, but still a large one!

as at 28th June 2013; click on image for original source

3. Gold price in A$ for last 5 years

as at 28 June 2013; click on image for original source

Along with Gold, the Silver price has also fallen off a cliff!

4. Silver price in US$ for last 12 months

as at 28 June 2013; click on image for original source

5. Silver price in A$ for last 5 years

as at 28 June 2013; click on image for original source

Studio colour

There’s a bit of blank white wall in the studio I share with two gorgeous ladies from my RMIT degree. I wanted to bring some colour to it. Which is rare, for I’m usually minimalist.

for the studio

So I printed some of my photographs and pinned them to two pieces of black foam core (each 500 * 770). Simple, not expensive and effective.

Eigengrau

Another post inspired by a facebook posting … I know, I could try to stop…

click on image for original source

What a beautiful word: Eigengrau.

The text that accompanied the above image states: “This isn’t any old shade of black, it is precisely #16161D. With no available light to contrast objects against one another, it is possible to be in the presence of items that are darker black without being able to perceive them that way.”

Amazing!

It brought to mind the gorgeous exhibitions of recent years that have focused on black …

• Katherine Bowman and Vikki Kassioras ‘Black‘
  

  from Vikki’s blog; image by Terance Bogue; click on image for original source

• Sally Marsland ‘Almost Black‘
  

  image from Gallery Funaki; click on image for original source

I’ve fallen in love with a word!