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Tonight I was Tagged by a great Flickr Mate Mark (Tidalist) this is the first time I have been Tagged so here we go with a bit about me.

16 Things:

1. I live in Pascoe Vale and have done so all of my life (except for 1 year I lived in Glen Waverley).
2. I got my first 2 wheel bike when I was 4, the brand was a Comet.
3. My favorite band when growing up was Midnight Oil and Ian Dury and the Blockheads, I remember the first time I went to see Midnight Oil at the Astor Theatre in Windsor.
4. The first street that I lived in was Alexandra and the first animal that I owned was a Guinea Pig called Rogie Togie - So if that myth is correct on how they name porn stars, I would have been Rogie Togie Alexandra LOL.
5. I have 2 Great Great Grandfathers that were convicts and transported to Tasmania, one of those was a Gypsy.
6. I work in the Major Events Industry which helps keeps me insane.
7. I would rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal labotomy.
8. I have travelled within Australia but not overseas, I have no aspirations to travel overseas apart from New Zealand (That may change one day).
9. I have had my 15 minutes of fame when when I was dragged up onto the stage on the Melbourne Premiere evening of Cirque Du Soleil's Quidam in 2004.
10. I support the Collingwood Football Club and have been a member now for 10 years, I grew up a Tiger but left the club the same day as my childhood hero Kevin Bartlett was sacked (I know that this will distress some people).
11. I once met and had a drink Phyllis Diller at the Galaxy Night Club (in later years was Billboard) in Russell Street Melbourne.
12. My main interests in life (apart from my loved ones) are - Photography - Victorian Goldrush Town Cemeteries - Family History.
13. I have no had a cigarette since 1247 p.m. on the 31st of December 2006.
14. I sponsor a 6 year old boy named Mutagwaba who lives in Tanzania.
15. I collect Old Pocket Watches, Old Padlocks, Old Keys, Old Books relative to Australia.
16. I hate having my photo taken, that is why I have posted this daggy photo of myself that I took using Photo Booth on my iMac.

Part of the Lotea series, this piece is a part of a collection of timepieces dedicated to collecting and preserving aspects of nature in time. This is the first of the timepieces.

The Time-piece and chain:
In this piece there is a hand cut copper disc with hand made sterling granules and hammered wire all soldered together to create a picture of a garden frozen within a vintage style pocket watch face (glass overlay). The watch is not handmade it is a component.
The silver and copper disc has been painted with a varnish to keep it from oxidizing within the watch chamber. The back part of the watch can be removed with a flat-nose screw-driver, and flipped showing the disc right-side up, or up-side down. Please let me know which way you would like the disc facing. :)

The chain is completely handmade. I cut, soldered and shaped the links. Both the watch and the chain hang about 6 inches down.

The Necklace:
Is a 15 1/2 inch choker filled with 1/2 inch to 1 inch citrine nuggets, and 1/4 inch leaf cut citrine stones.
The flowers are vintage components and have pearls and butter agate strung on them with brass wire.