ARTS AND MINIATURES: More about the giveaway

segunda-feira, 8 de março de 2010

More about the giveaway

I have to thank you all for your participation in my first giveaway, I did´nt expect such good enthusiasm, for the moment stay a while and have a cup of tea, I will also make a pause with you and think in adding something more to this first give away.

Earl Grey tea served on a chinese cup and a miniature tea set in jade from China, over natural silk with oriental flowers and parasol. As I´m fond of tea I collect tea cups and tea sets from miniature to larger scales.

The above cup of tea belongs to a set and everytime I drink from these cups I wonder how they achieve the technique of inserting this image at the bottom with such transparency.

As I mentioned already I have three other Blog, where I receive lots of visits, but usually people do not participate, and I´m glad to be visited by you and receive your comments, in this Blog. Besides, since I began this Blog I had the chance to visit lots of beautiful blogs that I did´nt know.

Usually I´m always very busy with my Family life and my work although I work for my self , but this year I did not yet entered my studio to work in my projects, and I blame this endless winter so I had all my spare time to dedicate to my new Blog.

Well, at this point, I have already achieved the 50 followers (I didn´t expect it so soon) and now I will give one number for each of them by the order they entered, and then choose a number .

Furthermore I decided to buy two more jars (I hope to find more) and will atribute one to the participants in the initial post until tomorrow by this hour, and the other one shall be given to NORMA http://makeminemini.blogspot.com/ who kindly divulged my giveaway.  At the end I´ll ask your adresses.

Thank you all
Ana

1 comentário:

Norma Bennett8 de março de 2010 às 08:26
Wow, thank you so much Ana! I hadn't expected that. I can tell you though, that it might have been the giveaway information that brought people to your blog, what will bring them back is the special quality of your work, and the other interesting 'bits and pieces' (such as the tea set above, and that amazing image in the cup)that you present us with that will bring the visitors. This is just the start I am sure :)

I can't find an email address for you anywhere here or in your profile, if you email me at normabennett@hotmail.com I will be happy to provide you with my mailing address. I am sure you will understand that I am reluctant to mention it here in this public forum.
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Welcome to my new Blog

I hope that you will enjoy my new Blog, I intend to organize it in a diferent way of the others, I will mix images of my work regarding miniatures and other forms of art like artistic paint, but I will also include lots of photos , because I have a passion to photograph, although I know very litttle about it, but I have my artistic filling to choose interesting matters. All the photos in this Blog shall be mine.

In which concerns my miniatures all of them are hand painted, and that´s a work that I love to do, enjoy it.

You are also invited to visit my other blog:

http://am-ambientes-em-miniatura.blogs.sapo.pt/

http://am-artes-e-miniaturas.blogs.sapo.pt/

http://am-bonecas-e-companhia.blogs.sapo.pt/

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HERCOLANEUM AND POMPEII

Hercolaneum was founded by Hercules according to mythological tradition . In 63A.D. the town was hit by a earthquake which attended all the Campania, and a few years later in 79 A.D. was devasted by the eruption of Vesuvios. When the eruption ended Hercolaneum was covered with a thick layer of mud (at some points over 10 meters deep). Abandoned by its inhabitants this town was never rebuilt.

The same happened to Pompeii, the reconstruction work that followed the earthquake was not yet completed when on August 24th, 79 AD Vesuvius unexpectedly awoke, submerging the countryside with ashes,, cinder and eruptive material, while rivers of lava mixed with mud followed down.

In 20 AD the Volcano was considered extinct by Strabone a geographer, therefore the population was taken by surprise and many of them were killed trying to escape. The eruption of the Volcano was so imense that the top part of the crater collapsed forming the present caldera.

This tragedy that lasted for three long days arrived to us through the letters of the writter Pliny the Younger to Tacitus.
Pompeii remained buried under a layer of ash with more than six meters deep preserving all the evidence of life by that moment, which came mericulously to light more than two centuries ago.