Stuart Devlin Australian Coins

The Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC is a timeless building and a work of art itself. The building was designed with a contemporary style and is an outward expression of its artistic, belongings inside. I visited the Museum on Tuesday, July 02, 2013, at around 2 in the afternoon. I was within the museum for about 2 ½ hours, observing the exhibits. The building itself exceeded my expectations, but the inside took my breath away. Every detail within was elaborate and intended with thought; from the glass windows, to the straight lines of the architecture, to the

* They learn that the protests are not just in one place, but all over China. Joan is worried about their safety and about being trapped in China.

The U.S. penny has been a standard in our currency system for almost as long as our country has existed as a sovereign nation, but due to inflation, production costs, and the changing times we live in, it is no longer a sustainable unit of currency and only serves to increase our national deficit and waste our time. When the penny was produced for the first time in 1792 by the U.S. Mint, it was made of pure copper, featured a woman with flowing hair, and was inscribed with the words “Liberty”. Since then, the design and composition have changed numerous times to reflect our changing nation. Despite its fading glory, the penny has been kept alive by numerous false lobbying fronts and a stubborn ideology, but

His indentures required him to study at evening classes under the noted sculptor Albert Toft (1862-1949) at Camberwell School of Art. At evening class, Toft taught Harradine design, life drawing, and modelling. Nominated for election to the Royal Academy of Arts (1906-1920); Albert Toft unfortunately, was destined to remain an unsuccessful candidate. Harradine was influenced by Mark Villers Marshall (1843-1912), George Tinworth (1843 - 1913), and John Broad (1858-1910) who were the leading modellers of the day. These last two modellers were employed at Doulton’s Lambeth pottery. Of all these artists, Harradine perhaps owes more to Broad, and whose style he is thought to emulate. Harradine was self-assured, with a broad outlook on life and a warm humanity. Out of his indentures at the Doulton studio, his former instructors accepted him as their equal. At times, he could also be rebelliously outspoken by the constraints of the factory

Thought to be one of Australia’s best ceramic artists, Dr. Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher has had over twenty solo exhibitions, both in Australia and abroad. Dr. Thancoupie Fletcher spent her formative years near Napranum,

The penny has a lot of history, through the 200 years the penny changed design and value. Based on the article “The Ever-Changing Penny.” The first pennies were minted in 1857, they were very large, larger than a modern day quarter and had different images of the statue of liberty on the front(4). With this example, one can see,there were several visions for the penny before the final product of the Abraham Lincoln penny in 1909. The history of the penny reveals more than just a coin, it exposes a piece of american culture. The penny has influenced our language, giving us a number of idioms, such as “A penny for your thoughts” And “Not one red cent”(4). Despite its cultural influences the penny is under attack currently, the reason? Because making the penny also costs money, more than its worth,in 2011, it costs the U.S. more than 2.4 cents to produce the penny. The History of the One-Cent piece is a curious one. How long it will remain a part of your spending currency is yet

Bethan Gray is an award winning Welsh designer that has an unusual but impressive family origin. Her ancestors originate from an ancient Rajasthani clan that spent many hundreds of years journeying across Arabia and Persia before choosing to remain in the Celtic region of Wales. This very heritage wove its way into being some of Bethan Grays’s main influences and inspirations, which pull ideas shown within craft traditions of both the East and West. These influences are reflected in Gray’s style, showing a clear passion of detail, tactile textures, and extravagant materials such as rare stones, wood, marble and hand-tooled leather. Complex but complementary patterns of dark and light, texture and clear attention shown to the detail that defines her highly unique style. Even while using blacks and whites, Gray is also not afraid

The presentations of glass objects as well as pieces of furniture are the next stop in the exhibition. We view a couple of lamps which have exquisite detail. The Lamp Bearing Youth (see Fig. 3) which was utilized as a home decoration seems to be more of an artifact. A young and fit man, presumably Apollo, stands in the now prominent cross balance posture. We then see objects such as the two Table Supporters and the Four Flasks. The two table supporters are very intricate objects, for they portray an almost devilish animal with a lion’s leg. On the other hand, the four flasks express the beauty of glass blowing with the exquisite colors and movements of lines. At the end of this room we are taken to The Moregine Triclinium which is a beautiful room with an empowering color of red. The room has what seems to be the second

Everybody in America has once had that shiny, copper, small penny jingling in their pockets. The smallest denomination in the U.S. worth only one cent, has been a part of this country for hundreds of years. This coinage has brought a significant effect on our strong American economy. But a problem has been brought up within the last couple decades on whether or not the penny shall be abolished or not. The penny has historical importance and is appreciated more than people believe pennies to be

This emphasis illuminates how weighty perspective is when determining perceived masterpieces across cultures. She does so by tactfully offering Cameron’s comparison of the Lega’s material distinctions with European (p. 24). Hypothetically, a nation located in a place devoid of rocks may find a lump of coal to be the most artistically valued piece in the community while foreign appraisers may overlook, or even overestimate, its importance. Had history been different, so would

Initially, Victor D. Benner, the designer of the penny, had his initials printed on the right side, below the date. However, after numerous complaints of the initials being too large and “detracting from the overall design of the penny,” the government had to make a change. New pennies were created with his initials printed much smaller, and now pennies made in 1909 are very rare and valuable. After this change occurred, Americans felt as though the mint had actually listened

Craig Ruddy was born on the 8th of August 1968 in Forestville, Sydney. In the late 1980’s craig studied design and fashion. Craig has worked as a landscape gardener, designer,art director and is now a painter/artist.

Why do people hang on to things that have no value or use? Why can’t people learn to just let go? Often people think that just because an item has been around for a long time, that it needs to be treasured regardless of its worth. This is true of the Canadian penny. I think the Canadian government should eliminate the penny from circulation. The penny is not valuable to many Canadians anymore and we could make better use of the financial gains if we stopped making and using the penny.

Over the years the Lincoln penny has gone through several changes. There were numerous reasons for these changes, including cost, materials, and design. Many people don’t realize the changes that the penny has had, but I think it's time for people to know the history behind the Lincoln penny.

Louis Comfort Tiffany, an American artist, and designer, was born in New York City in 1843. Tiffany, the son of Charles, who was the founder of the jewelry firm “Tiffany and Co.,” began his career as a painter and then expanded to design and direct his studios in order to “produce lead-glass windows, mosaics, lighting, glass, pottery, metalwork, enamels, glass, pottery, jewelry, and interiors” (“Louis Comfort Tiffany Stained Glass Art”; Frelinghuysen and Obniski). Beginning in the late 1870’s the decorative arts and interiors caught Tiffany’s eyes and he began exploring and trialing with stained glass (Frelinghuysen and Obniski). As years passed he introduced blown-glass vases and bowls called “Favrile.” The