tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474786767930983135.post8145552547584138196..comments2023-08-29T22:34:50.370+10:00Comments on The Empire Called and I Answered: Harold Brocklebank Herbert, artist and designerLenore Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16425222424273971365noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474786767930983135.post-57545487921278859942010-06-07T23:51:27.434+10:002010-06-07T23:51:27.434+10:00Ooooops - correct term, in the first post, I think...Ooooops - correct term, in the first post, I think should have been "Opus Seculi". But my Latin was never that good.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06205010291496207355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474786767930983135.post-11371430445582634152010-06-07T23:50:04.429+10:002010-06-07T23:50:04.429+10:00I have put a brief post up at
http://maffrahs.bl...I have put a brief post up at <br /><br />http://maffrahs.blogspot.com/2010/06/opus-seculi-honour-boards.html<br /><br />with photos. While I cannot name the designer, it may also be by Chambers and Cluten. The frames however, in this case are brass or bronze, not wooden. They are far too heavy for wooden frames.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06205010291496207355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474786767930983135.post-83181740351595574352010-06-06T20:18:45.888+10:002010-06-06T20:18:45.888+10:00I wish you would. A Moonee Ponds Church, St Thoma...I wish you would. A Moonee Ponds Church, St Thomas' Anglican, has an unusual tiled memorial, but not mosaic. The names are inscribed on the tiles, fired and glazed, and the whole put together in a wooden frame. It is very beautiful and I am hopeful of finding out who the artist was there.Lenore Frosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425222424273971365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474786767930983135.post-31553884960267093002010-06-06T17:23:52.013+10:002010-06-06T17:23:52.013+10:00Fascinating - I wonder if there are any other know...Fascinating - I wonder if there are any other known rolls that he designed.We have a particular sort of roll at Maffra called "Opulus sectile", which is mosaic - must post about them some time. We have never seen them elsewhere, outside churches.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06205010291496207355noreply@blogger.com