Friday, February 18, 2011
Fishing for Salmon - Moruya NSW Australia
The Salmon were running near a small reef close to Moruya Rock wall (see moruya air-port on google maps) Great spot to fish, in peak times, the fisherman next to you is only two metres away. Makes for interesting casting and reeling-in! Needless to say, many tangled lines later, a great deal of tolerance is required.
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Moruya,
salmon,
south coast,
Tuross Heads
South Coast Australia Fishing - Salmon
Fishing for Salmon on Australia's south coast, bit of a trick....first of all, gang-hook required to catch and hold the fish, and good strong line also, nothing worse tham that beauty wriggling and breaking the line. Bait ! ah, so many options, best bet, the Pilchard, attached to the gang-hook through head, middle and base of tail. Our Pilchards were kept handy in the esky, and salt preserved them for the duration of the fishing trip.
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Australia,
Fishing,
Moruya,
salmon,
south coast,
Tuross Heads
Monday, August 23, 2010
Loss of a Friend - a Family without a Father






Corina, his eldest, heartbroken as well. The greatest injustice was that this man who had dedicated his life to the Romanian Foreign Ministry (MAE) for most of his life, was left down at the end. Mihai's wife, Gina, some how found a flight to Bucharest to return to her husband, that she left only hours previously to return to her daughters. Less than 24 hours later, the phone call that put her on a plane to return to bury her husband, left her daughters alone. The daughters were not present at the burial of their beloved father in Bucharest. The Romanian Government so fraught with corruption and self-serving officials overseas didnt dedicate a dollar to honour one of their own workers. The Ambassador here in Canberra, a man of highliving and own self-importance, wants to keep his dollars in his pocket. Sadly, it is at this point, that this information has to come to light. Forgive the outburst of emotion and information, but there is a much more sinister picture left behind. This picture is one that is being replicated around the world, the story shared by others. But, this is our story. We lost our Friend....and a Family lost their father.
Enjoy the Fishing my friend....but keep the best place for me....George
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Soccer Ball Vase
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Gate of Faith - Epilogue - Part Two
Gate of Faith - Star of David - Epilogue
Star of David....
George first made his Infinity in 2001 (pictures below in blog). Now 2010, sees the reinvention of Brancusi column in a new size and function.
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Constantin Brancusi,
Endless column,
Infinity
Brancusi Reinvented 2010
As part of our travels in January 2009, one of the highlights was travelling to Tg Jiu, Romania. The purpose of this trip was to see the wonderful work done by Romanian artist Constantin Brancusi. To see in person the "Endless Column" was indeed exciting.
Brancusi is the inspiration for much of George's work, and The Endless Column is going to be further reinvented by George, as you shall see in further posts.
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Constantin Brancusi,
Endless column,
Infinity,
Tg Jiu
Friday, August 7, 2009
Vienna - first leg of travels
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
1st December 2008 - Romania National Day
Paradise
Destined for a lavish South Coast location, its fortunate that stainless steel will withstand the coastal conditions.
"Paradise" proved popular with the Canberra locals as well, and one piece also went on display at the Romanian Embassy here in Canberra for a special reception celebrating Romania's National Day.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Marketing On A Budget ie. none
We had a wonderful week of publicity.
Above is a photo of the advertising we had in "The Canberra Times" (which was free of charge) and a pleasant surprise upon opening the local paper. Published were all the photo's we sent and the "Old Bus Depot Markets" also personally congratulated us on the addition to its pages.
This topped off the week which started with a radio interview with George on National Broadcaster SBS-Radio. A Pod-cast of this segment will be linked at right but it is in Romanian language being part of their Romanian Program.
Another exciting addition was the ABC TV website "Artpost", which is a vibrant site allowing artists to expose their work to the world. Again, will post the link to the right as it has shown enormous interest and popularity with people surfing the web for new art and artists. The number of views is amazing, thankyou.
"Hello Friends" - Bryan & Laura Davies, UK

It was with great pleasure to make contact with two artist's in Leeds UK, who also share a great passion for Constantin Brancusi.
Bryan & Laura Davies have a wonderful public art-work in Bridgewater Place Leeds.
"Hello Friends" is a bright and modern piece with Brancusi being a vital reference for the commissioned work. We will place a link to their blogspot on our page as it is indeed exciting work that these people are doing. Please explore their blogs and pages, their vision is exceptional in the world of arts and architecture in general.
Must also thank Bryan for all his travel tips and information regarding Brancusi's Studio in France and other art-loving recommendations....thanks Bryan, will send you a postcard!
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Bryan and Laura Davies,
Public Art,
Sculpture
Monday, November 3, 2008
First Market
Interested people who recognised that we had something that wasnt available anywhere else and that they would have something unique.
A successful day!! everything looked beautiful and the response was amazing, thankyou Canberra!
Gehry
Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Music Hall in Los Angeles. With the Stainless Steel addiction comes other dangerous habits. The need to see this metal in unconventional forms and pushed to the boundaries of the imagination. Franks process of sketching, folding and cutting paper to experiment with shapes is something that George also does before creating his work. I get to use the sticky tape.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Infinity, Jackie and Buzz
"Infinity" outside the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University. This building is amazing to look at and "Infinity" takes on another representation at this location. We thought that the geometric shape of the column resembled abstract DNA, somewhat appropriate - considering the location.
Incidently, Jackie Chan (one of our favourites), has been a very generous supporter of the ANU. Jackie has donated large amounts to be used in the area of medical research in memory of his much-loved mother who, with his father, was a long term resident here in Canberra. Go Jackie! and thankyou !!!
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