Knitted Glass ... Lost-Wax Casting ...

 

Archaeology is an amazing discipline … we are learning so much about past lives … and while I was looking into the lost-wax casting method, via the bronze-age site in Cambridgeshire, the houses had been built on stilts above a riverine area about 3,000 years ago, …

"Purple Reigns" by Carol Milne

... I was led to this wonderful sculpture: “Purple Reigns” by Carol Milne – a Canadian/American artist, who is best known for her Knitted Glass Work – glass sculptures utilising the lost-wax process.

This was a winning entry at a
Japanese Exhibition of Glass in 2010

She created this technique of 'how to knit glass' – which is set out in her Wiki link below … just so easy?!?!

Personally I've never liked knitting, I guess because back in the day we used wool – and that irritated my skin … eventually having realised what gave me the sweats … I eliminated wool from my wardrobe. Sorry!

Carol Milne

I am always totally in awe of creative artists like Carol Milne who can imagine these kinds of works …

... I don't think Prince's Purple Rain had anything to do with my curiosity re wax-casting … but we'll (and I definitely won't) never know!

Prince's 'Purple Rain' found
within the album
'Prince and the Revolution'

As my eclectic wanderings have taken me – nothing like a 3,000 year old wander!! The links below give you lots more information … I do find knitting glass: amazing!!

Carol Milne - via Wiki ... 

Lost-Wax Casting ... 

Thanks for visiting …

Hilary Melton-Butcher

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Savage Land – book 3, Balance of Nature – written by Jacqui Murray …

 

The Clan have now reached Gibraltar … and the story continues of the tribe haunted by the past; lies threaten their future; therein is the reason to find the truth.

Jacqui Murray - 
and a copy of this book

The wonderful trailer Jacqui has put together … it is enticing – and I hope you've seen it elsewhere! … while I've always thoroughly enjoyed her books. This the third of the trilogy … where we're invited into the Neanderthals' world.

As you read be ready for clever minds, brilliant acts, and innovative solutions to life-ending problems, all based on real events.

Today – are we as ready?

I selected “Do authors write for money or love of their art?”

From having 'met' the blogging fraternity here, I feel certain most of you started writing as you loved to tell stories (even as littlies) and have just gone on writing – until the encouragement or desire to publish took over.

Thinking how much has changed in the time from Jacqui's Neanderthals to today … when conversation per se wasn't possible, past clay tablets, on past papyrus and vellum sheets, to the time of mechanical invention: the printing press and so on to the books of today …

Now we're into looking at those things called electronic books … fortunately some of us still prefer the paper variety … and we have libraries and archives full of paper books.

Life is changing isn't it … authors and other creatives are losing their personal ideas: the books are being scraped by ruthless, selfish monopolies – who want to own and rule everything on the web … thus losing many authors their rightful place as producers of books.

It is a worrying time … the electronic waves must allow a place for smaller businesses to own their place in life.

Oddly - I just received this book ...
I'd forgotten I'd ordered it - but
appropriate for this post

So to answer the question … personally I believe all authors write for the love of their story, while obviously some will become profitable, others will achieve a reasonable income from their output …

Thank you Jacqui for your wonderful books … so much fun to think about our ancestors … I am so glad we can read, write – while the e-internet does allow us access to 'meet' others …

The future … challenging times ahead …

... enjoy The Savage Land trilogy … at Jacqui's blog:

WordDreams ... 

Hilary Melton-Butcher

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