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Monday, 20 June 2011

Memories in old things....

During a project on Fllickr last week, and inspired by fellow photographer Lindyannajones, I went around my house photographing old things. Each of them holds memories from the past -

Clockwise from top right -
 pair of candle holders mounted on my wall, handles of salad servers from my mother-in-law, the basket weave of my grandmother's sewing basket, ribbon spool from old manual Imperial typewriter (I learnt to type on one of these at school), detail from a kerosene lamp, an iron stand, my grandmother's silk iron, keys from the Imperial typewriter, and in the centre my grandmother's silver thimble. The thimble dates from the late 1800 - early 1900s. The detail is exquisite - I treasure it.

If you wonder about the coppery tones on some of the objects, these photos were taken in low light so I upped the ISO so I could hand hold, ans this was the result!  I think the colouring suited the age of the objects.


and the handle of a silver serving spoon


I'm linking up with Mary and other wonderful photographers at Little Red House for Mosaic Monday - please click on the link to see their beautiful work -  Mosaic Monday - Little Red House


7 comments:

  1. Impressive individual pictures stitched seamlessly together to create a new whole.
    The colour, detail are just right and the provenance brings the mosaic and the items to life.
    I think several of us will want to try this one out Jill, its excellent
    from Beachcomber, through Flickr

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  2. Great collection and fabulous way to present them Jill, nice work!
    From Mtdvetter from Flickr

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  3. Lindyannajones23 June 2011 at 17:46

    Perfect in everyway!

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  4. Perfect combination of metalic tones. Beautifully done!

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  5. This is stunning and so well done. I would love to do one like this someday if I can. Somedays are good and some arnt.

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  6. great photos and great subjects - I love photographing old things too!
    amy of four corners design

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  7. ;-) ;-) ... My upcoming blog post title is " Memories in Glass Jars" ... ;-) ;-) ... May be I can too try a beautiful mosaic like this for that post... !!! Love this... Simple day to day objects yet very beautifully captured...!!

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