tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901849894082332872024-03-13T12:55:07.487+11:00Meander Cottage GalleryContemporary Art and JewelleryWelcomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921772145084456666noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290184989408233287.post-6816020665589916982010-11-21T12:15:00.005+11:002010-12-19T14:29:40.535+11:00New Stock!Hand made Tasmanian paper goods....ie: Stationary, Cards, Envelopes by R+D Paperworks<br />from the beautiful Golden Valley in Tasmania. Some lovely and unique products, hand made from <br />re-cycled paper....by Roseanne and Donna.Welcomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921772145084456666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290184989408233287.post-35145401185690252882010-04-14T12:31:00.005+10:002010-11-21T12:15:25.514+11:00Alfred Hernandez supplies his unique photographs to Meander Cottage Gallery.<br />He is a Photo Journalist...currently living in Sydney and has covered the Israel/Pallestine conflict<br />in the past....but returned to his first love....shooting from the hip!....with a Camera!!!<br />I LOVE Alfreds work - Steve Gould.<br />Sarah Lloyd also supplies her beautiful work...insects and birds MACRO!<br />Gina Linnemann supplies her Zen Doodles and Bridgette Boyce does some funky knitwear.Welcomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921772145084456666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290184989408233287.post-11648997336703784282010-03-28T15:58:00.001+11:002010-03-28T16:00:07.367+11:00<a href="http://www.bellissimojewels.com.au/">Bellissimo Jewels</a>Welcomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921772145084456666noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290184989408233287.post-86938146557076320992010-03-24T21:50:00.002+11:002010-03-24T21:50:45.564+11:00….About Meander Cottage Gallery<!--StartFragment--> <br />
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: "Clarendon Condensed";">Hello and welcome to Meander Cottage Gallery.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><br />
</div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: "Clarendon Condensed";">I started this Gallery in 2006, in my head and back in NSW.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: "Clarendon Condensed";">It was my dream.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: "Clarendon Condensed";">I moved to Tasmania in February 2007 and believe I have been called home.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><br />
</div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: "Clarendon Condensed";">The original idea was to give friends & family “Space” in which<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: "Clarendon Condensed";">To display their work and at the same time create an environment<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: "Clarendon Condensed";">around myself that I had always wanted. I admire un-cluttered spaces<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Clarendon Condensed";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and clean lines.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Clarendon Condensed";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having something beautiful/fascinating/disturbing to look at<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Clarendon Condensed";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>while in these spaces is a bonus. Which brings me to another interest and that<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Clarendon Condensed";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is the “perception” of art.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Clarendon Condensed";">I am fascinated by “what it is” about a painting or a photograph or a sculpture or a piece of pottery or jewellery that grabs the admirers’ attention and captivates them?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Clarendon Condensed";">In a group of onlookers, you will invariably hear someone utter, “I don’t like it”. “I wouldn’t give you 2O cents for it.” …or “Anyone could have done that!”. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Clarendon Condensed";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fairly unintelligent things to say because :<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Clarendon Condensed";">A: Nobody <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">really</i> cares if you like or dislike it? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Clarendon Condensed";">B: Nobody is asking you for 20 cents for something you don’t like, and<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Clarendon Condensed";">C : Not just anyone but <i><u>someone</u></i> did it and they are the sole creator of whatever it is that your looking at….not a machine.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Clarendon Condensed";">In the same group of onlookers, one or more people might find something totally captivating and they <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">have </i>to have it! They just want it….but what captivates one<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Clarendon Condensed";">observer does not have the same effect on another.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Clarendon Condensed";">I am also influenced by” humour” in art and have always enjoyed the manipulation of photography and the depth or shallowness of feeling one can arouse in the observer.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Clarendon Condensed";">I have heard people say that they <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">really </i>like a particular painting or photograph but would never own it because it doesn’t match their lounge?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Clarendon Condensed";">What a strange perception!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Clarendon Condensed";">There are many artists who are prolific with output but have nowhere to show their work.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Clarendon Condensed";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meander Cottage Gallery has only limited space,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but I would like to be able to offer what space I have,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in order for them to show their work to a wider audience and become recognised for their efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Clarendon Condensed";">Provided the art matches my curtains!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Clarendon Condensed";">The Tasmanian Aboriginal art on display here is totally unique as is my sister’s jewellery and my own photography. I believe there is nothing quite like it available to the public on the entire Island.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Clarendon Condensed";">I hope people will come to the Gallery even for just something different to look at whilst they are touring Tasmania and the beautiful Meander Valley.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Clarendon Condensed";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Steve Gould<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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