#and jet beads from Germany

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[le-loup-et-lion]

"French Jet" (black glass) beads: the industry upon which Jean Valjean and Montrueil-sur-Mer thrived in Victor Hugo's Les Miserables

From time immemorial, M. sur M. had had for its special industry the imitation of English jet and the black glass trinkets of Germany. This industry had always vegetated, on account of the high price of the raw material, which reacted on the manufacture. At the moment when Fantine returned to M. sur M., an unheard-of transformation had taken place in the production of “black goods.” Towards the close of 1815 a man, a stranger, had established himself in the town, and had been inspired with the idea of substituting, in this manufacture, gum-lac for resin, and, for bracelets in particular, slides of sheet-iron simply laid together, for slides of soldered sheet-iron.

This very small change had effected a revolution.

This very small change had, in fact, prodigiously reduced the cost of the raw material, which had rendered it possible in the first place, to raise the price of manufacture, a benefit to the country; in the second place, to improve the workmanship, an advantage to the consumer; in the third place, to sell at a lower price, while trebling the profit, which was a benefit to the manufacturer.

Thus three results ensued from one idea.

In less than three years the inventor of this process had become rich, which is good, and had made every one about him rich, which is better. He was a stranger in the Department. Of his origin, nothing was known; of the beginning of his career, very little. It was rumored that he had come to town with very little money, a few hundred francs at the most.

It was from this slender capital, enlisted in the service of an ingenious idea, developed by method and thought, that he had drawn his own fortune, and the fortune of the whole countryside.

***

Thanks to the rapid progress of the industry which he had so admirably reconstructed, M. sur M. had become a rather important centre of trade. Spain, which consumes a good deal of black jet, made enormous purchases there each year. M. sur M. almost rivalled London and Berlin in this branch of commerce.

***

"Here is the whole matter: White jet comes from Norway, black jet comes from England, black glass jewellery comes from Germany. Jet is the lightest, the most precious, the most costly. Imitations can be made in France as well as in Germany. What is needed is a little anvil two inches square, and a lamp burning spirits of wine to soften the wax. The wax was formerly made with resin and lampblack, and cost four livres the pound. I invented a way of making it with gum shellac and turpentine. It does not cost more than thirty sous, and is much better. Buckles are made with a violet glass which is stuck fast, by means of this wax, to a little framework of black iron. The glass must be violet for iron jewellery, and black for gold jewellery. Spain buys a great deal of it. It is the country of jet ..."

***

"For bracelets, I invented a way of substituting for slides of soldered sheet iron, slides of iron laid together. It is prettier, better and less costly. You will understand how much money can be made in that way."

***

"We managed to do very well with those glass goods. We rivalled what is called Berlin jewellery. However, we could not equal the black glass of England. A gross, which contains twelve hundred very well cut grains, only costs three francs."

***

"I forgot to tell you that the profit was greater still on the buckles without tongues than on all the rest. A gross of a dozen dozens cost ten francs and sold for sixty. It really was a good business. So there is no occasion for surprise at the six hundred thousand francs ... "

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 5.15

221 – Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han, the successor of the Han dynasty. 392 – Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbogast. He is found hanging in his residence at Vienne. 589 – King Authari marries Theodelinda, daughter of the Bavarian duke Garibald I. A Catholic, she has great influence among the Lombard nobility. 756 – Abd al-Rahman I, the founder of the Arab dynasty that ruled the greater part of Iberia for nearly three centuries, becomes emir of Cordova, Spain. 1252 – Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad extirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition. 1525 – Insurgent peasants led by Anabaptist pastor Thomas Müntzer were defeated at the Battle of Frankenhausen, ending the German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire. 1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, stands trial in London on charges of treason, adultery and incest; she is condemned to death by a specially-selected jury. 1602 – Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold. 1618 – Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made). 1648 – The Peace of Münster is ratified, by which Spain acknowledges Dutch sovereignty. 1791 – French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance. 1817 – Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). 1836 – Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse. 1849 – The Sicilian revolution of 1848 is finally extinguished. 1850 – The Arana–Southern Treaty is ratified, ending "the existing differences" between Great Britain and Argentina. 1851 – The first Australian gold rush is proclaimed, although the discovery had been made three months earlier. 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia: Students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley. 1891 – Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching. 1905 – Las Vegas founded in Nevada. 1911 – In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up. 1911 – More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales. 1918 – The Finnish Civil War was ended, when the Whites took over Fort Ino, a Russian coastal artillery base on the Karelian Isthmus, from the Russian troops. 1919 – The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job. 1919 – Greek occupation of Smyrna. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades. 1929 – A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123. 1932 – In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated. 1933 – All military aviation organizations within or under the control of the RLM of Germany were officially merged in a covert manner to form its Wehrmacht military's air arm, the Luftwaffe. 1940 – USS Sailfish is recommissioned. It was originally the USS Squalus. 1940 – World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation. 1940 – Richard and Maurice McDonald open the first McDonald's restaurant. 1941 – First flight of the Gloster E.28/39 the first British and Allied jet aircraft. 1941 – Joe DiMaggio begins a 56-game hitting streak. 1942 – World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law. 1943 – Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International). 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Poljana, the final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia. 1948 – Following the expiration of The British Mandate for Palestine, the Kingdom of Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia invade Israel thus starting the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. 1957 – At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple. 1963 – Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space, and the last American to go into space alone. 1970 – President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army generals. 1972 – The Ryukyu Islands, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control. 1974 – Ma'alot massacre: Members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine attack and take hostages at an Israeli school; a total of 31 people are killed, including 22 schoolchildren. 1988 – Soviet–Afghan War: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan. 1991 – Édith Cresson becomes France's first female Prime Minister. 1997 – The United States government acknowledges the existence of the "Secret War" in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans. 1997 – The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-84 to dock with the Russian space station Mir. 2004 – Arsenal F.C. go an entire league campaign unbeaten in the English Premier League, joining Preston North End F.C with the right to claim the title "The Invincibles". 2008 – California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional. 2010 – Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo. 2013 – An upsurge in violence in Iraq leaves more than 389 people dead over three days.

[kordasco-amber-jewelry]

About Amber

What is amber?

Amber is a pretty natural gemstone full of rich history. It tells a story about the ancient civilizations and our environment who coveted it. Have you ever looked a fly sealed in amber? It could be buzzing around dinosaurs many thousands of years ago. Which makes it great to wear amber as jewelry. Through the history of the world, amulets and amber beads were loved by the beautiful and rich. Amber jewelry is a great addition to any outfit. The perfect color of gemstone lends itself to just about any style. But where does amber come from?

Amber is Fossilized Tree Resin

The old, most valuable amber dates back to 30 million to 60 million years ago. Ancient coniferous trees made a resin that would eventually become amber.

Amber Tree Resin

Resin changes into amber through a natural process including light, oxygen, heat, and pressure. As the resin would drip from the tree, it trapped any little plants or insects that touched it. When the resin lastly hardened, you can discover those inclusions perfectly preserved inside. Thanks to amber, over one thousand extinct species of insects are discovered. Amber is further than just a gem. It is a time capsule letting us take a glimpse at what nature was like when dinosaurs walked the Earth.

The Properties of Amber

Because amber is not a stone and a resin, it has few differences from other gems. It’s warm instead of cool to the touch. Amber is lightweight compared to other gemstones. On the Mohs hardness scale, it ranks as a soft stone. To place in perspective, diamond ranks at a ten, whereas amber ranks around a 2.5.

How to Clean Amber

Because of its softness, amber is an extra delicate gem. Amber should only be cleaned with warm water & mild soap. You can also polish it with a soft cloth & olive oil. However, you can discover amber in jewelry stores across the world, the gems themselves discover in a very specific region. So, where does it come from?

Where Does Amber Come From?

If amber is older than it is more precious. Most of the old amber comes from the region around the Baltic Sea and is prized among amber jewelry collectors. Baltic Amber consists of amber coming from countries including Estonia, Poland, Germany, and Latvia. The big creator of amber comes from the Russian outpost city, Kaliningrad. Located between Lithuania & Poland. Several have flocked to the city to mine amber, the same to the California Gold Rush.

Baltic Amber Region

Where does amber come from on the Earth? In this place, amber is frequently mined directly out of the Baltic Sea, where it is deposited over centuries. Few miners utilize a giant vacuum to pull it up and sift it from the water while leaving the surrounding places relatively undisturbed. While Baltic amber is valuing the most, you can mine the gem in other countries. Amber is discovered in Southern California, Mexico, Alaska, and The Dominican Republic. These areas have been exporting amber for several centuries. Amber has a long and interesting history, both mythical & factual.

The Ancient Uses of Amber

Throughout history, several believed that amber has mystical, energetic qualities. Amber is said to promote health, positive energy, protection, good luck, wisdom, and patience. Ancient Romans prized amber. Serval wore amber amulets for protection. Armies were frequently sent to conquer amber creating villages. In Northern Italy women would often wear amber necklaces against their throat. They felt that amber was healing for the thyroid gland.

Ancient Egyptian Amber Ring

Hippocrates, the physician of Ancient Greece, believed in the healing ability of amber. He thought it was helpful in combat of several diseases. Several believe that amber healing properties are extra than ancient. Several believe that amber healing properties are further than ancient tales of wives.

Oils and Other Uses

Baltic amber has succinct acid, a healing oil. In a necklace, when amber beads heat up against warm skin, the oil releases and the body absorb it. Amber oil was also sold and bottled, and still is today.

Carved Chinese Amber Oil

Amber was considered the tears of a tiger breathing it is last breath, In ancient China. To them, owning amber was the high symbol of status and wealth. Artisans would make amber jewelry, decor, and other valuable items. During big festivities, it was customary for the Chinese to burn amber. It was meant to present the wealth of the host and their respect for their guests. China continues to be the hot market in the world for amber today, with genuine Baltic amber in very high demand. It is no wonder the rich used amber to show their prosperity. It is a pretty gem that comes in an array of warm, calming colors.

Amber Comes in A Variety of Hues

The color of amber naturally ranges between hues of brown, gold, orange, and yellow. It is so unique that the name of color derives from the gemstone.

The Amber Color Scale

Antique Amber: opaque orange

Blue Amber: brown with hints of blue

Black Amber: jet black

Citrine Amber: Transparent light yellow

Cherry Amber: very dark red

Green Amber: dark green with hints of brown

Butterscotch Amber: White and milky

Honey Amber: Light to dark brown tones

You can discover the best shade of amber to fit your tastes. You can wear it in the form of jewelry with your outfit to look beautiful. If you are looking for some best amber jewelry pieces then you can get them on our site.

[royalpain16]

Identifying Black Materials Used in Victorian Jewelry

By Troy Segal, Updated 05/04/19

In fashion, the color black became big in the 1800s both as a fashion statement and as mourning jewelry, a term referencing pieces deemed appropriate to wear during the long period of tribute to a dearly departed relative. Jewelers used many different black substances to create these pieces and often they're hard to distinguish, especially as some were developed deliberately to imitate rare, natural materials.

This feature explores a number of varieties of Victorian black jewelry, with tips on recognizing them, compiled with the help of Lisa Stockhammer, president of The Three Graces (www.georgianjewelry.com), and Pamela Y. Wiggins, antiques expert and author of Warman's Costume Jewelry.

Berlin iron consists of wires of sand-cast iron, often lacquered in black, which gives them an inky, matte finish. Characterized by large but finely-wrought designs that have a lacy or cobweb-like look, "it's also magnetic and cool to the touch," Stockhammer said. Sections are connected with loops or rings, never soldered, as the wires were too delicate (so be wary of a piece with obvious signs of soldering). Pieces may be stamped with the manufacturer's name (Geiss and Edward Schott were two of the best-known), and despite the lacquer, may show signs of rust.

This type of jewelry was developed in Germany around 1800 and primarily made there, though also manufactured in France, Austria and what is now the Czech Republic. It first became popular as a patriotic symbol in 1813. As part of the Prussian war effort against Napoleon I, women were encouraged to exchange their articles of gold and precious stones for pieces made of iron (some of which were even inscribed "I gave gold for iron" in German). Jewelry in the early decades of the 19th century were made in Neoclassical or Georgian style (cameos, foliage, motifs from Greek or Roman mythology). In ensuing decades, iron jewelry was often used for mourning jewelry, and changed stylistically to reflect the current Gothic Revival tastes (pointy arches, trefoils, quatrefoils).

Like jet, bog oak is wood (actual oak, fir, pine or yew) that has been fossilized in peat marshes or bogs so that it turns hard and black or very dark brown in color. It's also lightweight and warm to the touch, but it usually has a matte finish, as opposed to jet's usual gleaming polish, according to Stockhammer. 

Usually from Ireland, bog oak was used for jewelry beginning in the early 1800s but became more popular in the mid-19th century. This is especially true after 1852 when techniques to mass-mold and decorate it (applying hydraulic or heated pressure to the dried wood) were invented. Although used for mourning jewelry as an economic substitute for ​jet, it was also worn to support Irish crafts, with pieces often carved or stamped with Gaelic motifs like harps or shamrocks (which would not be considered mourning jewelry). More elegant articles might be studded with pearls or gold.

Cut steel (actually more dark gray than black in color) pieces consist of cast-steel studs and beads that are pierced or faceted, then arranged in patterns and packed closely together, and finally screwed or riveted, onto a metal back. The "backs appear to be honeycombed with tiny pins," as Stockhammer puts it. Cut steel feels cool to the touch, and should have grayish sparkle. There also may be signs of rust.

This technique was developed in England in the early 1600s, originally for buckles and buttons. Cut steel began assuming other forms by the 1760s, including rings, brooches, bracelets and frames for Wedgwoodmedallions and cameos. Matthew Boulton was an early famed maker of cut steel jewelry. Later pieces feature the riveted construction as opposed to having the studs screwed into place, both steel and copper were used for backings.

Though obviously less expensive than pieces made with precious stones, cut steel jewelry wasn't simply a substitute. The well-to-do often wore it, especially in the later half of the 19th century, when its subtle glitter made it ideal for "second mourning" (a later, less intensive stage of mourning dress). By the 1880s, the French had assumed the lead in cut steel jewelry manufacture, turning out intricate pavé-set pieces.

French Jet is black, or extremely dark red, glass rather than a natural substance like true jet. It feels cool, heavy and hard, and has a highly polished glitter. Stones made of this material are often backed with metal foil and glued, fused or soldered onto a metal setting.

French jet beads are sometimes roughly molded or hand faceted to look like jet, but will be heavier in weight and cold to the touch when compared to the warmth of genuine jet. "If you have a loupe, and detect any chips, they will be curved, striated and almost oval in shape - like a chip in a mirror or glass," Stockhammer noted of French jet. 

Developed in the early 19th century and perfected in the 1860s, this type of glass was manufactured in France - hence the name - though also in Austria, England, Germany, and what is now the Czech Republic. Because it was much cheaper to produce than authentic jet, French jet became the premier source of modestly-priced mourning and fashion jewelry, like the sash pin shown here, during this period.

Gutta Percha is a rubber-like gum made of the resin derived from trees in Southeast Asia, mainly Malaysia. Like its synthetic cousin, vulcanite, it is brownish-black in appearance (but tended to hold its black matte color over time better), and is molded rather than carved -- so, "sometimes you can detect mold lines, with the eye or a loupe," Stockhammer notes. It will give off an acrid, rubber smell when rubbed briskly.

Highly flexible yet durable, it was first used in the 1840s for jewelry. In the latter 19th century, it was employed as a less expensive substitute for jet in mourning jewelry.

Jet, a type of fossilized wood, was perhaps the rarest and most prized black material used to manufacture Victorian jewelry. It is light in weight and soft and warm to the touch.

Seen under a loupe, it often has tiny, distinctive fissures or chips that differ from French jet (glass). Natural jet can be carved or faceted, but even when precisely cut, it shines rather than sparkles. Keep in mind, however, that jet jewelry meant for first mourning will be matte black rather than shiny, and not all jet jewelry was made for mourning. Victorian fashion jewelry was also made of jet.

Black onyx is a type of quartz or chalcedony. It "can be confused for French jet," Stockhammer says, as it too is a bit heavy, cool to the touch and highly polished to a very glossy finish. Jet which can also have a shiny surface, in comparison, is light in weight. 

Most black onyx in jewelry is actually dyed black so the color is very even, which can be noted when it is studied with a jeweler's loupe.

Vulcanite is a type of vulcanized rubber formed by combining sulphur and India rubber, then heating the mixture for several hours. Charles Goodyear is credited with developing the process, which he patented in 1844. Vulcanite can be white or of various colors. As a result, in the mid and late-19th century, the hard substance was often used to imitate coral, tortoiseshell, and jet - especially the latter, as dark pieces became more popular, especially with the prevalence of mourning jewelry.

Like jet, it's lightweight and warm or room temperature to the touch. But while it can be polished to a nice sheen, vulcanite is never quite as glossy as actual polished jet. Most vulcanite pieces are molded, as opposed to carved, and might seem more espresso-colored than black - the material turned brown over time and exposure to sunlight.

Stockhammer offers this tip: When rubbed against unglazed tile or the bottom of a piece of porcelain, vulcanite leaves a brown streak (but such tests should be performed carefully to avoid damaging the surface of a piece of jewelry). This method is not foolproof, however, since jet can behave similarly. Look at all the attributes of a piece before assuming it is vulcanite. 

Pamela Y. Wiggins, author of Warman's Costume Jewelry, contributed to this article. 

[coldlipsmag]

PHONELESS IN BERLIN

Words: Kirsty Allison

All photographs by Martyn Goodacre, except images of Danielle De Picciotto’s art, and Alexander Hacke’s studio…and the portrait of Morgan, by Kirsty.

Clouds’ shadows camouflage the sea. Sardine boats dodge the lifeboat wind farms. I jet-trash over last night’s cab, and the phone left on the back seat.

SCHONEFIELD AIRPORT

“Yes,” with an ‘of course’-face, “It has all the streets on it.” The tourist board office give me a map with the VisitBerlin travel card – 41E for 6 days, generous. I like free travel, and I like maps. Not Maps that rhyme with apps. I see the island of West Berlin – I put all the streets in my long black woollen notebook pocket.

U-BAHN/S-BAHN

Map in a glass cage – no index – I’ll take a photo – look at it when I’m moving – I can’t take a photo. My cogs shift from the cybernet dimension.

Alone. Letting go of my infatuation with being monitored, I feel an analogue glitch, a slip of fortune as I enter the low-rise city, uninterrupted with pings.

A watch. I could buy a watch – to tell the time.

I could walk rather than do the connection.

THE HORRORS / Synästhesie Festival / Volksbühne

“The people putting this festival together told me this granite floor was from Hitler’s Bunker,” says Anton Newcombe of the Brian Jonestown Massacre and A Records, DJing in the green room, two floors of sweeping staircases up in the People’s Theatre of Mitte’s Rosa-Luxemburg Platz – once the centre of East Berlin’s GDR.

“Do you believe them?” I ask, of the 8MM Bar promoters who put the festival together. We consider the plausibility, the Nazi star, in dirty creams and blood reds.

Mark Reeder later confirms it to be from the Nazi Vice Chancellor office. And of the cenotaphs stashed beneath the KuDamm – the Nazi spikes. Close enough. Anton is a hero – DIG! the film he stars in aside spars, The Dandy Warhols – an essential on the rock n roll rites-of-passage Reading List. Between his selection of classic psychedelia: “I was born in 1967, in California, of course I’m psychedelic”, with highlights such as Fabio Viscollios 7”, he sets the record straight on all kindsa connections that zip around my references of the night – the stars that guide us, the magnets who form us.

Arrival in Neukölln

So 90s, no blue arrow locator. Without the digital psychographic veils of my screen, the meaning of wrong direction changes – I love to travel, to feel on top of the globe, wherever you walk, with only the weight of the identifiers you carry.

Natural order leads me to Stroke Order – my faux-god-sista, of the Sacred Sound Club – her haus is pink. Y3 shoes, high ceilings, dribble shower, CK mirror. She’s a costume designer for films, but has been hiding out here for a year. Making minimal techno – using autonomous sensory meridian response samples – sounds that turn us on.

Our mothers are pretend godmothers to me and her. She grew up in Vancouver. Dad is a motorcycle racer and ballet dancer in Japan.

Synästhesie Festival / Volksbühne

CAMERA take to the main stage of seated theatre hall. Brutalist fractal collage films of matrix shifting cities, juddering with intent. Projections of you watching me watching you – perhaps being shot live in the auditorium – full scope. Beaming around the physical force of a standing drummer triballing out for a 20 minute set on a bass drum, snare and cymbal. The centre-piece. Astral simulacrum to The Egg who I played with earlier this year. The standing drummer keels in sweat, throws a death white sheet over the drums as though he has beaten them dead, only to dampen their noise, and continue hitting and hitting. Keys, 2 x guitar, sitar bass, different genereration radical on sax – elf dancing.

I’m reminded of the need for parameters – the ones we invent to live inside. The significance of numbers plays on the screens – another hallucination. A replacement for seeing everything through snapshot Insagram lens. Abandoning our digital religion – is so FKK (freikörperkultur – the GDR East Berliners act of rebellion was to strip on Sundays around the lakes – to rip off the communist soaked nylons of identikit clothing*). So naked.

TANGERINE DREAM

A violinist in black – modular synth Memotron on one side – a bank of other buttons on the other side. One life. One nerve shatters and then rest follow. First they twitch, and glitch the matrix…

I catch a bit of THE PINS – all girls – superhot, riot grrrrl electronica.

THE HORRORS

Violent Lenin Uber Alles track shatters across the increased scale of the stage for this headline performance – punk anger of East Berlin, red deco chandeliers of alles Ku-damm Cabaret glory. Waiting for Faris Badwan, the singer who I first interviewed for Dazed and Confused, making a film about his illustration – and exhibition, I wonder about the symbolism of genre/sound/music/art as signs of the times – about resonance – of what we are creating and producing – of X Factor sounds as the capitalist panacea – of our art resonating our environment – or us gravitating towards it. Stroke Order making techno in Berlin.

The futurism of white noise perfection – the dystopian values, four albums in from when I first met Faris – he was maybe 23 then. Unsure if he was going to carry on at St Martins art school. By the time I interviewed him again for Vogue, he was not going back.

And here, seated in the very front row – I witness the evocation of destiny – he’s become less of the shy frontman, but someone who is commanding the respect of the universe – he violently whips the mic lead – he hails the pulses of front row screamers, bonding their necks with rubber wire – he in black PVC – guitarist in red lipstick – beautiful rockstar boys. Lyrics are lost in the Elritch reverb – Faris is crown stealing. Volatile black energy of goth industrial – contemporised by Tom Furse – and his techno pyramid synths. Ice sweat dripping Hackney vampire bassist Rhys Webb. Faris has become storming iconic balearic, striding over theatre seats, in smart city shoes. It’s cosmic goth, it is power – it is owning the depth of Poe hell to Blakean heavens. From voyeurs to submission, the audience leave satisfied.

WEDDING/NW multi-cultural reaches of the city.

Fire station studio. Danielle De Picciotto walks us across a courtyard in twilight. Pyramid of flowers, split by stairs to a below-sea-level, waiting buddha, draped with beads. Left and right basement of Californian security doors, co-joined studios, His and Hers. Drums on the male side, Alexander Hacke, Einsturzende Neubatten – poles of metal to hit. Next door: paintings of black and white folklore S+M dolls with tripped out wings, and photograph reflections. Hers. With tea. Laughter. Discussion. Love. She is love.

***

Lost – ghetto kid guides me and Stroke Order to the ambient dinner in a bar beneath a block in Wedding: soundproof triangles of three-tone pastel shaved hardwood. Clean vegetables, and a series of performances from three post-Akai-ists. Poetry, soundscapes layering paranoic schizophrenic voices – a DJ girl in from Seattle. The residents, ex-pats, from across Germany, and the world – carrying less ego than London. A wholesome intellect carries through, it gets lost in the whirl of London survival. I think back to hanging with the man commonly known as Rodent, the Sex Pistols’ sound tech – he was saying everything is lost in our digital times – the lack of ability to hang out together, they had to live frugally, himself in the studio of The Clash. The intensity of art. It’s easier here. To get involved in your creativity – away from the grab.

SUNDAY

Home jukebox, coffee, and Okay Cafe cinnamon swirls at Jason McGlade and Anne-Cathrin Saure’s (the art director/photographer, and designer of Cold Lips II, and co-createurs of the Shedville font). They moved back here recently – but Jason’s back and forth to London, working on an incredible analogue Polaroid project.

Stroke Order and I head out to Berghain – but instead collide with a very old friend who’s been living in Thailand for 14 years – Martyn Goodacre. He took the most iconic picture of Kurt Cobain, and many more. We tried doing music together when we worked on magazines. We go to a bar, meet with a midwife – talk about the horror show of birth, the guidance into the world, policed by the womb and the channel to birth and the rejection from the vulvic eye. The propulsion.

MONDAY MORNING COMING DOWN FROM AN EMAIL THAT IS CHANGING MY LIFE

Space, China – coffee with Mark Reeder. His vinyl of Mauderstadt is out now. I’ve just run a trilogy of stories on him in DJ Mag, explaining his part in Berlin, from being the Factory rep in Berlin in Joy Division days, through to putting on punk gigs in East Berlin, recording the music in gay bars to play to New Order – thus Blue Monday – and since, from inventing trance music with his label MfS – getting Paul van Dyk on the map – he’s the man. His uniforms. Rare light.

“Danielle [De Picciotto] and Katia – Love Parade would never have started without them.”

[Love Parade was the street party that began in the ecstatic reunification of East and West Berlin. The wall came down in 1990. The old GDR was a wild land. Read Danielle De Picciotto’s Beauty of Transgression for more…or watch Mark Reeder’s B-Movie…and his forthcoming E-Movie.]

He realises he’s late for his lunch…

Alone, back on the Neukölln streets, I look into the door of a Moroccan cafe – get called in by a round-faced Muslim woman, grey jumper, jeans – trainers – Tangiers market vibes, enter – beans – good – no English – point at a box – I don’t know if she knows I don’t want a tagine but takeaway – they waterfall me mint tea – the door slams shut. There are stickers on the wall tiles – plastic table cloths. Am I about to be drugged? Locked in – I have few Euros and no phone to be stolen.

I sit, read the Unspoken Berlin I’ve picked up – and wait for either the drugs to kick in, or to relax. Oh, some brot on the table – no it ain’t Gucci Bloom sea hedgehog fennel and jerusalem artichoke, chestnut puree and scallop, purple watercress like the exquisite experience of Lokal where local ingredients will dance on plates for us later – nor is is it as refined as the Techno sauna we’ll meditate in around the bar – but it is E2.50 and beautifully wholesome – the chickpeas are larger than London.

—-

Neurotitan have taken Cold Lips and my last 3 copies of Unedited. Stefi there is lovely. It’s somewhere that’s always called me on previous trips to Berlin. Many putting a film together that became impossible, about Manuel Gottching, of Ash Ra Tempel – and E2:E4 – the most sampled record – inventor of ambient – before Eno, before the HANSA recordings of Iggy and Bowie. I tell Stefi of my gig last night with Whisky and Words at the Keith bar – where Stroke Order – her pals – and Jason McGlade come by – and Mark Reeder. And Rasp Thorne [post coming to Cold Lips soon, or buy the second edition for total spread]- the consumate performer – lighter over here – my lips are still red from the wine. Stephen Crane. Rasp’s performance of Crane. He’s so good.

Everytime I get on a train here the stasi black jacket ticket checkers are on the same carriage. It’s happened to Morgan 3 times in her year here – and 3 times with me in as many days. I am able to fight my usual paranoias from the top of my Maslow pyramid – the email from a publisher – saying he wants to publish my novel – the one I have had two agents hawk around in 11 years – during which time, I have changed, and so has the story. It is the best email I’ve ever had. Here, lying in bed on the Monday morning after meeting with Anton Newcombe and front row for Faris – Faris frow.Two days later, I’m still flying, as I hit EchoBucher, back in Wedding – they’re taking some Cold Lips…I drop into Potsdamer – meeting… No fucking way. Ticket checkers.

Zug Fallt aus!

You have amazing eyes – you look like Madonna said the guy from Milano – I’m hoping he means old skool hot Madz. En route to the airport – delays – nerves shot / triggering towards Parkinsons and spiked dreams. He calmed me – so did the guy who was also travelling to Stansted – as we ran for the plane, and vice versa. Detoxed from the phone, train home, to the temple – travelling with Alice A Bailey. Nanobotic karmic overide. More ticket inspectors – haunted by the stasi – on plane now – could do with some extra O2 from the overhead locker after running in a coat I just bought which I think I may be allergic to. But it’s so warm.

*German born LA-resident, Benedikt Taschen, the art collector and publisher, has directed the content of the new EAST GERMAN HANDBOOK. An encyclopedic collab with Wende Museum, a place of Cold War artefacts in Culver City. It’s a compendium of communist porn – picture-led, masonically-charged graphics of the whole nine yards of life behind the wall – from ideal weaponary to food, fags, appalling vodka, and the requisite communist shit shoes. It’s got 50s utopian vision written all over it.

[pilferingapples]

FINAL EUROVISION LIVEBLOG

--There's a whoooole lot of Intro and News Commentary from SVT; most of it I'm skipping because I don't understand it, but fans are singing adorably now, awwww. 

--OMG DANIEL DIGES IN THE PREVIEW SEGMENT I AM WELL REWARDED FOR MY MINOR AMOUNT OF PATIENCE wow he's beautiful 

--...now the channel's like...gone to cut screen but they don't have their wiring worked out?

--NOW

--..okay the bead thing sort of explains the Artistic Theme happening, to the extent I think anything about Eurovision can or should be explained

-this host looks like he should be in a Marvel movie and should be named Chris

-I genuinely love the Walk of Glory intro of all the main performers!

-...Oh here come the people who are too cool to have to compete in the semifinals! I don't know them.

-EXCEPT MANEL HI MANEL 

-Buglaria is a precious child and I hope he has fun

-..literally I am old enough to be his mother it's terrible ANYWAY

-The Host Dudes are Very Sparkly now , and again I am grateful for the SVT commenters talking over them in a language I cannot understand , save me from the Bantr(tm)

-omg awkward junior high pics 

-Gonna say at the start here,  DISCO RAP YODELING TEAM has my heart, but there are a LOT of acts here I love.

-....and a lot of ballads. Why did so many ballads get in. Who voted for the ballads. 

-...how does voting for this work?

-GOOD FOR YOU ISRAEL THAT WAS FUN 

- omg audience member has the star hat cosplay 

- ...oh gad was this a ballad one 

-oh gad it was  -Poland I love and support you as a nation but WHY A BALLAD

-...doves are flying out of her armpits though so points for that

-SHE'S A GOOD SINGER I just cannot muster up caring about this song

-SPACE DOLPHIN for REASONS 

-...Freedom?

- BELARUS I LOVE YOU BOTH 

-THEY'RE ON A BOAT -I want this song as MP3, it's just so happy!

-WOAH  GET A ROOM 

(no I'm happy for them)

-OMG ADORABLE CHILD INTRO SEGMENT  -Austria! Is like the theme to an 80s/early 90s slice of life show 

- Plus: happy song, not really a ballad , Cons: nothing is on fire,minimal discoing

-ARMENIAAAA  continues to be dressed like a TOS Klingon and I love it  -the Netherlands trio reminds me hardcore of Wilson Phillips, because I am Old. That's fine! I liked WP. But it's very a Thing  It doesn't help that W-P had an album called Light and Shadow either, I mean it'-s not a Super Unique name but >_<

-THEIR FANS HAVE SHIRTS <3

-HI MAXIMILIEN, FAN FROM AUSTRIA 

-...Volare was a Eurovision song? 

-OMG IMPROMPTU KICKITY DANCE  - I am briefly overwhelmed by Emotion about all these people from all these countries coming together for Music and Fun?? TEAR BREAK -OKAY I'M OKAY AND IT'S TIME FOR MOLDOVA WHICH HAS A  GREAT ACT 

-SUNSTROKE PROJECT:D 

-I like this stage act much more than the video for this , really 

HMMM I think the Army Of Thems works okay here, though it's not my favorite visuals 

- THE DRESSES THOUGH :D 

-XYLOPHONE JACKET HUNGARY 

-I don't know how to describe what he's doing with his voice but I love it 

DISCO MILKJUG CONTINUES  and I Approve ,

- in any other setting I would question the dancing girl, but it's Eurovision, so I only question why she's not wearing more glitter

-I really love the folk art motifs in the background, and also the JETS OF FIRE

-ITALY  ...have we seen Italy? Did I forget Italy or is this a "we weren't in the semifinals"thing?

-GORILLA I CAN'T BELIEVE I FORGOT GORILLA

-..okay the song is slightly boring pop but AT LEAST IT'S NOT A BALLAD and I like the background visuals

- And I am again wondering how the backgrounds are chosen! Who gets to decide? Do the singers get a say? 

-...did the Italy fans have a cow

-BLONDE WOMAN SINGLE SINGER  SIGNS OF THE BALLADOCALYPSE 

DENMARRRRK ...is exactly what I thought, yeah okay 

-drinks time

-PORTUGAL HI

- it's a sweet sounding song and he does the Awkward Cute very very well but there is a tragic lack of general fabness 

-oh god host banter nooooo

-AZERBAIJAN YESSSS

-HORSEHEAD LADDER BOYFRIEND -BADBOY  -EXTREME SKELETON  - this isn't really my Kind of song but I admire the Extraness of the performance and setup , like there  is no need for this horsehead guy at ALL but also he is ESSENTIAL THANK YOU

-Croatia! I never thought I'd actually hear someone do Agnes Nitt's trick of singing duets with herself, but here we are. 

- AUSTRALIA is a Child! I am very uncomfortable about this. 

-Wait is this the first for Belarus?  

- THE FIRST ROMA FOR HUNGARY YAAAY

-GREECE oh no it's a Single Singing Woman this Bodes Ballads  - GREECE I TAKE IT BACK AND I LOVE YOU ​​​​​​​

-OH RIGHT THIS IS HER  WITH THE WATER FEATURE AND THE NAKED GUYS DANCING AT HER FEET  - SHIRTLESS BUT WHATEVER 

-...are the guys the couple the song is about?? if so AWESOME 

- HI MANEL , YOU'RE A FACECAST FOR A WEIRD FANDOM 

-good grief he's pretty , I have Hair Envy

-OOOF voice crack 

-okay not the most amazing song but AT LEAST IT WASN'T  A FRIGGING BALLAD

-NORWAY ! With the..mask..thing!

-KILL THAT VOICE IN MY HEAD ! I REMEMBER YOU. 

-...oh god there's more Bantr. An extended Host Bantr segment, noooo

-LUCY JONES I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE DOING  DON'T BE A BALLAD UK 

-...damn it, UK. 

-...will you dance through this storm to this song? Because I don't see how. 

DRINK BREAK 

-CYPRUS  SAVE ME FROM THE BALLADS 

-...threatening to be Gravity at me is the worst come on possible though

-RO  -MA

-NIA !!!

ROMANIA ROMANIA ROMANIA 

YODEL PARTY  I LOVE YOU BOTH  OWN THIS JOINT 

LOOK AT THE WOODEN SOLDIER MARCH  SING IT HE SAYS  AND THEY LEAD THE CROWD IN A YODEL 

DISCO LIGHT CANNON THIS IS THE BEST THING 

-Germany!

..oh no it's a blonde woman alone DOES A BALLAD LOOM

- why do people show up to Eurovision in Nice Neutral Clothing , why would anyone waste this opportunity to be more glam than otherwise humanly possible

-...pop ballad. SIGH. 

UKRAINE I HAVE HOPES FOR YOU  QUARTET?? QUARTET  ...oh. It's the giant head band!  -this is so hilariously different from the other acts, good for you, Germany! 

-Young Jotunheim invades Asgard's Got Talent 

- Belgium, I'm sure you're lovely , but I KNOW this is a ballad, so it's another Drink Break 

-SWEDEN who is...I guess? someone famous?  I DO remember this song at least, it's not Yet Another Ballad 

-BULGARIA CHILD

-FRANCE  -I am sure I haven't seen France! 

-oh no not another ballad  -...yes another ballad THERE'S STILL HOPE IT COULD ENERGIZE IN THE CHORUS??

-YES THANK YOU

-...is the background High Speed Paris Cityscape??

-...wait that was the last one?? wow 

-VERKA OMG   - I feel Honored to see this 

LIGHT IT UP, EUROPE 

I still love Romania and Belarus acts most I think but man I seriously love Hungary's voice and act and everything too 

aagh there are too many I actually like a lot! 

GET TO THE VOTES DARN IT 

THIS ACT IS GREAT BUT AAAH 

PRECIOUS BABY EUROVISION GIRL

HER DRESS IS A FLOWER I LOVE HER PLEASE PROTECT HER

oh god another ballad  

...WAIT WAS THAT AN ILLICIT MOON  IS THAT TRADITIONAL FOR THIS I DON'T EVEN KNOW NOW

OKAY VOTING 

...oh this is gonna take a while isn't it

...wow Portugal is cleaning up??

...I don't understand this voting? There are two many countermanding numbers on this display 

ALSO I HATE THIS TENSION I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO WON I HATE COMPETITIONS 

..Okay so Portugal's gonna crush it, right? I'm told it's not about the music, but Very Complicated Politics, but I think Portugal was  pretty good though

...Wait MORE points? WHAT IS HAPPENING HOW MANY LAYERS OF VOTING ARE THERE Eurovision I'm sorry but this is baffling and thus boring 

...GEEZUS HOW LONG DOES THIS GO ON THIS IS MINDNUMBING 

...has it been an HOUR?

SORRY EUROVISION I FAST FORWARDED THROUGH A LOT OF THE VOTING 

WHOOO PORTUGAL GOOD FOR YOU  ANYWAY THAT WAS CERTAINLY GLITTERY 

Needs More Yodelrap and Fewer Ballads 

GOOD FOR YOU PORTUGAL  I'm glad I saw it but next time I'll just let Tumblr tell me who won !

THANK YOU SVT 

[jordthenomad]

Wellington, New Zealand

After a very cramped and long 14 hour flight to Auckland, I enjoyed a short three hour layover before taking a quick flight over to Wellington. I was greeted by a huge statue of Gandalf on one of his eagles, and wandered in the heat to my AirBnb where I proceeded to sleep off the jet lag, watch the Lord of the Rings, and blissfully enjoyed doing nothing.

The next day I walked everywhere. I was staying in Newtown and got wonderfully lost wandering through the city, taking in the cafés and restaurants in Cuba Street, feeling the sun on my face as I took in the architecture and sculptures near the art gallery and watched people jump from the docks, drink rosé on bean bags in the park, and felt the vibe as they prepared for New Years Eve. I later went in to the Te Papa museum and was absolutely blown away. It was so intricately detailed, absolutely HUGE, and incredibly informative. I think what stood out the most was the WWI Museum where they had massive sculptures that were so meticulously done that you could see each scar, cut, tear, bead of sweat, hair and eyelash as if they were living and breathing beside you. It was so powerful and the layout was phenomenal. I’ve been to so many museums and exhibits (because I LOVE that stuff) and this one is in my top 3 for sure.

I spent my New Year’s Eve walking around the city, eating some candy, drinking prosecco, all the while soaking up that I was starting 2019 on a new adventure in a country I’ve always dreamed of visiting. I’ve definitely committed to making the most of my days, my time, and my life. Why do anything else?

New Years day consisted of an hour long run through Newtown. I found a running track while running through a dog park, did some laps, ran some stairs, and did some sprints. I made sure to wear sunscreen and enjoyed clearing my head and cleansing my body. I was really sweaty, which I’ve gotten used to because the heat in Wellington is next level from the humidity, but so happy.

I moved from my Airbnb to a hostel, the Marion downtown. It was so modern and gorgeous, including a brand new stunning kitchen, cozy rooms with tons of storage space, tons of bathrooms including rain showers, and owned by the sweetest, funniest couple. I got to know them by doing what I do (asking a million questions). They met in Scotland while traveling, him from NZ, her from Germany, and they traveled around the world to eventually open this hostel. They are so funny, incredibly helpful with the BEST recommendations, and if you’re looking for a great hostel where it’s insanely easy to meet people and in a perfect location - this is the hostel for you. I met so many sweet people from around the world and struck up incredible conversation with a wonderful woman from the Netherlands.

I love hostels. I love connecting with strangers and creating bonds. No pressure, just freedom.

I finally got to venture to the beach and soak up the sun. I lathered myself in sunscreen and enjoyed the breeze as I got to kick back and read a book. Much to my own dismay, no matter how much I reapplied my sunscreen, I got burnt in the strangest way. They have virtually no ozone layer down here so goddamn - stay out of the sun after 11! Aloe and I are now best friends.

After that, I basically tried to drink as much wine as humanly possible to get a nice taste for what New Zealand has to offer including a delightful blind tasting at Noble Wine Bar. I tried 4 wines and learned a lot! I was right about a few and it was so interesting to see what the New Zealand climate does to the body of a Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir. Needless to say I nerded out hard. Funny enough, my server was from the states but had worked with one of my friends from Kelowna - what a freaking, magical world this is.

I spent my final day hiking up Mount Victoria trying to find the location where the hobbits ran away from the nazgul, and after a sweaty hike to the top, I took in the panoramic view of Wellington and pet some pups! (Ahh my day is forever better if it starts by petting a dog) Wellington is surrounded by gorgeous turquoise ocean with the homes all scattered across the mountain side. There are tons of parks and forests, beaches and boardwalks, delightful coffee shops, bars, and restaurants, and I can totally see why people live here. It’s not too big, not too small - it’s just right.

I then took an Uber to the Weta Cave where I watched a video about the company. They are the leading special effects, digital and physical animation and creation specialists in the industry and have won 62 oscars! Not only did they create all the armor, costumes, creatures, sets (including castles using miniatures), and weaponry for Lord of the Rings, but they did Avatar, King Kong, the Avengers, and have teamed up with countless producers, directors, and filmmakers to bring these magical worlds to life. Started by a husband and wife team, it’s expanded drastically and wonderfully to over 4000 employees full of talented artists and visionaries situated right here in Wellington. I’ve always been so passionate about film and learning about all of this BLEW MY FREAKING MIND. What a highlight.

I finished off my time in Wellington with a Thai dinner with a few of the people from my hostel room and had so much fun discussing everything from their countries to our favourite foods, positive mindsets, and of course, dogs. I was finally waking up from my jet lag and felt 100% back to normal.

Now I’m up at the crack of dawn to fly to Christchurch to travel down south in a camper-van! Bring on this crazy whirlwind, I’m ready.

[keremulusoy]

He sees a prayer bead and becomes a master of woodcarving… From being a grocery boy to becoming woodcarving master…

Master Hayati, who has started with a prayer beads with geometrical figures, continues his efforts to develop woodcarving and engraving, he says that he deals with this job until mornings after he has closed the grocery store in the evenings. He improves on his handicraft thanks to his interest, determination, patience and handicraft.

The past of woodcarving bases on Anatolian Seljuks… In the Ottoman Empire, it takes its rightful place. Firstly, figures have been pictured on trees, and then people engraved stones and marble… It is such an art, which sometimes beautifies the walls of a mosque and sometimes gives life to a wooden door, to a knife or to a patera with engraved figures…  Woods, marbles, steel and stone grounds will be finely engraved in the hands of the woodcarving master… Sometimes a woodcarving master patiently engraves prayer beads… Hayati Ünsal is one of the people, who set his heart on this art… He is one of the masters of modern-day, who has improved himself… Prayer beads, which he saw in the grocery store of this father, drove him to this art. He becomes 48; he neither gives up on his grocery store nor on his art… He is now a master, who sells his works online… He is also known as Master Hayati…

He is born in the village of Calici of Dogansar District in Sivas in 1971. In 1795 his family moves to Sivas for the education of their children. The father starts up a grocery store in the center of the city. Hayati becomes the apprentice of his father… He both goes to school and works at the grocery store… Prayer beads, which he saw in his father’s hands, drove him to this art. The figures on little beads awaken his interest. He wonders how such a tiny piece can be engraved… He teaches himself woodcarving without taking any education. By setting his heart on it, patiently and with love… He engraves every material… Whether wood, or steel, or stone, or bone… Master Hayati, who sells his works online to the worlds tells the story of his childhood and the engraved prayer beads of his father, which impressed him very much:

“My father Bekir was very keen on prayer beads. In his free time, he dealt with prayer beads in the grocery store. I lined up the prayer beads of my father. While dealing with my father’s prayer beads, the figures on it awakened my interest. While talking to clients, who came to the grocery store, I started to examine the inlaid prayer beads in their hands. One day one of our clients, who came to the grocery store, brought a jet prayer beads inlaid with silver. The prayer beads awakened my interest very much. The thought of “I can do this” arose at that time. Afterward, one of our clients, who knew my interest in prayer beads, brought me a carved prayer bead, which he had found in the cemetery, which is used by priests. I decided to carve these prayer beads. I transformed the geometrical figures on it into floriated patterns. This is how I started carving.”

Master Hayati says that he has never taken carving education. He says “I did not have a master. In those years there was no artist in Sivas, who could teach this art, so I started carving and engraving with my limited opportunities.”

“I Do It With Passion” Master Hayati explains his passion for this job with the following sentences: “I set my heart on this job. My biggest motivation is this. I work on handicrafts in my free time, because I have handicraft. Every evening I deal with these works after closing the grocery store until the morning. The demand has increased for a spoon, a bone comb, Sivas knife, water jug and crockery day by day. I cannot catch up with new demands. My job requires lots of patience because it is a handicraft. I lose track of time while performing. I am very happy about investing my time in carving and engraving.”

Engravings Of Floriated Pattens Master Hayati, who usually uses floriated patterns for his engravings, says “I also use Ottoman motives, but it is hard to reflect three-dimensional vitality. I usually prefer lively floriated patterns instead of Ottoman motives. Some of the motives are created by myself. Sometimes I use historical artifacts. Sometimes my customers determine the motives. There are people who demand the motives of Twin Minarets and Leaned Bridge, which are the cultural values of Sivas.”

Woodcarving With The Whole Family Hayati Usta made also his children love the woodcarving. He has got three children. He says that he works together with his son and his daughters in the evenings. and especially his daughters have an interest in this job.

Orders From Germany and America Master Hayati has started receiving orders from Turkey and from abroad soon after he has shared his works on the web. He mostly finishes personal works and attracts a great deal of attention from people, who deal with collection work. He receives orders from Germany and America and finishes his speech with the following sentences: “I want, that the name of Sivas will be known, and to bring our ancient history to light. I want to hand down this job to the next generations and train apprentices. My aim is to move my art forward, create works and leave a lasting impression in this world with God’s help.”

Note:

He first engraves a prayer bead, and later walking sticks, crockery, wooden spoons, silver, combs, knife, and axes… Because he can finish beautiful works and he attracts attention, he decides to improve carving, which he started as a hobby. So he turns a room of his house into a studio…

Master Hayati says that he can carve every material (wood, steel, stone, bone) and that there is a wide range of carving. He emphasizes that every material can be carved on condition that the spirit, the language and the principles of this art have been assimilated… Some of Master Hayati’s works are earthenware pot, a bone comb, walking stick, spoon, famous Sivas steel knife and axes made of 1060 steel.

By: Hikmet Kuru / Photo : Sercan Çetinel

*This article was  published in the  January– February issue of Marmara Life. 

  Carving Master Hayati Ünsal He sees a prayer bead and becomes a master of woodcarving… From being a grocery boy to becoming woodcarving master…

[homedevises]

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When developer Michael Kirchmann confused from South Africa to New York City as a twenty-something in 1997, he spent his aboriginal few nights in a copse bazaar on Renwick Artery in Tribeca. Now he lives, works and flips absolute acreage in the neighborhood, which has continued aback confused from copse shops and artists’ lofts to condominiums and flush restaurants.

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The 46-year-old affiliated ancestor of two spent 11 years designing appointment barrio in western Europe at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), afore ambience off on his own to begin an architectonics and development close alleged Global Architectonics Strategies (GDSNY) in 2008. While he had originally planned to focus on development, the Abundant Recession waylaid his affairs for a brace years. His baby close rode out the angular years accomplishing architectonics work, including two 34-story ablaze installations for the 2012 London Olympics, the adept plan for a mixed-use development in Bahrain and autogenous architectonics for a restaurant in London. Kirchmann additionally got into designing products, including jets, archetypal motorcycles and Porsches.

Perhaps his better accomplishment has been a gig allowance L M Development Partners body and apple-pie affordable accommodation projects throughout the bristles boroughs. In Far Rockaway, Queens, he revamped a 1,093-unit Section 8 accommodation development, Arverne View, that had been damaged by Superstorm Sandy. His close and OCV Architects came up with the abstraction that they could reclad the facades of the 11 low- and mid-rise barrio with an exoteric insulation system, giving them a new, blooming white-and-gray attending and much-needed insulation from the elements.

The barrio “weren’t cloistral and they leaked,” said Jeffrey Moelis, the development administrator of canning at L M (and accessory to L M co-Founder Ron Moelis). The new bluff panels “solved those problems and accustomed Michael to actualize this [architectural] vision. And [they] accustomed us to do it in a way that helped us accomplish our budget.”

In Brownsville, Brooklyn, Kirchmann teamed up with L M to reimagine the Marcus Garvey Apartments, a townhouse-style residential circuitous with 693 federally subsidized apartments. GDSNY created a new lighting arrangement for the exterior, devised new agriculture for the courtyards in amid the barrio and installed solar panels on the roofs of the sprawling development. As allotment of the bluff renovation, they advised two-story, perforated metal panels that resembled blooming ivy and installed them on tall, light-up panels, which awning attenuated stretches of the facades aloft the doorways on the Marcus Garvey buildings.

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“He absolutely buys into that abstraction that there’s no acumen why bodies who alive in affordable accommodation can’t alive in a admirable place,” Moelis said. “It doesn’t amount a accomplished lot more. If they feel like they’re in a nice place, they’re activity to account it and booty affliction of it. We’ve apparent a big bead in abuse [at Marcus Garvey]. It’s not all attributed to the architecture—there’s beefed up security—but I anticipate bodies are appreciative of area they live, and they don’t appetite their neighbors and guests antibacterial the place.”

Kirchmann estimated that he has completed 20 projects with L M, including the redevelopment of six New York City Accommodation Authority complexes with 875 apartments—Bronxchester Houses in the South Bronx, Saratoga Aboveboard in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, Millbank-Frawley Apartments in axial Harlem, and Campos Plaza in Alphabet City. He additionally brought his artful talents to L M’s four-year-old residential barrio at 1951 Park Avenue in East Harlem, area he created what he calls an 80-foot-long metal “art wall,” with fins of differing base that assume to agitate as one passes by on the animated Metro North tracks.  

But in the accomplished two years, he’s assuredly started to assignment on the affectionate of projects he set out to do added than a decade ago—ground-up buildings. Abutting to the High Line in West Chelsea, GDSNY is amalgam a 10-story, eight-unit affluence address architectonics at 500 West 25th Street. Each high adventure except for the accommodation holds a full-floor, three-bedroom, three-bath accommodation with a clandestine terrace. Asking prices ambit from $5.5 actor for a 2,100-square-foot address on the third attic to $16.9 actor for a four-bedroom, four-bath bifold accommodation advance beyond 4,300 aboveboard feet. The boxlike anatomy cantilevers over the High Line, which Kirchmann considers the best cogent allotment of architectonics in New York City. Its facade, clad in anemic gray Alabama limestone, will borrow architectonics cues from the elevated-freight-line-turned-park. Kirchmann brought in the lighting artisan that formed on the High Line, a French close alleged L’Observatoire, to ability night-time lighting for the exoteric of 500 West 25th. Wrought adamant railings forth the balconies and gold aluminum emphasis panels are additionally declared to adjure the 1920s architectonics and stainless animate railings of the High Line. The developer additionally assassin Swedish-born bounded artery artisan Tony Sjöman, additionally accepted as Rubin, to actualize a geometric board art allotment to beautify the lobby.

“We capital to do article absorbing but not crazy” on West 25th Street, he said. “Our apartments are actual high-end, but they get to the point. We try not to accept any mirrorballs or annihilation blind in the lobby. It’s aloof like apple-pie Scanda-modern blazon stuff.”

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In fact, alive with artists—and creating art of its own—is a big allotment of GDSNY’s business. Afore he adapted a Soho attic architectonics at 25 Mercer Artery into condos, he accustomed British artisan Shantell Martin to draw faces on the walls. (He larboard her assets below the drywall for address owners to acquisition aback they apple-pie their apartments in a decade or two.) He additionally hosted a laser art accession and ball achievement in the building, with lasers by artisan Matthew Schreiber and choreography from Kathryn Boren of the American Ballet Theatre. And in February of aftermost year, he teamed up with an ad bureau to spray-paint a sky-blue and fire-engine red mural featuring aerial seagulls on his development armpit at 10th Avenue on West 25th Street, abutting to the High Line. The mural was allotment of a beyond activity alleged “Wall That Unites,” and was meant to beef Admiral Donald Trump’s planned bound bank with Mexico.

And Kirchmann has assuredly gotten aback to designing new appointment buildings. He and his business partner, Alan Rudikoff, active a 99-year arena charter in April for one of the aftermost abortive sites in NoMad, at 1241 Broadway at the bend of West 31st Street. They plan to body a 170,000-square-foot bazaar appointment building, with Kirchmann’s above administration from SOM administration the design.

T.J. Gottesdiener, a managing accomplice at SOM’s New York City office, is alive carefully with Kirchmann on 1241 Broadway. Aback Gottesdiener met him 15 years ago, Kirchmann was his employee. Now he’s a client, which is “kind of awkward but fun,” Gottesdeiner said. At SOM, “he was tenacious. He’d accept an abstraction and he would accompany it. It’s not a abruptness to me that he went into development.” As a developer, Gottesdiener added, Kirchmann “talks about the art of architecture. You can see his auto axis aback we appearance him the ground-floor amplitude or the lobby. He talks about what he can do to accompany some affectionate of art into the affairs and how bodies will acknowledge to it, how it will be lit at night. [There are] abundant burghal issues that he’s cerebration about.”

Douglas Mass, the admiral of engineering close Cosentini Associates, has accepted Kirchmann aback he started at SOM 21 years ago. The brace aboriginal met while alive on an appointment belfry in Paris for developer Howard Ronson, whose HRO International was a abounding artist of appointment amplitude in Manhattan and western Europe in the 1980s and 1990s. They’ve formed on over 20 bartering projects together, mostly in Paris, London and Germany,  Mass said.

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“I apparently formed on every activity with him at SOM,” the artist explained. “Not too abounding bodies his age or any age accept done 8 actor aboveboard anxiety of amplitude in 25 buildings.” Mass alleged Kirchmann’s artful “classic adapted architecture” while acknowledging that “he knows about budgets and he’s a abundant collaborator.”

The South African artist additionally met his business partner, Rudikoff, while alive on Ronson’s projects. Rudikoff was Ronson’s right-hand man, Kirchmann said, and he after went on to begin his own development close in Sweden in 2007. During his bristles years active in Stockholm, Rudikoff helped accounts and advance a $350 million, 800,000-square-foot office, auberge and assemblage centermost circuitous alleged the Waterfront.

Kirchmann has appear a continued way from his adolescence in Johannesburg, area he was one of seven kids built-in to a absolute acreage developer ancestor and autogenous artisan mother. He larboard to abstraction architectonics in Cape Town and confused to New York City in 1997, area he anon landed a job as a architectonics artist at SOM beneath Roger Duffy. Once he absitively to get aback into the development game, he went aback to academy to apprentice the banking ancillary of the business and completed a master’s amount in absolute acreage at New York University in 2007. He concluded up giving a few lectures on architectonics as a master’s student. Then Columbia University’s Graduate Academy of Architecture, Planning and Canning asked him to advise a absolute acreage advance with Jared Della Valle and A.J. Pires, two added architects-turned-developers who founded Alloy Development.

Although GDSNY is still a baby angle in the development world, Kirchmann argues that his acquaintance as an architect—combined with his business partner’s assignment accumulating a huge mixed-use activity in Stockholm—makes them a decidedly active firm.

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495 BC – A newly constructed temple in honour of the god Mercury was dedicated in ancient Rome on the Circus Maximus, between the Aventine and Palatine hills. To spite the senate and the consuls, the people awarded the dedication to a senior military officer, Marcus Laetorius. 221 – Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han, the successor of the Han dynasty. 392 – Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbogast. He is found hanging in his residence at Vienne. 589 – King Authari marries Theodelinda, daughter of the Bavarian duke Garibald I. A Catholic, she has great influence among the Lombard nobility. 908 – The three-year-old Constantine VII, the son of Emperor Leo VI the Wise, is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire by Patriarch Euthymius I at Constantinople. 1252 – Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad extirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition. 1525 – Insurgent peasants led by Anabaptist pastor Thomas Müntzer were defeated at the Battle of Frankenhausen, ending the German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire. 1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, stands trial in London on charges of treason, adultery and incest; she is condemned to death by a specially-selected jury. 1567 – Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, her third husband. 1618 – Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made). 1648 – The Treaty of Westphalia is signed. 1718 – James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first machine gun. 1730 – Robert Walpole effectively became the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. 1776 – American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence. 1791 – French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance. 1792 – War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia. 1793 – Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for "about 360 meters", at a height of 5–6 meters, during one of the first attempted manned flights. 1796 – War of the First Coalition: Napoleon enters Milan in triumph. 1800 – King George III of the United Kingdom survives an assassination attempt by James Hadfield, who is later acquitted by reason of insanity. 1817 – Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). 1836 – Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse. 1848 – Serfdom is abolished in the Habsburg Galicia, as a result of the 1848 revolutions. The rest of monarchy followed later in the year. 1849 – Troops of the Two Sicilies take Palermo and crush the republican government of Sicily. 1850 – The Bloody Island massacre takes place in Lake County, California, in which a large number of Pomo Indians are slaughtered by a regiment of the United States Cavalry. 1850 – The Arana–Southern Treaty is ratified, ending "the existing differences" between Great Britain and Argentina. 1851 – The first Australian gold rush is proclaimed, although the discovery had been made three months earlier. 1858 – Opening of the present Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London. 1862 – President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. It is later renamed the United States Department of Agriculture. 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia: Students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley. 1867 – Canadian Bank of Commerce opens for business in Toronto, Ontario. The bank would later merge with Imperial Bank of Canada to become what is CIBC in 1961. 1869 – Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association. 1891 – Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching. 1904 – Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima. 1905 – Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45 km2), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off. 1911 – In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up. 1911 – More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales. 1919 – The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job. 1919 – Greek occupation of Smyrna. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades. 1925 – Al-Insaniyyah, the first Arabic communist newspaper, is founded. 1928 – Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy". 1929 – A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123. 1932 – In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated. 1933 – All military aviation organizations within or under the control of the RLM of Germany were officially merged in a covert manner to form its Wehrmacht military's air arm, the Luftwaffe. 1934 – Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia. 1940 – USS Sailfish is recommissioned. It was originally the USS Squalus. 1940 – World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation. 1940 – McDonald's opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California. 1941 – First flight of the Gloster E.28/39 the first British and Allied jet aircraft. 1941 – Joe DiMaggio begins a 56-game hitting streak. 1942 – World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law. 1943 – Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International). 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Poljana, the final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia. 1948 – Following the expiration of The British Mandate for Palestine, the Kingdom of Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia invade Israel thus starting the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. 1957 – At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple. 1958 – The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3. 1960 – The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 4. 1963 – Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space, and the last American to go into space alone. 1966 – After a policy dispute, Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ of South Vietnam's ruling junta launches a military attack on the forces of General Tôn Thất Đính, forcing him to abandon his command. 1969 – People's Park: California Governor Ronald Reagan has an impromptu student park owned by the University of California at Berkeley fenced off from student anti-war protestors, sparking a riot. 1970 – President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. 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It fails to reach orbit. 1988 – Soviet–Afghan War: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan. 1991 – Édith Cresson becomes France's first female premier. 1997 – The United States government acknowledges the existence of the "Secret War" in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans. 2004 – Arsenal F.C. go an entire league campaign unbeaten in the English Premier League, joining Preston North End F.C with the right to claim the title The Invincibles 2008 – California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional. 2010 – Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo. 2013 – An upsurge in violence in Iraq leaves more than 389 people dead over three days.

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Fat Cat Tuesday: A Commemoration of CEO Excess by Leo Gerard

Fat Tuesday is Mardi Gras, a day of revelry, gluttony, intoxication and showers of shiny plastic beads. It is the party to end all parties because it’s followed by Ash Wednesday, when Lenten sacrifices commence.

Fat Cat Tuesday is the day – Jan. 2, 2018 – on which the boards of directors of America’s biggest corporations handed their CEOs more money than those same CEOs would deign to pay their workers for an entire year of labor, 260 days.

It was a day of revelry, gluttony and private jets for CEOs and worthless shiny plastic beads for workers.

The occasion is commemorated in Britain as well. There, though, it took CEOs three days to accrue more compensation than the total annual wages of the typical worker.

That’s because American CEO pay takes the cake – and we’re not talking Mardi Gras King Cake containing a tiny plastic baby Jesus figure because no Son of God would be associated with U.S. CEOs’ sinfully gluttonous pay packages.

The average pay of Fortune 500 CEOs – a gobsmacking $14.3 million – is four times that of top executives at comparable sized corporations worldwide, according to a study by Bloomberg analysts.

And it’s 265 times what the median U.S. worker earns ­– enabling U.S. CEOs to rake in more cash for one day at the office than the median worker gets for laboring an entire year.

Here’s how it breaks down: The typical CEO at a Fortune 500 corporation got $53,846 for showing up at the office on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018. The median American received $44,668 for working the entire year of 2017.

For one day on the job, those fat cats were awarded $9,178 more than all the wages a typical American earned over an entire year. That $9,178 is one fifth of an average worker’s annual earnings.

Given that, it’s no surprise that America holds another dubious distinction: it’s the country with the most cavernous pay gorge between fat cats and typical workers.

It doesn’t have to be that way. In Norway, the top CEOs average $1.28 million in compensation, meaning they earn 20 times what that country’s typical worker does ­ – not 265 times. And yet, somehow, Norwegians attract talented executives to run their companies.

Germany, a country respected worldwide for its success in manufacturing and exporting, manages to find executives willing to work for only 174 times the pay of the country’s average worker.

In addition, in America, workers who mess up get fired, but not CEOs.

Disney CEO Bob Iger is one of those CEOs living in paycheck fantasyland, taking home $37.7 million.  He’s trying to buy 21st Century Fox Inc.’s entertainment assets for Disney. Even if he fails, he’ll get a $27 million bonus. That’s $27 million for a fiasco. It’s a guaranteed bonus of wonderland proportions. Golly gee willikers, Mickey!

Disney has $37.7 million sitting around to give Iger, but charged its theme park workers for costumes. That meant 16,339 Disney Park Donald Ducks and Buzz Lightyears earned less than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, a violation of federal law. The U.S. Labor Department ordered Disney to repay them $3.8 million.

Looks like Disney tried to get solid gold Mouseketeer ears for Iger out of the hides of its lowest-paid workers. Now that’s goofy.

Non-CEO American workers have been stuck with nothing but shiny plastic beads for decades as their wages stagnated. But the fat cats at the top got more no matter how badly they performed.

Take Goodyear’s CEO Richard J. Kramer. The company hasn’t lost money over the past several years, but its performance has been less than notable. Despite that, the board of directors, for which Kramer is chair, keeps bumping up his compensation. It rose from $17 million in 2012 to nearly $20 million in 2016.

Three extra million over four years. It would take the median worker 67 years to earn the $3 million that the board of directors handed Kramer for mediocre accomplishments.

U.S. Steel Corp. has struggled in recent years, cancelling a planned new headquarters building in Pittsburgh after suffering losses of $1.5 billion in 2015. That year, former CEO Mario Longhi’s compensation dropped 35 percent. Still, the board of directors paid the now-retired CEO $8.6 million for losing $1.5 billion. That takes some steel cojones.

As part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued rules requiring public corporations to begin reporting this year the ratio between the CEO’s compensation and the pay of its median worker.

That’s nice. Really. The more depressing information workers can get about pay grabs by their bosses the better.

More effective in actually dealing with the problem, however, is what the Labour Party in Britain is proposing. If elected to power there, Labour says it would tax excessive CEO pay and disqualify from bidding on government contracts all corporations with CEO-to-worker pay ratios of more than 20 to 1, which is the current pay ratio in Norway.

That’s what America needs so workers receive a fair share of the wealth that their labor creates – in other words, significantly more than shiny plastic beads.

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Jewelry from 3000 BC Egypt to the 21st Century

Egypt pearls - The use of gold jewelry can be dated back to Egypt 3000 BC. Gold was the preferred metal for jewelry making during ancient times. It was rare, it was easy to work with, and it never tarnished. Magnificent bracelets, pendants, necklaces, rings, armlets, earrings, collars, and head ornaments were all produced in ancient Egypt, the land of the Pharaohs. In 1922 Howard Carter's excavations led to the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb and many gold artifacts, all showing the art work of ancient Egypt. Greece In ancient Greece, gold beads in the shape of shells, flowers and beetles were very common. In Northern Greece beautiful necklaces and earrings have been excavated from burial. By 300 BC the Greeks were using gems such as emeralds, garnets, amethysts and pearls. They also created colored glass stones and enamel stones. Carved agate cameos and gold filigree work were widely made. Italy The Italian Etruscans produced granulated textured gold work. They made very large, necklaces, bracelets and earrings. They were also known for producing hollow gold pendants that were filled with perfume. Even today the Italians are still known for the quality gold jewelry. Rome The Romans used 18 and 24 carat gold for their coins. Coinage gold was readily available so it was popular with craftsmen for decorative jewelry. Over 2000 years ago the Romans were using sapphires, emeralds, garnets, and amber in their jewelry. Europe. During the 13th century the Medieval Sumptuary Laws were enacted which put a cap on luxurious jewelry and clothing. The town folk of France, banned from wearing girdles made from pearls or any other gemstone. They were also banged from wearing gold or silver. Similar laws existed in England banning artisans from wearing gold and silver. These laws show how fine jewelry had spread beyond nobility to the town folk. For as long as mankind has existed gems and jewels have been used as token of ones love for another. While many pieces of jewelry existed adorned with fine gems and made from precious metals, there was also some very good fake jewelry. True gemstones and pearls originated in the east and they were bought mainly by the Italians. The Italian merchants then sold the jewelry to the Europeans. High quality glass imitations were often used and sold with the intent to deceive. These high quality glass stones were often used in the Royal funeral robes and in children's jewelry. Valued more than gemstones, were the flawless, round, natural white pearls. South India provided some of the finest pearls. The Italians were able to make quality imitation glass gems and pearls that could only be identified by a gemologist. There is historical proof that recipes for false pearls existed as far back as 1300. White powdered glass was mixed with albumen and snail slime to produce imitation pearls. Earrings and Dress Jewelry During the 17th century woman always wore earrings, whether they were dressed or undressed. It was very acceptable to wear faux pearls and paste gem earrings during the day saving fine diamond jewelry and gem jewelry for evening attire. Dress ornamentation decreased in size. Sleeves or skirts were often decorated with matching brooches. During the 16th it was very fashionable to wear large quantities of pearls. Both jewelry to clothing accessories were adorned with pearls. During the 17th century Jaquin of Paris patented a method of making fake pearls. Hollow blown glass balls were coated with varnish mixed with iridescent ground fish scales. The hollow balls were then filled with wax to strengthen them. This discovery made Paris the main producer of faux pearls for well over 200 years. Paste is a compound of glass containing white lead oxide and potash. Paste jewelry was very common in the later part of the 17th century. The highest quality and most long lasting paste jewelry was produced after 1734 by Georges Strass. Paris lead the production of faux gems and faux pearls. Just about any kind of fake gem could be made, including fake opals. After 1760 the production of fake jewelery spread to London and to Birmingham. During the industrial revolution steel was produced in large quantities so it was easily available. It was ues for setting marcasite and jasper ware cameos. Glass and Wedgwood porcelain paste cameos were made in English factories and were also very popular. The fashion from this era also included ornate shoe buckles of paste, steel and tin, elaborate paste jewel buttons, as well as semi precious for day wear. Empire Jewelry In 1804 Napoleon emerged as Emperor of France, resulting in a revival of jewelry and fashion as a new court of pomp. 'Joailliers' worked fine jewelry and 'bijoutiers' used less precious materials. The members of the new French imperial family had the former French royal family gems re-set into the latest neo-classical style. The new trends soon found their way to Europe, particularly England. The main influence for design was the Greek and Roman. Parures and Cameos Parures were a matching suite of coordinating precious gems which could include a necklace, a comb, a tiara, a diadem, a bandeau, a pair of bracelets, pins, rings, drop earrings or and cluster stud earrings and possibly a belt clasp. A full parure consisted of a minimum of four pieces. A demi parure consisted of three or less pieces. Both Josephine and Napoleon's second wife had magnificent parures. Once Napoleon's cameo decorated coronation crown was seen, cameos became the rage. Cameos were carved from hard stone, conch shells and even from Wedgwood porcelain. Victorian Jewelry In 1837 when Queen Victoria came to the throne jewelry was romantic and nationalistic. It focused on European folk art, which later influenced the Arts and Crafts Movement. Until mid century most western jewelry came from Europe, with some jewelry being produced in North America and Australia. Mass production of mid Victorian jewelry in Birmingham, Germany and Providence, Rhode Island resulted in lower jewelry standards. Victorian women rebelled when they saw some the poor quality of much of this machine made jewelry. Woman rebelled by wearing no jewelry at all, or buying from the emerging artist craftsman. Some jewelers like Tiffany recognized a niche market and began to make fine jewelry of a very high standard, opening shops in main European cities.

Mourning Jewelry

During the Victorian era mourning jewelry was very fashionable. The initial months of mourning were unadorned by jewelry of any kind. As the mourning rituals increased, mourning jewelry developed as a fashion item. Queen Victorian wore a great deal of jet mourning jewelry after Prince Albert's death. Jet from Whitby, North of England was set into mourning pieces. All types of material that were black were used and almost all included a lock of the dead loved one's hair. Hair was also plaited, braided or twisted very tightly until it became hard and thread like. Arts and Crafts Jewelry During the 1870s the Arts and Crafts movement evolved as a reaction to mass produced shoddy goods and inferior machine made products which were a result of the industrial revolution. William Morris and John Ruskin were both leaders of the arts and crafts movement in England. They promoted simple Arts and Crafts of designs based on floral, primitive or Celtic forms worked as wallpapers, furniture and jewelry. The polished stones used in Arts and Crafts jewelry gave a medieval, simpler, gentler, tooled hand made look and feel to items. Art Nouveau The Art Nouveau followed the arts and crafts movement resulting in a new jewelry look. The movement began in Paris and its influence went throughout the Western world. Art nouveau jewelry had curves, sinuous organic lines of romantic and imaginary dreaminess. It was very ethereal turning into winged bird and flower forms. French, René Lalique was the master goldsmith of the era of Art Nouveau producing exquisite one off pieces. Today, the Art Nouveau style is still admired, sought after, and copied.

Pearls

Various combinations of pearl necklaces come in and out of fashion with regularity so pearls too are a must. Today pearls are still a wardrobe essential. Both faux pearls and cultured pearls are very affordable today. Since the opening of trade with China in the 1990s, many pearls are imported from China dropping the price to about 1/3 of what it was prior to China entering the market. The Japanese have suffered disease in their pearl beds as well as facing competition and are finding it hard to compete with China's prices. Pearl necklaces and pearl earrings can lift a complexion and bring light and radiance to the face taking years off a woman whatever her age. They have been a wardrobe staple for centuries, and a wedding attire tradition. Cultured pearls have become very affordable, and faux pearls are very cheap and the quality can be excellent. Currently Pearls are a very "hot" fashion statement and with the modern twist of being interspaced on gold wire or floating on special synthetic cord they are essential to the millennium look.

Cocktail Jewelry

During the 1920s Lalique mass produced and designed high quality glass jewelry. Fake, or costume jewellery was sometimes then called cocktail jewelry. Costume or Cocktail jewelry was greatly influenced by designers such as Coco Chanel, and Elsa Shiparelli as well as a host of other designers. These two designers were particularly known for encouraging clients to mix their fine jewelry and costume jewelry. Both designers offered imagination and fun and both often sported fabulous fakes. In the late 1930s Napier of the USA was at the forefront of manufacturing fake cocktail jewelry offer glamour and escapism. Today, Napier still produces excellent contemporary costume pieces. Hollywood Influence By the 1940s and 1950s American culture was very dominant in Europe. The influence of movie films and the prominence of film stars set the fashion stage for womens make-up, hair and wardrobe. People wanted copies of outfits and jewelry worn by the actresses. Women believed that the glamour of Hollywood would rub off on them if they dressed and looked like the glamorous Hollywood actresses. During the Second World War metals were rationed, halting the production of fine jewelry. Quality costume jewelry picked up the now defunct fine jewelry market. Costume jewelry flourished becoming an acceptable alternative to fine jewelry. 1980's Television Influences Jewelry During the 1980s with the evolution of glitzy television soaps such as Dynasty and Dallas, costume jewelry once again became a "hot" fashion statement. With over 250 million viewers, it didn't take long for costume jewelry to be reborn. Glitz and sparkle by day was not only acceptable, it became the norm. Earrings grew to an unbelievable size, as did other pieces of jewelry. By the 1990s this sparkly dazzling jewelry phenomena was dead, replace with tiny real diamond studs or a fine stud pearls. 21st Century Jewelry For the 21st century women believe a mix is good. Fine jewelry combined with costume jewelry are wardrobe essentials. The sophisticated women of this century know what they want from their jewelry and how to wear it to make their fashion statement. They recognize that costume jewelry can liven up their wardrobe. The types and quality of costume jewelry has grown enormously. Today one can purchase what is classified as fine costume jewelry which is usually plated at least seven times with 10 22 ct gold. Swarovski crystal set in gold are common accessories, and cubic zirconium, man's imitation diamond, can be purchased for a fraction of the cost of real diamonds allowing every women to add diamond styled jewelry to their wardrobe. Ciro, Adrian Buckley, Butler and Wilson, Swarovski Crystal Jewelry Napier, Joan Rivers, Joan Collins, Christian Dior, California Crystal, Property of A Lady and of course Kenneth J Lane to name just a few continue to produce high quality fashion jewelry for today's women. Costume jewelry can take you from the board room to a night out of dining and dancing to your most intimate evening. It can make you look your best for your wedding, or a day at the beach. You can make Your Fashion Statement With Costume Jewelry!. Follow us on Facebook You may also like this

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Global Ball Mills Market to Rise Due to Low Installation Cost and High Energy Efficiency

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A ball mill is a grinder which is used for grinding (or mixing) materials into very fine particles or powder. It is useful in several industries such as paints, ceramics, laser sintering, mineral dressing processes and pyrotechnics. Ball mills work on the principle of impact, where the grinders are the balls which are usually made of steel, stainless steel or in some cases, rubber. The ball mill is an important equipment used for grinding (or mixing) crushed substances during production in different industries. The key driver for global ball mills market are their low cost of installation and high energy efficiency. However, the market is hindered by high maintenance expense of grinding mills which contribute to unnecessary operating costs. Frequent maintenance of components such as hollow shaft, bearings and change of lubricant oil is a drawback for this industry.

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North America (U.S. and Canada)

Western Europe (U.K., Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg and Nordic countries)

Eastern Europe (Russia and Poland)

Asia Pacific (ASEAN, Japan, China, India, Australia and New Zealand)

Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Peru and others)

Middle East and Africa (Southern Africa, North Africa, GCC)

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The key participants of global ball mills market are CNBM International Engineering Co. Ltd., Shaorui Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., Zhangqiu Heavy Forging Co. Ltd., Shanghai Minggong Heavy Equipment Co. Ltd. and Changsha Tencan Powder Technology Co. Ltd.

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