[meteorite-list] List Members, Job, ETC.

From: Arlene Schlazer <piebear_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:23:10 -0800
Message-ID: <6FC3360C7AF14B0188BFF7F16F738028_at_PiePC>

Hello Graham & List,
It's nice to see another artist on the list who shares the same passion for
collecting meterorites and creating art from them. I too was inspired by
the "oldest thing ever to be found on earth--the etch pattern on the Gibeon
meteorite. I thought it was fascinating that something that formed so long
ago could be the inspiration for modern abstract art and so began my most
prized collection and endless hours of creating art from each piece. I've
collected over 130 pieces since I started a few years ago. I keep saying
I'm done as I have no more room to put them and then another piece beckons!
If there is an end, I cannot find it! I only collect etched irons,
individuals and pallasites. Oh, and one piece from Mars. I'm also
fascinated with astronomy and anything from our solar system I think I can
be creative with. I havn't "hunted" in the field yet, but I plan to when I
retire....Hopefully this August....I can only imagine the thrill of actually
finding a piece.....Best regards from Las Vegas.....Arlene Schlazer
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>I am an Artist who has always been fascinated by Astronomy and meteorites
>since the Barwell meteorite fell just up the road on the day after my 9th
>birthday in 1965. Meteorites are among some of the many things that inspire
>my artwork and designs. I have always exhibited during my 20 years as a
>Lecturer in Art and Design. A head injury put a stop to my teaching career
>nearly ten years ago now and I have over that time had to completely change
>the way I work in order to stay creative...and still have a way to go I
>think!
>
> I only realized I could own meteorites about eight years ago when I bought
> my first 869...and that 'physical' connection with astronomy was a
> revelation to me... just being able to touch and hold material which was
> older than the Earth and told us so much about our origins, not to mention
> seeing some of the earliest patterns and structures to have ever formed
> and that stay locked in time within until we find and study them.
>
> I often travel around the world to hunt, purchase meteorites or visit
> impact sites now and in March I am helping with setting up a small
> meteorite museum, using my collection for science week at the local
> University, with impact experiments for families to take part in and
> related exhibits alongside some original Darwin artefacts.
>
> I found my first meteorite (with which I featured on a BBC Stardate TV
> show) in Ireland in 2003 after the fireball on the west coast there and it
> is still at the OU being classified!!! Wish I was in Texas right now.
>
> Graham Ensor, UK.
>
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