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A fossilized
Pentremites Godoni, a.k.a. Sea Bud, an extinct
marine invertebrate from some 350 Million years ago.
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Most people think of Bakelite as black
and plain. Actually it came in many beautiful colors,
like the lovely translucent green of this old sharpener.
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The brass canary... a
vintage toy that warbles like a real bird when air is
forced to bubble through the
water in the little tank at the bottom.
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Three of my
daughter's crop of knit Cacti. She sure has a knack
for this unusual horticultural art form (among many others).
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A cross-section
through a cylinder lock, which I produced years ago
to illustrate how it works. Retaining the cut spring
coils in place was tricky business...
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As you see, I love
cross-sections: they give such unexpected and
instructive insights into how things -- man-made or
natural -- are built.
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An oil painting (Italy, early 20th c. ?) of a mother and children in
a boat. Painter unknown, but I love the serenity of the moment he captured.
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125 ml of electronics... A lab flask I collated to represent
half a century of progress. Contains IC's, raw
silicon chips, and a lone vacuum tube.
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A small Venetian
mask, a subtler variation on the Sun-and-Moon
motif that fills the souvenir stores in that
magnificent, watery city.
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Bear Michael, my good old
Teddy Bear, wearing one of my own sweaters. It
arrived from England in the fifties, and has been with us ever
since.
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The incredible Pill Cam by Israeli startup Given Imaging...
a tiny TV station that transmits diagnostic images of one's intestinal tract as it goes thru!
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A Crystal Radio set
from the 1920's.
"Type approved by Postmaster General", a label
issued by the BBC reassures the user.
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A sharpener for disposable razor blades. One
shudders to think of the conditions that had made
this one seem like a good idea in its time...
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A small "storyteller" doll by F. Yepa of the Jemez
pueblo. I like the way the children play around
instead of sitting quietly as in most such dolls.
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No, these aren't
fossilized plants; they're Manganese dendrites, a
crystalline mineral growth exposed in a slice of
rock.
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Few would recognize this today: a silver plated travel inkwell,
just the thing for the mobile writer.
Quill not included...
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