mason jars...an interesting but completely useless fact

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First of all...thank you for your sympathetic responses about my weekend of working. Believe me, it's not something I like to make a habit of. This is in lieu of a <a href="http://tranquiltownhouse.blogspot.com/search/label/my%20creative%20space">'my creative space'</a> post this week, because as we know, damn it, the aforementioned weekend of working meant I didn't do anything remotely creative. Not even <a href="http://tranquiltownhouse.blogspot.com/2011/05/my-creative-space-one-use-for-broken.html">glueing anything together</a>. </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, having complained twice in the one week I'm going to drop it now. Possibly. Instead I'm going to talk about mason jars. I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">f you're anything like me, and are quite the fan of a bit of useless information...read on.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqJCxg0bDGy7T6Maix9Ubf7uXmyjgLiCnFRMAiistFBHIjwLnBbvJ6B0nWTnRUXAAnKlyeabY7uJ-YAPm1-TTyvbAxPtJiL0k1c35UIRiObBX8UgdN-Rg0Z49mvjl9xqJiVE_7k150sS20/s1600/mason+jar+weheartit.comentry1034205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqJCxg0bDGy7T6Maix9Ubf7uXmyjgLiCnFRMAiistFBHIjwLnBbvJ6B0nWTnRUXAAnKlyeabY7uJ-YAPm1-TTyvbAxPtJiL0k1c35UIRiObBX8UgdN-Rg0Z49mvjl9xqJiVE_7k150sS20/s1600/mason+jar+weheartit.comentry1034205.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://weheartit.com/entry/1034205">source</a></span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You see these jars all over bloggy world...there's no end to their uses... storage for one...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjRD5YiMeiCUlve1q7J2q_6jpP8-onUNwpe-0wWnpFPSIOi8vzvDM1Z7DtFlPodK2RiMdeEyASGCEPzxXhEhko_cJHYI5Du7JFdrrxrfPXMuIqS5TZcJgRjRW_BwqhwucEXRPxEZlefnVS/s1600/mason+jar+from+pinterest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjRD5YiMeiCUlve1q7J2q_6jpP8-onUNwpe-0wWnpFPSIOi8vzvDM1Z7DtFlPodK2RiMdeEyASGCEPzxXhEhko_cJHYI5Du7JFdrrxrfPXMuIqS5TZcJgRjRW_BwqhwucEXRPxEZlefnVS/s640/mason+jar+from+pinterest.jpg" width="340" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">via <a href="http://pinterest.com/">pinterest</a> (which I am still resisting!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">lighting...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9MV1LX1INK5ccqgz4W_lm3D_3V4lQ1bJmzAd1sKbaY2l0uwjw0ycroR0jelhiL098lDA6tzBRmakXsu2yTW0WZQMXyNq3FWNDkoIYQjR_Exm5MerVAYX185B6UvYdYcHf1SaOhDPk3iha/s1600/mason+jar+via+small+acorns.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9MV1LX1INK5ccqgz4W_lm3D_3V4lQ1bJmzAd1sKbaY2l0uwjw0ycroR0jelhiL098lDA6tzBRmakXsu2yTW0WZQMXyNq3FWNDkoIYQjR_Exm5MerVAYX185B6UvYdYcHf1SaOhDPk3iha/s400/mason+jar+via+small+acorns.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">via <a href="http://smallacornsnz.blogspot.com/">small acorns</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">they're even quite nice when being used for their original purpose...heaven forbid...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0WKNLGr-Cai9jtufSYdp59Mjf66GRsUWNJC0XZmuRWC97msiyI6xByGXne9zOlEInm2G9OCIWCcpTBp1HWANvbCVlTAyUNXx_usCkwP20tkV3QO2vdXJeZfU6P6f68BuJvSAUE2MwUuK/s1600/mason+jar+and+preserve+from+simply+recipes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0WKNLGr-Cai9jtufSYdp59Mjf66GRsUWNJC0XZmuRWC97msiyI6xByGXne9zOlEInm2G9OCIWCcpTBp1HWANvbCVlTAyUNXx_usCkwP20tkV3QO2vdXJeZfU6P6f68BuJvSAUE2MwUuK/s400/mason+jar+and+preserve+from+simply+recipes.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">via <a href="http://simplyrecipes.com/">simply recipes </a></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...but did you know that John Landis Mason (who solved the preserving problem by patenting the threaded glass jar with a metal screw-on lid thereby making it possible to preserve all kinds of foods that would have spoiled without the benefit of said jar)...you can take a breath now...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQtLyTMotYsh8oNSq7FWioshkqa7DXRTvNhmUE9ivyJcxF95x1Tby2FtoYsGRpQltbO1-HBEavzfRcghGD8z3tfh22mZ2OaLG5ugjpG5IjZluRVCJV4thJiJB_UsZ_dxhRRB7AUEY_hE09/s1600/mason+jar+pink+patent+mary+janes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQtLyTMotYsh8oNSq7FWioshkqa7DXRTvNhmUE9ivyJcxF95x1Tby2FtoYsGRpQltbO1-HBEavzfRcghGD8z3tfh22mZ2OaLG5ugjpG5IjZluRVCJV4thJiJB_UsZ_dxhRRB7AUEY_hE09/s640/mason+jar+pink+patent+mary+janes.jpg" width="425" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">via <a href="http://www.pinkpatentmaryjanes.com/">pink patent mary janes</a></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...did you know that he sold the rights to his patent for a very modest amount of money so he could concentrate on inventing other things (a folding life raft, self draining soap dish, case for cigars) that he thought would make him rich but didn't. As all his other inventions failed he "withdrew into a semi demented poverty (and) died alone and forgotten in a New York City tenement house in 1902". Did you know that? No? Me either. In fact before I started blogging I don't think I'd even heard of a mason jar, let alone its inventor.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And how did I know this? By reading this book. Not that I've had time to finish it....too much work to do! I did say possibly :)</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMntS8OnUJxShKf4SrXFsb17wvPheVVlYLv6weZiU9cf6v3G1ULEnyBgSvevnIjtBgAw3CBT3JYRCT2S9zH_cwapEhTALc9Ktpmh2Tv1pKO534xn1E_qKWYsl6bUN3rz9qsssbhyphenhyphentr-PHS/s1600/book+cover+at+home+bill+bryson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMntS8OnUJxShKf4SrXFsb17wvPheVVlYLv6weZiU9cf6v3G1ULEnyBgSvevnIjtBgAw3CBT3JYRCT2S9zH_cwapEhTALc9Ktpmh2Tv1pKO534xn1E_qKWYsl6bUN3rz9qsssbhyphenhyphentr-PHS/s400/book+cover+at+home+bill+bryson.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll catch you next week...after what I hope will be a really relaxing weekend. Enjoy yours and thank you for dropping in whenever you have the chance. I will try my best to do the same very soon :)</span><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/tranquiltownhouse/6aa76c55681784d717c463ecc754d7c5.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

mason jars...an interesting but completely useless fact

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my creative space...using glass tiles

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hi everyone. I had a lovely day yesterday...experimenting...with these fabulously graphic kiln fired glass tiles. They were made by my gorgeous bloke. He let me rummage in a box of glass goodies he has tucked away and I found these...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5kGn_Q66XZ3Ol-StqqbK8Fm5Qp_7as0tbcPQ8CpAehRGXkWS56aZHZ7Dv8qpLEW2bj02yRw_XevV4Gw06fszb17wB-aN556a-bD91TarMt3uHeV_sid2lwhuHFTiHUub6ui_UqsFB0kum/s1600/glass+brooches+on+napkin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5kGn_Q66XZ3Ol-StqqbK8Fm5Qp_7as0tbcPQ8CpAehRGXkWS56aZHZ7Dv8qpLEW2bj02yRw_XevV4Gw06fszb17wB-aN556a-bD91TarMt3uHeV_sid2lwhuHFTiHUub6ui_UqsFB0kum/s640/glass+brooches+on+napkin.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and with the addition of these...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY9s-LWwpYi6RJkrjFKDq9L_Ymo0m-zI6ok6KO4ghPYsiRjcBgSP5DeF3JSeHsAjbY4ox5m0RnyHMc1oQVuYh6X4-nqcVIT4K0IZ9RdtXOIf_uRxuYZL98Adgtqh20yqjWNNuzk7w-YZWe/s1600/glass+brooches+and+finders.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY9s-LWwpYi6RJkrjFKDq9L_Ymo0m-zI6ok6KO4ghPYsiRjcBgSP5DeF3JSeHsAjbY4ox5m0RnyHMc1oQVuYh6X4-nqcVIT4K0IZ9RdtXOIf_uRxuYZL98Adgtqh20yqjWNNuzk7w-YZWe/s640/glass+brooches+and+finders.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...and some adhesive...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ta da! Groovy brooches.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjesnG6wR1M8iMWIDkE7lPAjfLg18I0m7lAxujIuW3gnpnqGAhy-iQc0T4e7oTgiZB6CWzQM6Nd_DhTeUNCPNShLxyoj1_lDJ5lbzqLvf7qTJFM-EOAoCVio5IBxvOKUe1Cl7mCSHo7Q_gF/s1600/black+and+yellow+on+white+shirt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjesnG6wR1M8iMWIDkE7lPAjfLg18I0m7lAxujIuW3gnpnqGAhy-iQc0T4e7oTgiZB6CWzQM6Nd_DhTeUNCPNShLxyoj1_lDJ5lbzqLvf7qTJFM-EOAoCVio5IBxvOKUe1Cl7mCSHo7Q_gF/s640/black+and+yellow+on+white+shirt.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That look good on white...and black (even better if I'd got rid of the fluff on that shirt!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSdSHzoFo7GyW91jZdUbgcIIXo0WLB7nyyW7fQYpAVMsbmsgxeC71j6wzyd_iPWm5XM3PpNVES9oKBw1K7mi_Tk9Y7C2L5zkgDwb0ZXiYhONHOv1YQ19tJ6wC-NzdykR5aGVDLFaEcu3Eb/s1600/large+black+and+yellow+on+black.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSdSHzoFo7GyW91jZdUbgcIIXo0WLB7nyyW7fQYpAVMsbmsgxeC71j6wzyd_iPWm5XM3PpNVES9oKBw1K7mi_Tk9Y7C2L5zkgDwb0ZXiYhONHOv1YQ19tJ6wC-NzdykR5aGVDLFaEcu3Eb/s640/large+black+and+yellow+on+black.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm still trying to get findings to make some into necklaces, but until then these will do...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2sUYEX8-IAIJ869g0WLaj6isaJ9ZFwD41MNPx-JVy_Qf8yd3IAoPxgsZ3DYe2Xy70iV2OS3e-rM2YtuzWPGir7pkHiwCQaSGVlC-ZxEuYKrexpTYZSNt47dhAPxj5mAHNsHQn3a813lSa/s1600/green+red+yellow+on+white.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2sUYEX8-IAIJ869g0WLaj6isaJ9ZFwD41MNPx-JVy_Qf8yd3IAoPxgsZ3DYe2Xy70iV2OS3e-rM2YtuzWPGir7pkHiwCQaSGVlC-ZxEuYKrexpTYZSNt47dhAPxj5mAHNsHQn3a813lSa/s640/green+red+yellow+on+white.jpg" width="434" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I'm going to order some glass and have a go myself with Richard's kiln...I'm sure he'll let me if I'm nice enough ;) </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the meantime, there's a bit of dishcloth knitting going on...it looks much more expensive looking when you photograph it in shadow don't you think :)</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJDebrkv_EvsLenklRhWN3gC2gSTUwhwCQAmlAzHiPK9KflZhTo10WyFodiGfiXb5MWmN2bSeowj5ojXNymBELUSf9st6n5ocK6N4CCv8t5V4GTtiN7VD2C1-_-sTQ__AHmVvF_AD4W1O/s1600/yellow+dishcloth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJDebrkv_EvsLenklRhWN3gC2gSTUwhwCQAmlAzHiPK9KflZhTo10WyFodiGfiXb5MWmN2bSeowj5ojXNymBELUSf9st6n5ocK6N4CCv8t5V4GTtiN7VD2C1-_-sTQ__AHmVvF_AD4W1O/s640/yellow+dishcloth.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I also made another </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tranquiltownhouse.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-creative-spacewhat-i-like-to-call.html">coffee sack tote</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...to a slightly different pattern this time that shows off more of the detail...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCOsBXFd_5PYItxN1tKUJhQMmbBMQ4RhW-xkmscvQfl0jrtDmAbYqVSyTtqIhyu-_mE07zUOfVq0RWuf_RKBpyBU3NrP7Hicitu0RhVi8fR7dbjv7FKXo49kvjSfmwZpFhKUM6D5G54sCA/s1600/coffee+sack+tote+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCOsBXFd_5PYItxN1tKUJhQMmbBMQ4RhW-xkmscvQfl0jrtDmAbYqVSyTtqIhyu-_mE07zUOfVq0RWuf_RKBpyBU3NrP7Hicitu0RhVi8fR7dbjv7FKXo49kvjSfmwZpFhKUM6D5G54sCA/s640/coffee+sack+tote+collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...so I really can't complain about my</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> day.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You probably know the drill by now...off you go over to <a href="http://www.kootoyoo.com/">Kootoyoo</a>.</span><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/tranquiltownhouse/6aa76c55681784d717c463ecc754d7c5.png" style="background: transparent; 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my creative space...using glass tiles

Hi everyone. I had a lovely day yesterday...experimenting...with these fabulously graphic kiln fired glass tiles. They were made by my gorge...

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the ranamok glass art prize in Canberra...

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Canberra really is a great place. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRC-by8kmMO8dJWupGQ4q82wHJFHd33ve6K_jtHkSBA6_UxkJ8PQuNPvM2dDBOj6vPMJYAK5aKbhU_PWIYii7Z3VOQwgePArcJMmDZfKpMf9Bw9GruWXPbf2-YWATX_9_p_u0-f_6io970/s1600/ranamok+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRC-by8kmMO8dJWupGQ4q82wHJFHd33ve6K_jtHkSBA6_UxkJ8PQuNPvM2dDBOj6vPMJYAK5aKbhU_PWIYii7Z3VOQwgePArcJMmDZfKpMf9Bw9GruWXPbf2-YWATX_9_p_u0-f_6io970/s640/ranamok+4.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And it's an especially great place for glass art.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKRUg2asp2H0V8dBrnqfQt0XoEVFAWIfNnGx6xuvm6WFVaPmrmgwm3g5xDelCB_csTel1w8svqC-8v1KwckBgPaDY-HUntpekrBTh1URYzjO1-rmBXL84ly_EW8Og8BlWcFl3g8uPkFGI_/s1600/ranamok+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKRUg2asp2H0V8dBrnqfQt0XoEVFAWIfNnGx6xuvm6WFVaPmrmgwm3g5xDelCB_csTel1w8svqC-8v1KwckBgPaDY-HUntpekrBTh1URYzjO1-rmBXL84ly_EW8Og8BlWcFl3g8uPkFGI_/s640/ranamok+5.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">... with the world class <a href="http://www.canberraglassworks.com/pages/index.asp">Canberra Glassworks</a> that has been built in the old Kingston powerhouse...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhButfYz3k6Qadrr8YJfpRGMNzg5ieQnnlSNq-t3A14Cg-HxWnh_KsP79CxflCsqO24h8CSV9Hb0ksAgggEOX99jwpm4ozkFa95pU3F5_pyb4eZb3caefeYGGy_K6VLe6l8Dgb9ewH2HJ0S/s1600/ranamok+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhButfYz3k6Qadrr8YJfpRGMNzg5ieQnnlSNq-t3A14Cg-HxWnh_KsP79CxflCsqO24h8CSV9Hb0ksAgggEOX99jwpm4ozkFa95pU3F5_pyb4eZb3caefeYGGy_K6VLe6l8Dgb9ewH2HJ0S/s640/ranamok+1.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is where practising glass artists and amateurs alike come to create. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr7O7riDYjV6ttH283-HHrWNJoGaJ3z8xDzVHwg0tDUCPVbCthyzAzde-dH_s0bQdlyt2yi78Fc384B-ES5Z6AL1ThhJmSCyeNK1ms1j1VDEoNU58Qn3kNfYDp-edbSNI6EKL35J2n-q6l/s1600/ranamok+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr7O7riDYjV6ttH283-HHrWNJoGaJ3z8xDzVHwg0tDUCPVbCthyzAzde-dH_s0bQdlyt2yi78Fc384B-ES5Z6AL1ThhJmSCyeNK1ms1j1VDEoNU58Qn3kNfYDp-edbSNI6EKL35J2n-q6l/s640/ranamok+3.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've done a couple of courses here and I love it.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSyEBv2SgjNm_WA4AAtCnZrExUZNK7boZeODI2q2ptq5btLOzCfDipNm9xg69kobfPvsrItvUq9Fm9WEp6ERwBBpXRfJAGU8uYYr8Pg2ZBDWfLU4FwMd94TgS31fn31Jj0FZVV4jNy0Tlj/s1600/ranamok+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSyEBv2SgjNm_WA4AAtCnZrExUZNK7boZeODI2q2ptq5btLOzCfDipNm9xg69kobfPvsrItvUq9Fm9WEp6ERwBBpXRfJAGU8uYYr8Pg2ZBDWfLU4FwMd94TgS31fn31Jj0FZVV4jNy0Tlj/s640/ranamok+2.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's also where the Ranamok prize <a href="http://www.ranamok.com/final2010.htm">finalists' works</a> are exhibited for several weeks each year. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglO6BGLj9-7PmcrwJw889bGR7HaF3U2VQhdNc6dvBgQSFRFW1cpYpwAQu3ALTBFecQyZ1s8TRe3I1yH_C8nJFz8G60fgAh4HeM3JI54bpPixj4YEYhfjEfvuYyTTpNGQL0iu0F2vB3btyF/s1600/ranamok+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglO6BGLj9-7PmcrwJw889bGR7HaF3U2VQhdNc6dvBgQSFRFW1cpYpwAQu3ALTBFecQyZ1s8TRe3I1yH_C8nJFz8G60fgAh4HeM3JI54bpPixj4YEYhfjEfvuYyTTpNGQL0iu0F2vB3btyF/s640/ranamok+6.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's what you've been looking at.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_z9qJpNVDYlT5KRV0CjP6vfN4D-gXZ9GFkym2p4h6GVglfbZbK7AQXeLeuPC2ehOuvZnzcok25LH9gQgx77_c9WL8MBAr7etJdyhrJUHjLNh6VxhGqY0LmWltotggSCtNitysYQvMGimd/s1600/ranamok+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_z9qJpNVDYlT5KRV0CjP6vfN4D-gXZ9GFkym2p4h6GVglfbZbK7AQXeLeuPC2ehOuvZnzcok25LH9gQgx77_c9WL8MBAr7etJdyhrJUHjLNh6VxhGqY0LmWltotggSCtNitysYQvMGimd/s640/ranamok+7.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My friend Susan and I went a few weekends ago and if you're in Canberra it's on until 23 September.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH__1qU9Yg3FoHOW3u_K8BANU0e-eqGo7DxIj-ezXzBvc9lZmJHiURMTDYHTcixW4boIJLAgyS1CQbwDCRBq4RtQ-SJn0HEZmb0Ysixb_rYLXW8xmpVwqwJID_eCWDG7NMGeWmY5NSFEDp/s1600/ranamok+8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">when you see pieces like these you understand why glass art is so expensive...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyovPy3yhOraeiUBZjgWi9EmddCyccHo5J17kfe2Ao94OkFDedar18TVIzgBtv-ehmFo-OQeOyJBRudYbwWfZ1ce-SIPsEF2qVnk0yh62f0Stalzn935brKL3L12wLrP2sIDu7iZYoGIKt/s1600/ranamok+10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyovPy3yhOraeiUBZjgWi9EmddCyccHo5J17kfe2Ao94OkFDedar18TVIzgBtv-ehmFo-OQeOyJBRudYbwWfZ1ce-SIPsEF2qVnk0yh62f0Stalzn935brKL3L12wLrP2sIDu7iZYoGIKt/s640/ranamok+10.jpg" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGcm_JUdMQGeaiozNs1-qnk5et7dlLKXLlkX3QUhyphenhyphenv97qIT2yB1bxasxbdRjdU9ltdAF92uPvnO0yzWkkZk8E9YauQG6OUdSBzH_P2JJ7iyhrrgeMrkdbUg6z9q2W_8RTtj6WSLukBW0ju/s1600/ranamok+11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGcm_JUdMQGeaiozNs1-qnk5et7dlLKXLlkX3QUhyphenhyphenv97qIT2yB1bxasxbdRjdU9ltdAF92uPvnO0yzWkkZk8E9YauQG6OUdSBzH_P2JJ7iyhrrgeMrkdbUg6z9q2W_8RTtj6WSLukBW0ju/s640/ranamok+11.jpg" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but so completely worth it...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVbG2KoxexCFAfKt_YJurRa8RxukIPKxMP1dYzPvieacT39FfeBce0yqiaIzzXi2SlL4FlQzwG9Xe_mcGf5NiciJbkc6ez3OnrIvT0H7S5deM2pU8-iujo7DnokE4BQEaKriZJV5AioqFk/s1600/ranamok+12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVbG2KoxexCFAfKt_YJurRa8RxukIPKxMP1dYzPvieacT39FfeBce0yqiaIzzXi2SlL4FlQzwG9Xe_mcGf5NiciJbkc6ez3OnrIvT0H7S5deM2pU8-iujo7DnokE4BQEaKriZJV5AioqFk/s640/ranamok+12.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">as long as there aren't a bunch of kiddly-winks running around the house!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmzN_Md4YuTeh4Jz4rw4NSnvIuodHxlUZQwuYV4BjBRPfJS0FMtXNqP2sQizWV54Thor40bLR9norNunhEwR6yP61u04HIGDSvaDRPPr5IuxdrlxJzDD-90iq3yF0iymnOtB_w9eVhW51q/s1600/ranamok+13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmzN_Md4YuTeh4Jz4rw4NSnvIuodHxlUZQwuYV4BjBRPfJS0FMtXNqP2sQizWV54Thor40bLR9norNunhEwR6yP61u04HIGDSvaDRPPr5IuxdrlxJzDD-90iq3yF0iymnOtB_w9eVhW51q/s640/ranamok+13.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My photos don't do these beautiful art works justice, so here's the link to the <a href="http://www.ranamok.com/index.htm">Ranamok</a> prize site...for Australian and New Zealand contemporary glass artists. Do yourself a favour as they say!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">all images by me, with permission of the Glassworks (they're good like that!)</span></span></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/tranquiltownhouse/6aa76c55681784d717c463ecc754d7c5.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

the ranamok glass art prize in Canberra...

Canberra really is a great place.  And it's an especially great place for glass art. ... with the world class Canberra Glassworks that ...

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