[Lara]

I just wanted to share this as I find it absolutely amazing and I intend to see it when I can get down that way.

Yesterday in northern New South Wales, Australia, a very special art centre was opened called The Margaret Olley Art Centre. Margaret Olley died a few years ago and she's one of our most famous and loved artists.

So what they've done is move approx. 21,000 objects from one part of the State to the other recreating 3 rooms of the artist's home. It's really interesting so if you have time, please take a look.

Moving the arthouse
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/...025-28872.html

Margaret Olley's home on display at Tweed Regional Gallery
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/...307-34crk.html

more photos at bottom of this media kit.
http://artgallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au/Item/2392

Art Gallery of NSW - 2013 exhibition
“It's all about the light: works by Margaret Olley from public collections”
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/col...bition_id=6166

[mrsD]

Wow. This is a nifty post! Thanks Lara....

I can really relate to all that stuff she collected. cough cough...
as I have quite a bit too.

In fact I am in the process of acquiring some more arcane vintage apothecary glass bottles this week...for my drawings.

I really enjoyed the links you put up.

[Lara]

Thought you'd like it.

[mrsD]

I just bought these two weeks ago. The seller says they come from a chemist at a pharmaceutical company, who saved them from the trash over the years. These are very small, as the photo is a close up.

I am corresponding with this seller for 2-4inch ones of various shapes/colors this week.

[Lara]

They're really beautiful little bottles.
Great photo. Can't wait for the drawings.
Look at that light!

[mrsD]

I thought the photo was great too....I didn't take it, as it is from the sellers offering online.

When I contacted him, for background, (I like to have that if I sell a piece to include with it)... he told me he and his wife are retired graphic artists. So he has experience with design etc so the photo reflects that. The bottles themselves are really precious. He sent me a teeny tiny one for free with them that is small enough for a doll house! I think it either was a salesman's sample or made for a spectrophotometer machine of some type. It even has a teeny tiny ground glass stopper (perhaps to prevent volatiles from escaping during examination.) It is about 1in high and almost needs tweezers to lift the top off!

I used to work with a Beckman ratio recording photometer, but it had quartz square cells, not round glass. ( I worked to put myself thru college for 4 yrs...in the medicinal chemistry department)

This is it:
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/...nalCode=ancham
Back in 1968 it was state of the art. I have a paper I helped write and collect the data published, it you are interested I can send you that link in PM, Lara?

[Lara]

Thanks. I'd love to read it.

I also love some of the antique miniature perfume bottles. The really old ones I mean and especially out of Eastern Europe.

I was looking at some items for sale recently and I'd probably owned or worn similar and they called them "antique" and I suddenly felt really OLD.

p.s. back in 1968 we were state of the art! lol