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In May 1973, Finlay writes Norman Cherry, a jewelry designer in Kelso, to make a brooch using his Schiff (German word for ship) poem composed for the Stuttgart Max Plank project. He offers several designs including Schiff depicted as a reflection in a pool which is ultimately accepted. The two exchange letters on the progress of the work which is completed in Aug 1973. A letter dated Nov 1973 from Finlay to Buchwald, architect of the Stuttgart project, offers the silver brooch for sale. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Finlay proposes a collaboration with a Kelso jewelry maker, Norman Cherry, for a tea-mine. Finlay imagines a small metal object which should resemble a round metal object with protruding horns. this will unscrew into 2 parts so that tea can be put int it. It will then be posible to dangle it at th end of a chain to make tea. He encloses a diagram of a mine frm a naval book on mines to illustrate his point (diagram not in Archive). Since Cherry did not reply, this project was probably unrealized. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents SMS Emden was a light cruiser of the German navy. Its raiding cruise in late 1914 was one of the most romanticised and notable incidents of World War I. In the second half of 1914 Emden raided Allied shipping in the Indian Ocean, sinking or capturing thirty Allied merchant vessels and warships before being run aground by its captain to prevent it from sinking, after engaging HMAS Sydney at the Battle of Cocos. By now no fewer than sixty Allied warships were combing the waters of the Indian Ocean in search of Emden. A critical part of ship-to-ship communication by wireless in the Indian Ocean was the British communications station at Direction Island in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Captain von Müller of the Emden decided to send a landing party ashore to destroy the station's radio tower and equipment. Emden reached Direction Island on November 9, 1914. Fifty seamen with rifles and machine guns were sent ashore but the British civilians did not resist and the Emden landing party...

Scope and Contents In Nov 1973, Finlay writes to Norman Cherry, a jewelry designer in Kelso about a project for making a brooch from a poem, "Windflower," a little mauve colored flower that trembles in the wind. This poem had been written for the Stuttgart Max Plank project. He requests that the brooch adapted from his poem should be made with material that undulates with movement of one who is wearing it and structured with letters 'pretty in themselves.' He indicates that the long "f" makes a natural stem for the brooch. Cherry replies in Dec 1973 with a suggestion for suspending the letters rather than using a single strip of metal as Finlay suggested. This solution is unsatisfactory to Finlay who provides further ideas. In Jan 1974, Cherry writes to Finlay that a new idea appears to lead to a workable solution and describes how the brooch will be made of almost paper thinness silver. In May-June, Finlay & Cherry exchange letters on progress of making the brooch in this manner and Finlay...

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This drawing of a calligraphic design by Cherry for the Schiff brooch used a perspex background as a reflecting surface. Perspex (plexiglas) was eliminated in the final design but the idea for reflection of Schiff in mirror writing was kept for the final design. The Archive for this work is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.