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Title: Glass and taxidermy specially for Max
Post by: Lustrousstone on September 19, 2011, 07:39:32 PM: Sue and I saw these guinea fowl in Perth Museum.
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Post by: Lustrousstone on September 19, 2011, 07:43:10 PM: and these magpies
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Post by: Lustrousstone on September 19, 2011, 07:45:10 PM: Part of the Scottish Glass Society exhibition
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Post by: Max on September 19, 2011, 07:55:25 PM: Hey, thanks Christine! Graeme Thyer must've seen some birds under plastic and been inspired! Wish I could just steal all his work and show it for my final piece...I think I'd get a very high mark for that! ...doesn't mean to say I can't think about it and use another interpretation of it actually... ;) :thup: Great stuff...thanks again! xxxxx
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Post by: Frank on September 19, 2011, 10:17:27 PM: It was an exhibition of works made to reflect the Museums collection/reserve collection....
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Post by: Max on September 20, 2011, 07:27:11 AM: Ah, that makes sense Frank...thanks for the clarification! :D :hiclp:
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Post by: chopin-liszt on September 20, 2011, 08:45:39 AM: The Exhibition is called "Trove".

The irritating thing about the magpie under glass was that you couldn't see the most beautiful parts of it!
The grouse are by Emma Butler Cole Aitken, same artist as my wee birdies, Jethro and Amber.
This is Jethro.
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Post by: Frank on September 20, 2011, 11:59:00 AM: Quote from: chopin-liszt on September 20, 2011, 08:45:39 AM
The irritating thing about the magpie under glass was that you couldn't see the most beautiful parts of it!

Isn't that the point being made... clue 'Reserve collection' ;D
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Post by: chopin-liszt on September 20, 2011, 12:29:35 PM: No, Frank, it wasn't that - I'm just getting fed up of "exhibitions" of glass you can't see properly at all, having to crawl around on my knees to see things from different angles and banging my head on thick panes of glass the items are hidden behind, too far away to see any detail.

And Michael's probably getting fed up of all the funny looks I get from crawling around exhibitions on my knees.
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Post by: Frank on September 20, 2011, 01:07:32 PM: A bird in the hand is worth two in the Museum I guess... was the collection selling?
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Post by: chopin-liszt on September 20, 2011, 01:15:18 PM: The items are for sale, some have little red spots beside their names on the price list.

There were tiny little Emma BCA birds for sale in the museum shop bit - a good bit smaller than Jethro.
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Post by: Max on September 20, 2011, 03:11:23 PM: Oh that Jethro birdy is simply gorrrrgeous! Bit like the Vistosi birds with his super little metal leggys! (I tend to lapse into baby language when I see little birdies like that...lol!)
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Post by: chopin-liszt on September 20, 2011, 03:54:04 PM: Every single little bird is completely different, Max - each one has its own name.
They do remind me a bit of Vistossi - just as quirky - but Emma's are affordable. >:D

I love them!

http://www.ebutlercoleaikenstainedglass.co.uk/little-things
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Post by: Max on September 20, 2011, 04:55:33 PM: No prices on her site though! :cry:
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Post by: chopin-liszt on September 20, 2011, 05:14:35 PM: Aren't there?
I think Jethro sized ones were about £62 each on the site - I paid £65 each for Jethro and Amber at the Queen's Gallery in Dundee. Totty ones in Perth Museum were £45 each.
(maybe I found a different site before :spls: )

I did. Click on the birdie!

http://www.axisweb.org/seCVWK.aspx?ARTISTID=2855
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Post by: Max on September 20, 2011, 06:05:08 PM: I am going to have me a couple of those birdies soon...oh yes! I'll have to get on her mailing list! :hiclp: Thanks Sue, I reallllly like those!
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Post by: chopin-liszt on September 20, 2011, 06:15:15 PM: I have Jethro and Amber on the middle (between top and bottom) of my kitchen window-sill - they get lit beautifully there, all day long.
I got one for my wee brother's birthday and one for me - then couldn't bear to part with one. I've promised him one for his yuletide.
(I got him a Rachel Elliot cast Garden shed too, also from the Queen's Gallery, then couldn't bear to part with it.)

These birdies really are rather special - the glass is melted together very, very nicely - I imagine she uses higher temperatures than for normal slumping and fusing.
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Post by: Max on September 20, 2011, 06:17:57 PM: Mmm...it was their feathers I particularly liked too!
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Post by: chopin-liszt on September 20, 2011, 06:26:54 PM: They're scrafitto, Max, I don't know what the "ink" background is - her initials (signature) are in the feathers of each bird.