The CaféSaxophone saxophone

[Clivey]

Wonderful stuff. It's remarkable that as a result of the Chinese love affair with Saxophone ,and not just in selling em either ,that we are entering a new period reminiscent of America in the 20,'s and 30's. We 're really in for a bit of a treat very soon. Bring it on.

 

[stitch]

Draft mockup of engraving ...

Wot? No staot!?

 

[Pete Thomas]

Lemur is the new stoat

 

[Stephen Howard]

Maybe the lemur needs to be a bit smaller.

Lemur? I thought it was an Ewok.
Not that I mind...

 

[Veggie Dave]

The prototype I have here is a beautiful honey lacquer:

And it really is a beautiful colour.

 

[Targa]

Maybe the lemur needs to be a bit smaller.

Or leave it out altogether, I didn't know what it was supposed to be.
The plant is so detailed and accurate that the rather cartoon animal spoils the design.

 

[Stephen Howard]

I agree, I don't think it adds anything.

 

[Ivan]

Maybe the lemur needs to be a bit smaller.

Doesn't a lemur have a long tail?

Looks like a possum to me

I disagree with the mammal naysayers... I like the idea

 

[nigeld]

Lemurs live in Madagascar, which is, as far as I know, not famous for its coffee.
But the animal in the picture looks more like a slow loris to me.

 

[Pete Thomas]

Lemurs live in Madagascar, which is, as far as I know, not famous for its coffee.
But the animal in the picture looks more like a slow loris to me.

The one I used is from this watercolour (from 1819 anon.) and is entitled Lemur tardigradus but in actual fact you are right that is a type of Loris, and has no tail, but is definitely on a coffee tree (somewhere in Malaya or Indonesia). The picture sold at Sothebys for £3 million

 

[Jeanette]

Love the engraving, not sure about the lemur, obviously I'd love a staot

 

[ellinas]

I’m drooling .... ahhh .....

 

[nigeld]

The picture sold at Sothebys for £3 million

So at last we are getting a pricing indication for the Café Saxophones.
Maybe I'll have to have a re-think about that bari.

 

[Pete Thomas]

Love the engraving, not sure about the lemur, obviously I'd love a staot

Ah but we now know it's a Loris

And I now prefer the original Loris/lemur picture over the one where he/she has been put in the tree.

So here is a mock-up of how that engraving might look on a dark patina

 

[Targa]

That is better than the first, it now looks more detailed and realistic.

 

[ellinas]

Very original ideas. I love it.

 

[Vetinari]

Love the engraving, not sure about the lemur, obviously I'd love a staot

Got to be a staot if you make a bari.

 

[nigeld]

Got to be a staot if you make a bari.

 

[Vetinari]

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But the STAOT is the cafe mascot.

 

[nigeld]

But the STAOT is the cafe mascot.

Evolution is a cruel hard process. Maybe natural selection is favouring the Loris.