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Another talented designer joins the Mavros atelier
Patrick Mavros Junior has recently graduated from The Edinburgh College of Art with a BA - (Hons) Degree in Jewellery Design and Silversmithing.
The final pieces created by Patrick have been exhibited at both the The Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show 2008 and London's New Designers Exhibition. His work has also featured in several articles in the Scottish national press.
Patrick Junior's fascination with the natural world is the driving force behind the jewellery that he designs and makes. Through the incorporation of natural textures and materials collected from the bush, he is able to transform a simple object into a creature of imagination. Using bold colours and interesting form his one off pieces are designed to fascinate and intrigue, allowing the wearer to exhibit the originality and uniqueness of nature.
It is always Patrick's aim to create realistic textures on his pieces, and he does this through etching, oxidisation and then polishing. This allows the textures to gain their realistic two-tone shine, and give the piece its signature reptile skin patina. To intensify the colour of the cast resin, some pieces are fitted with hidden LED’s.
Patrick is now returning to Zimbabwe where he will be creating Patrick Mavros's most exciting jewellery to date.
Visit Patrick Junior's website for more images from his design work.
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Over the last few months the two little pookies have been doing extremely well.
From their newborn weight of ten grams, they have now reached their full adult size of 150 grams, and are capable of jumping immense distances in relation to their size. A favourite long distance airborne jump is from the top of a wardrobe in Forbes's bedroom to a soft landing on the bed, a staggering distance of about 12 feet.
When Forbes first rescued the two storm-wrecked bush babies, the idea was to raise them in order to ultimately release them back into the wild where they belong.
However the pookies have become so accustomed to the Mavros family and other humans, that it is now almost impossible to release them into the wild.
The pookies have no understanding of what a predator is.
Often, hunting owls have crashed into window panes, trying to catch the pookies behind the glass, while the pookies don’t even flinch, they just sit around unfazed by the whole incident.
If the pookies were left to roam freely around the garden and surrounding bush at night, they would certainly end up as a meal for resident owls, snakes or the deadly nocturnal Genet cat.
After much debate and thought, it has therefore been decided that two little pookie brothers will be honorary guests in the Mavros home, where they are happy to live out a great and famous future, loved and cared for beyond measure.
We look forward to updating you on the progress of these two amazing little animals.
Note: The common name “Pookie” probably derives from their Ndebele name, “Impukunyani”. For such small creatures they have accumulated a fair number of names, ranging from Lesser Bushbaby, to Night-Ape to the formal taxonomic Galago senegalensis.
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Patrick's Siberian Tiger leaps for its prey, showing the superb musculature and power of this beautiful cat, one of the rarest creatures on earth.
Created in conjunction with AMUR, the Anglo-Russian charity organisation which does a brilliant job of looking after the critically endangered Amur leopards and tigers of far Eastern Russia. Only a small number of these sculptures have been made so far but part of the proceeds we have donated to AMUR. The Siberian Tiger is a magical animal that has adapted to life in extreme conditions - and is sadly endangered by pressures from humankind.
Click here for a larger image.
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