tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71740897498714476682024-03-23T03:13:28.072-07:00what was the middle thing?violin making, wooden boats, sailing, building things, reading, writing things- what was the middle thing?robert.ditterichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09989884861193656940noreply@blogger.comBlogger344125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174089749871447668.post-45181793951060682552018-05-06T14:31:00.002-07:002018-05-06T14:31:59.522-07:00The Sea Wolf, a review of the 1904 novel by Jack London<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2383238336">4 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
Action drama from the beginning of last century doesn't sound particularly relevant or credible, but this was certainly a thought provoking read from a writer of considerable fame.<br /><br />London has arranged a salty tale of challenge and misadventure as the backdrop for some weighty moral issues which are given voice in two main characters. If you enjoy a salty yarn set on the high seas with plenty of sailor-speak and lots of rigging and navigation issues, then this will do you. If you want some fine literary references and some energetic tossing around of the biggest of big questions, this will also do you. The book has considerable relevance still with regard to the issue of whether 'might is right'.<br /><br />The author probably takes us a turn too far when he introduces romance into what is almost a Robinson Crusoe moment in the last part of the book, but that is pleasant enough too.<br />
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robert.ditterichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09989884861193656940noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174089749871447668.post-72214562719259607042018-04-22T02:30:00.000-07:002018-04-22T02:30:03.182-07:00black and white Beachcomber<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Participating in classic rallies brings the benefit of having people with cameras shooting at your boat while you are busy having fun. While we are always aware of happy snappers when we sail this boat, we seldom see the photographs, except when photographers are generous on Facebook.</div>
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I know the previous owner has some old pictures of Beachcomber, but these below are all I have in my possession of her in former times. She was known for a long time as Alfreda apparently. The photo on the slipway shows her planking quite clearly, the same as she is now bar the top plank which is detailed slightly differently- it was replaced in the 1990's, as was the rudder. This is Beachcomber at her most ungainly I think. She had a big old motor and a pretty pokey cabin and she carried very little sail. The date is likely to be in the 1930's, and she would have been an old boat by then- sixty-something...pushing seventy maybe.</div>
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This photo below is also undated, and it is probably earlier than the first pic. It is my belief that she had the cabin added by her last owners before she spent some years at the bottom of the Mitchell river, waiting to be rescued. Below she still has most of her rig and a more sensible engine box, rather like the one she carries now. This may be the period in which she was used as a farm utility, transporting livestock between islands.<br />
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Below I include a bit of conjecture, guesswork even. I have looked at hundreds of photos of old sail boats from this district and this is the only one I have seen which <i>could</i> be Beachcomber. The stem looks right, and there may be a hint of counter stern in it, and the balanced lug was common in Paynesville. Whether this is of Beachcomber, or Alfreda or another boat entirely it is likely to be a hundred and ten or twenty (or more) years ago that this was taken. Even then she would be a thirty or forty year old boat at the time.</div>
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robert.ditterichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09989884861193656940noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174089749871447668.post-47786258653340057162018-04-19T17:17:00.000-07:002018-04-19T17:17:17.365-07:00Go Set a Watchman, a review of Harper Lee's Novel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2366238351">4 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
Put aside the wild and varied discussions this book created when published. I couldn't bring myself to read it at the time, and I'm grateful for the distance I had in reading it now. However and whenever this was written, and for whatever purpose it was published, it is simply beautiful.<br /><br />Lee brings us into the home in this one, people of decency and culture and fine intellect are placed under the urgent microscope of a gorgeous outsider, an idealistic misfit born of the most respected man in town. We are left with a wonderful portrait of the South, the baggage that comes from deep history there, and some of the ways that people of good will tried to make sense of race and all the complications of a riven society.<br /><br />The prose is delicious with many subtle literary references. The last half of the book will make you want to dog-ear many pages with passages to come back to. This one will stay a while in my mind.<br />
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robert.ditterichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09989884861193656940noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174089749871447668.post-30276590880001227692018-04-06T14:14:00.000-07:002018-04-06T14:14:01.952-07:00The Picture She Took- a review of the novel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A very satisfying read, interesting for the obscure insights into the 'Troubles' in Ireland, and the tensions in the lives of two characters brought together by chance. The author sets us for a quest and a potential romance, but is skilful in avoiding a sentimental, easy route. Ethics and behaviour are set against each other and the things permissible in war are tested through the lens of peace.<br />
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robert.ditterichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09989884861193656940noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174089749871447668.post-33626631840450744142018-03-30T14:22:00.002-07:002018-03-30T14:22:57.127-07:00Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - a review of the book<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This wonderful book is dark and light in shifting measures. It is at once amusing, thoughtful, utterly disturbing, outrageously down to earth, intellectually piercing, socially banal, awkward and uplifting. All of that unfolds beautifully to develop the main character, permitting us to be with her as she manages the pivotal moments that release her from a dreadful inner turmoil.<br />
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<i style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><b>No one's ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine.</b> </i><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she's thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy. But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen on the sidewalk, the three become the kinds of friends who rescue one another from the lives of isolation they have each been living. And it is Raymond's big heart that will ultimately help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one. </span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Smart, warm, uplifting, </span><i style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"> is the story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes, The only way to survive is to open your heart...</span></div>
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After new topside paint late last year and new standing and running riggings, some new soles and internal paint in the previous year, Beachcomber was better than I'd ever seen her when she turned out for the Paynesville Classic. She sails beautifully and with very good manners, although in light airs I really must remember to loosen the topping lift a bit, so as not to interfere with the main sail shape. When the wind stiffens it is no longer a problem, and in light airs I always feel so relaxed I spend more time listening to the bow wave noises and basking in the feeling of it all that I loose interest in the finer points of trim.</div>
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/258481344">Paynesville Classic Boat Rally 2018 - Andrew Franks Photography</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user23985931">Andrew Franks</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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The Paynesville Classic attracted more than 250 boats of many types and was attended by a huge, hungry and very appreciative crowd. We had static displays on the hard, exhibition tents, the Lady Nelson tall ship, fleets off classic cruisers steeped in local tourist history, and a wonderful fleet of Gippsland type fishing boats, many with multi-generational family histories here. Historic sailing craft, small dinghies, speed boats and work boats- a feast for the eyes. There was also a classic fishing boat race event and a scratch-build boat from plywood competition.<br />
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The video above does a great job of summarising (very quickly) the range of craft on display and in the water on the first day. This first day included a sail past by all water-borne entries. The grand parade of sail happened on the second day and I hope to have some good pics to share of that soon.<br />
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The event grew out of the very hard work by Peter Medling in the first instance. He has driven the now world-wide interest in the event through his energy and unfailing enthusiasm. It has been truly remarkable work. The huge team of volunteers were again outstanding in their cheer and helpfulness. As a participator with a long bowsprit we certainly relaxed in the comfort of knowing that managing a docking in a busy crowd would always be managed calmly and without fuss by one of the helpers who so magically appeared when needed. This warmth and cheer reflects so well on the local community.<br />
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Most of these pics have been freely shared on Facebook, and I include shots by various photographers with thanks.<br />
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Over the next few days we will be just one of more than 200 boats from all over and it will be hectic. But for now, this is nice.</div>
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One of the highlights of my coming week will be the Paynesville Classic Boat Rally, and the biggest entrant is Lady Nelson, a replica of the first boat to chart Bass Strait. She has come from Hobart, her home port. A history of the original boat (in brief) and other interesting background can be found by following <a href="http://www.ladynelson.org.au/history/short-history" target="_blank">this link</a></div>
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Imagine a time before the internet, before TV even. No mobiles, no digitals, no videos, and not every one had a radio.<br />
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Over the years as I restored old violins for people or bought old instruments to restore and sell, I somehow accumulated a bag full of old strings and fittings and rosins from ancient violin cases and never had the heart to throw them out.<br />
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Nor did I have a plan as to what I'd do with them. I find them very beautiful, these little treasures bought with Pounds, Shillings and Pence, kept as spares in violin cases as preparation for an emergency change of strings. These are packages that crinkle and make special proprietary noises when they are opened, with evocative images on the front promising tone, atmosphere and quality sometimes stamped with a traditional wax seal.<br />
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Some of these were bought and sold in the 19th Century. In Australia these were often the entertainment ammunition for families and communities, often played by men, especially if women had access to a piano. I can't imagine how many times I was shown 'Grand Pa's violin' when the case was opened.<br />
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For those fortunate enough, the piano was the axis around which many country communities gelled, the background to singing, dancing, romances and gossip, political discussions and rivalry. Sometimes this was a church-based thing, but often just families and neighbours, and the violins came to where the piano lived. Although also important in city communities, it was arguably less so, given greater access to entertainment in the towns and on the other hand, the nature of rural work and the distances involved in getting together.<br />
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robert.ditterichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09989884861193656940noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174089749871447668.post-66370276119565519432018-01-26T19:21:00.000-08:002018-01-26T20:06:25.080-08:00The trouble with perfection<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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One of the members of my workshop group was having the usual difficulties with some small and fine joinery, and her initial question was regarding the difficulties of accurate measurement, but the underlying issue was more searching.<br />
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She wanted to talk about the level of accuracy that she could be happy with, and she raised the issue of perfection. I had to start by saying that I don't embrace the search for perfection. I don't think that functional accuracy need be saddled with a striving for a flawless ideal, when inspired and energetic repetition is more likely to bring a quality that is much fresher, human and 'alive'.<br />
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We could spend ten years slaving to make a thing perfect or we could make dozens of things in the same period and in doing so we move our skills and our intuitive grasp of craft forward so much more. I'm not saying that big projects are a waste, because big projects are generally collections of little projects. Sometimes though, we need to look at the big goals rather than the problems which are in our faces. For me, making something is more about <i>learning to make</i> than it is about the product, at least if I'm to do more than simply manufacturing.<br />
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This attitude is hard to explain and I'm certainly not advocating shortcuts or shoddy workmanship. A really lovely piece of work will often appear easy, effortless and coherent.<br />
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If we start a piece thinking that it will only be good in the absence of mistakes we ignore the positive qualities that give rise to that beauty.<br />
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A curve, a shape or a cut can be a sweep of the hand that may reveal confidence and energy. This is what I aspire to, and the approach is intuitive rather than logical. And it takes lots of practice to make this kind of progress.<br />
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Someone in a hurry to achieve this would do well to use cheap materials as practice platforms for a specific skill, continuing to repeat the process until work can be done with less thinking and more feeling, more confidence and less anxiety about getting it right.<br />
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After all, this is precisely what musicians have to do to sound fluid and beautiful. The hands need to be taught how to act without conscious thought to a certain degree, through repetition. This frees the senses to concentrate on more specific perceptions.<br />
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Perfection is really akin to Plato's pet concept in which he argues that our worldly existence can be likened to a shadow cast on the walls of a cave and seen by someone who has never been able to look at the real world outside. If they have only seen the shadows then the shadows seem real, so how can they possibly imagine the 'real' world? That person's shadows are our reality, and Plato wanted us to imagine the ideal world beyond our 'cave' walls. He would argue that everything and everyone has an ideal form and structure (and behaviour?) and we live and create to approach those ideals.<br />
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Despite what I've said about perfection for me as a goal in work, I do fit into the idealist mold with regard to life and design- I always feel we can do things better if we are honest and thoughtful, and when designing something I'm always interested in finding the 'essential' forms and removing the complications that obscure them. Functional modernism is an expression of that.<br />
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All of this thinking about idealism in design caused me to search out these old drawings from forty years ago in 1978. I wanted to make a methane digester to produce gas for cooking or powering a generator, particularly one that might be useful in agriculture to improve the compost value of animal waste, and to generate gas for domestic or farm use.<br />
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At the time there were interesting methane plants in India and China (hotter places, generally), but they were often messy and cumbersome designs that were labour intensive to build and use. That taste for the ideal caused me to try for a more rational design that might be manufactured in stackable modules.<br />
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Needless to say this idealistic boy in his 20's had neither the resources nor the money to do anything much with the idea, but I was fascinated with what we then called 'appropriate technology'. I noticed recently there is finally a company producing good manufactured small scale digesters- with the benefit of modern plastics, manufacturing methods and crowd funding. (I'm tempted to buy one)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From 1978, my design for a batch-fed, solar heated Methane digester, manufacturable in concrete. There are other sheets which compute inputs, outputs, volumes and carbon to nitrogen ratios.</td></tr>
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I include this as another example of the Gippsland type of boat in the early days of fishing our lake system. We can't date it but it appears to be late C19th. The main sail is lug and the rigging is typically simple and uncomplicated- no backstays or complicated block systems. The boat is probably 28ft or so, but easily beached. It appears that only the sax board or top strake is lapped. Often these early boats had 2 or 3 clinkers above the waterline. The thinking was to keep things smooth below the waterline to make less noise. I find the bowsprit interesting in that it is bending or possibly pointing downwards in a way that became a standard (although longer) on the big Couta boats further west in Port Philip and Queenscliff.</div>
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On the way to nowhere (but really, it is on the way to a place called Nowa Nowa) it is easy to forget how much it was worth to be able to transport timber, wool and produce from East Gippsland, if it could be done more directly than had been possible from port to port by boat. This was 1916 and labour must've been hard to find, with tens of thousands of our young men serving the Empire in European War. This rail bridge was built by Victorian Railways as part of a link from Bairnsdale to Orbost.<br />
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Damaged in the 1980's by wild fire, it then became unserviceable. Spanning 276 metres and 18.5 metres high, the members are from single height logs. I am as inspired by the manipulation of the materials as I am by the history, but when we stand under such an old, confident statement made in sweat and timber, it is wonderful to ponder a few hows and whys. This region was one in which resources outnumbered people, and still is. And that's just the way I like it.<br />
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robert.ditterichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09989884861193656940noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174089749871447668.post-65972938819794036322017-12-16T02:23:00.000-08:002017-12-16T02:27:36.129-08:00all the light we cannot see; a review of the novel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18143977-all-the-light-we-cannot-see">All the Light We Cannot See</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/28186.Anthony_Doerr">Anthony Doerr</a><br />
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2215510251">5 of 5 stars</a><br />
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This book made a big splash and has been reviewed extensively. An analysis by me will add nothing of significance to all this, but there are a couple of things about my experience of reading it that I'd like to record.<br />
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Doerr has written invisibly to me in the sense that I wasn't aware of any writing at all, just pictures, situations, ideas, connections, people and story. It felt like a very big and generous story, lacking nothing, laced together in overlapping time periods and contrasting mind sets. The author had me hooked by the end of the first page and won't let go even as I try to get into another book.<br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23692271-sapiens">Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/395812.Yuval_Noah_Harari">Yuval Noah Harari</a><br />
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2208838502">4 of 5 stars</a><br />
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The story of our arrival as a species , the turning points that tripped us into the type of animal capable of imagining a future, the singular moments in that story and the possible culminations of it; these are not things that can be elaborated easily in a single book without leaving gaps or making controversial claims.<br />
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Every thoughtful person will struggle with at least some of Harari's conclusions, but he is careful to present a direct and balanced picture of the scholarship on each issue before putting his own view forward. His intention is to provoke a thoughtful response about issues that concern all of us and his thoughts on the directions for our species which now seem inevitable to him are chilling, but arguable.<br />
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I admire big picture academics, even more now after reading one of his conclusions- that the central issue that we need to address is not 'what do we want' as a future, but 'what do we want to want?', because there is no consensus on the role, path or limits of progress in this technological revolution that we find ourselves in. <br />
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Progress into ethically challenging areas- areas that may require us to redefine 'humanity'- is virtually unsupervised and globally more potent than at any of the critical points which brought us to our present. We are entitled to wonder- 'who is at the helm?'<br />
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robert.ditterichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09989884861193656940noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174089749871447668.post-27410406507759802952017-12-08T15:22:00.001-08:002017-12-08T15:22:05.534-08:00three minute uke build<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This little slideshow (below) runs through the making of a tenor ukulele from Australian Casuarina timber. A joy to make and lovely to play!<br />
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robert.ditterichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09989884861193656940noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174089749871447668.post-48480772232341075592017-11-22T18:32:00.001-08:002017-11-22T19:56:00.943-08:00Beachcomber Basking<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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These were pictures taken by Peter Medling while Beachcomber was in Paynesville. The sail over there began as a sedate meander before the wind, but became quite interesting as the wind increased when we were into Lake King. She carries a lot of sail for a centreboarder, but we managed the entire trip with just two gybes. Both were deliberate, but there's only one I'll own up to; as to the other I won't mention it because she swiftly rounded up (a good thing really as it gave me time to catch up to what was going on...)</div>
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Finding a photo like this is very exciting for so many reasons. Of course any photograph from this period is special from a technical point of view, as well as sociological and historical points of view. This one was taken around the time our boat 'Beachcomber' was built, in the same district.<br />
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The world at the time was in several sorts of turmoil, particularly the bitter divisions in North America where communities suffered from the colossal bloodshed of civil war. It was a period of rampant exploitative trade bullying and drug (opium) pushing in India and China by the East India Trading Company and subsequent involvement by the British Government.<br />
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The vast colonial experiment was being felt by First Peoples all over the 'discovered' world.<br />
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But this is a picture of dignity and serenity; women going about the business of living co-operatively and productively and in ways that had worked very well for them for tens of thousands of years. Some of the great great grandchildren of these women are probably judged harshly nowadays, for not fitting in or maybe for appearing to lack motivation, but only by those who haven't really considered the things that have been endured by the generations between then and now.<br />
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Their 'wealth'- culturally, linguistically and in access to all that they needed- had been energetically translated into Pounds Sterling and stashed in colonial and British banks, at least until our colony was mature enough to attempt to govern what was left of their lives- but that in itself began paternalistically and in a culturally self-serving way.<br />
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By then the damage was so severe that governments ever since have had to face the shame of being impotent to the needs of a really important part of our world community.<br />
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I wish that our communities could look more generously at the state of some of the survivors now, with a little more understanding of the context of their situation.<br />
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My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2175227721">4 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
The beginning of this story is quite dark, as our central character reveals attributes that might make for a sordid sort of tale, but the writing was crystal clear and the quality of the prose led me to keep reading. I'm very glad I did.<br /><br />The novel is really well paced, somehow suggesting very complex plot development, but delivering a trim and precise tale that ends more quickly than seemed possible. It is scattered with moments of real tension as the author uses the story to contrast several different character types, all responding to the cultural paradigms of the time- some characters stuck within them and some managing to grow through them. A very satisfying read.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">A gripping thriller set in the wilds of nineteenth-century Australia by the critically acclaimed author of </span><i style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Courting Shadows</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">. </span><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px;">
When past indiscretions catch up with Charles Redbourne, a minor English landowner, he is propelled from England to Australia, where he plans to make his mark as a naturalist. There, his life begins to change dramatically, not least when he meets his host's wayward, artistic daughter. But it is on an expedition in search of scientific specimens in the Blue Mountains that events take a terrifying turn. Vividly conveying the unspoken codes of Victorian society, this is a gripping tale of emotional and psychological reckoning that offers an inspired meditation on the relationship between humankind and the natural world.</div>
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robert.ditterichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09989884861193656940noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174089749871447668.post-81500436582196510662017-11-04T16:54:00.000-07:002017-11-04T16:54:12.421-07:00the pleasures of a busy workshop<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Some recent pictures of work being done by the workshop group. Sharing tools, ideas and techniques with this collection of enthusiasts is an on-going joy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A low lamp tells a lot about shape by casting strong shadows across a form.</td></tr>
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robert.ditterichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09989884861193656940noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174089749871447668.post-73450767343078127852017-10-22T13:19:00.000-07:002018-01-17T13:06:06.559-08:00little dreamscape drawings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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There is so little that I still have of the images that I made when I was younger which used to haunt my every day thoughts, and the few that remain on paper are deteriorating with foxing, dog ears and yellowed paper. So I'm saving them digitally for me, in a place where they will exist for a while even if my computer curls up it's electronic toes. Please excuse the self-indulgence...<br />
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The first five were meant as a horizontal sequence, the others are part of a larger group. Coloured conte on paper.<br />
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robert.ditterichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09989884861193656940noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174089749871447668.post-81298601513613276982017-10-11T17:16:00.003-07:002017-12-23T16:56:25.193-08:00plane scat<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We have a little group that meets in my workshop once a week, and that group is part of a bigger group on Facebook, most of whom just want to see some real time work happening in pictures, and other posts about instrument making and tool use. (on Facebook; Metung Violin Maker's Workshop)<br />
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At the moment we have half a dozen tenor ukuleles being made. The uke has a lot in common with an acoustic guitar, without the acreage, and the option of fewer decorative details. But it is also a fantastic vehicle for learning some advanced tool skills including measuring, planing, carving, bending and tuning. At the end you have a very approachable, portable and social instrument.</div>
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This process is reason enough in and of itself, in answer to the question 'Why build a uke when you can buy one for twenty bucks?'<br />
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PLANE SCAT.<br />
Why would you bother?<br />
Let's put aside the obvious answers about sound quality and craftsmanship for the moment and look at these two pictures. The first is of Susan's pile of shavings and the second is of Daniels. They (like everyone in the group) both achieved several things today, but the 'plane scat' pictured here tells a really wonderful story if you know how to look at it.<br />
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Susan is planing slightly curly, hard and rather unforgiving blackwood and has used a plane which she was advised to use as if she was slicing tomatoes, rather than chopping them. So in practise, the plane is angled obliquely to the cut- or explained another way, the blade goes forward while the plane is angled at about 45 degrees to the side, and the ribbons produced are like DNA spirals. The grain is approached at an angle and the blade bites gradually.<br />
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She nailed it, and did so in quick time. Approaching wood with a cutting tool will be done differently for every piece, depending on grain, hardness, surface flaws and the size of the plane relative to the area that needs flattening.<br />
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Daniel's wood was a completely different proposition and he was able to flatten a great area and depth very quickly, confidently and energetically, taking thicker, front-on swathes from the softer, straighter-grained timber. His ribbons are like scrolls more than spirals.<br />
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The point is that to learn this kind of sensitivity to tools and materials is simply exquisite in my humble opinion; whatever the object is at the end, the interaction with these things is at the very heart of the connection between our eyes, ears, minds and hands- not to mention the connection to beautiful materials.<br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">All of this could be done by machine, but none of these experiences can be replicated on a machine.</span><br />
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