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GeoMagpie
@geomagpie.bsky.social
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Geologist, lapidarist and jeweler, making jewelry that tells geological stories. Dabbles in other types of art sometimes too. Based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. https://geomagpie.wordpress.com/ Artistic alter-ego of @thenoblegasbag.bsky.social
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The text beneath the motifs is from John Playfair's famous quote "The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far back into the abyss of time." Here is a close up of the original colour motif - water colour pencils. Now I just need to decide which one I want myself 😂
A circle motif containing simplified geological artwork. The circle is split with an approximate diagonal from top right to bottom left. The contents of the bottom right represent vertical Silurian greywacke beds, and are shades of grey and brown. The top left sector of the motif is split into a red area, representing sub-horizontal Devonian sandstones directly overlying the greywackes, with a vivid blue above representing the sea and sky (yes, we do get blue skies in Scotland 😂). Beneatht the circle, text follows the line of the circle and says "looking so far into the abyss of time".
December 1, 2024 at 2:16 PM
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Hutton's Unconformity at Siccar Point on a t-shirt? I have two pieces of art available on t-shirts at Contrado. Selection of background colours to choose from. All Available in unisex or ladies fit. www.contrado.co.uk/stores/mahin...
Screenshot showing four t-shirts in a grid. The top left is a ladies-fit t-shirt in a pale grey with a large circular motif in the centre. The motif shows vertical brown / grey rocks underlying sub-horizontal red rocks, with blue sea or sky in the background. A quote beneat the motif says "... looking so far back into the abyss of time." The top right shows a blue unisex-fit t-shirt with a large, central, circular motif similar to the previous one, but this is just a black outline. Bottom left us a red unisex-fit t-shirt with the same black outline motif, but small and located on the left breast area. Bottom right is a black ladies fit t-shirt with a white version of the simplified motif, large and central.
December 1, 2024 at 2:16 PM
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I'm really impressed with the print quality on these towels. You can dry your dishes with it or you can hang it on your wall! (If you want this design on a different type of item, let me know and I can try to set it up)
A close up of the top of the tea towel in the photos in the previous skeet. It shows the top 15cm of the quartz crystal drawing, showing three faces of the prismatic crystal.
November 30, 2024 at 11:26 PM
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Here's a photo of one of the actual items, along with the crystal that modelled for me when I was drawing. This is the cotton-linen blend with the standard edge.
Photograph of a large tea towel with a fairly loose-looking weave. There is a large pencil drawing of a crystal in the centre of the tea towel. To the left is a 30 cm ruler for scale, showing that the length of the drawing is around 50cm. To the right is a cluster of quartz crystals about 15 cm long. A photograph of the quartz crystals from the previous image being held in a human hand, with the printed tea towel in the background.
November 30, 2024 at 11:26 PM
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GeoMagpie is mostly about jewellery that tells geological stories. But I also dabble with various other art forms, and now you can get my pencil drawing of a cluster of quartz crystals on a tea towel www.contrado.co.uk/stores/mahin...
An image of a tea towel with an intricate pencil drawing of a cluster of quartz crystals
November 30, 2024 at 11:26 PM
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Well, it would be rude of me to not vote for #Copper when it is the main metal that I make these pretties with...
Photograph with two vertical panels. Both panels show pendants consisting of red and grey polished stones held in a woven copper bail.
September 3, 2024 at 10:59 AM
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Just finished wrapping this piece of Dracularite. This is from a block that represents the boundary between the Peterhead Granite and the Dalradian country rock. The black is a partially assimilated xenolith and the pink is fine grained chilled margin granite.
A pendant with a woven copper frame and large pink and black oval stone.
August 23, 2024 at 9:22 PM
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Hello World! I'm an alter-ego of @thenoblegasbag.bsky.social focused on making jewellery that tells geological stories. I collect, cut and polish my own stones (all with landowner permissions), and make jewellery that comes with a geological back story. Here is a red aventurine from Aberdeenshire.
Photo of a necklace made from woven copper with a large kite -shaped, dark red stone in the centre.
August 21, 2024 at 10:16 AM