Where to get your makers mark made

I’ve received a message from a reader that Ivan, the most esteemed makers mark maker, seems to have retired (his number is disconnected). This is sad news indeed.

So … where does one get a makers mark made now?

Please do help …

I receive quite a number of requests for this information, and I’d like to be able to be more helpful.

 

Metal price update

My last update was a little over four months ago … let’s see …

1. Gold per gram in A$, over 2yrs : geez, that’s a jump since early December … did you buy in December, like I said (check out that last post!)??

as at 1130pm AEST 19Apr16

2. Gold per gram in US$, over 2yrs : that jump since December/January is the market, though the exchange rate looks to have done us some favours (finally) in the recent few months

as at 1130pm AEST 19Apr16

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2. Silver per kilogram in A$ : errr, look at that spike in the most recent week ; lines up with spikes in gold so perhaps market-wide or at least commodities or metals-wide ; this metal certainly isn’t showing much in terms of movement away from what could be perceived as an central marker of about A$680/kg … should have bought in December …

as at 1130pm AEST 19Apr16

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… previous metal price update: 9 December 2015

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That time …

Remember that time …

… that time when I was happily making woven earrings

the good old days [image not to be reproduced without author permission]

This group was for an exhibition at Studio 20/17 … back in the day.

Ah memories…

New work?

Ahead of some renovation work, I’ve been clearing out one of the rooms in my beautiful home. In doing that I’ve come across a small clutch of paper weaving studies …. including one I shared late last year [‘O:S 001 absolute oblivion‘].

start of something?

Maybe time to get back into the experimenting ….