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 Topic: The Tama Higuchi Collection |
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 Forum: Women's Private Collections Posted: Feb 14, 2023 16:46 Subject: Re: The Tama Higuchi Collection |
| Some new Tucson 2023 (or otherwise recent) acquisitions. | |
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Forum: Women's Private Collections Posted: Aug 15, 2022 10:01 Subject: Re: The Tama Higuchi Collection |
| Dolomite it is! The more you know...
_______________________________________ Added _______________________________________ Here are a few more fun specimens to welcome the new week. This thr ... |
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| Topic: Tama's Mineral Paintings |
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Forum: Mineral Art and Artists Posted: Aug 12, 2022 20:48 Subject: Re: Tama's Mineral Paintings |
| Thanks all for the kind remarks! Sharing a few more for the weekend. I haven't done much painting lately since I have been focusing on portraiture practice, but I'd like to go back to these soon.
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Forum: Women's Private Collections Posted: Aug 12, 2022 20:41 Subject: Re: The Tama Higuchi Collection |
| Are you sure these calcites are not dolomites? Difficult to tell from the photo, but the mentioned twinning points to dolomite
Here is the back, if it helps! I've never seen dolomite with this colo ... |
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Forum: Women's Private Collections Posted: Aug 11, 2022 09:02 Subject: Re: The Tama Higuchi Collection |
| Ettringite is a fascinating mineral species. A little high maintenance, but beautiful. | |
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Forum: Women's Private Collections Posted: Aug 11, 2022 08:59 Subject: Re: The Tama Higuchi Collection |
| Another for the morning. Traded a painting to a friend for this specimen, and it's since been my favorite fluorite specimen. I'm very picky with fluorite in general, but this one did catch my eye. | |
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Forum: Women's Private Collections Posted: Aug 10, 2022 15:09 Subject: Re: The Tama Higuchi Collection |
| I hope that all collectors are somehow "superficial" then. I would say, even "specialists" should be also somehow driven by aesthetics :) I am definitely with you in this approach ... | |
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Forum: Women's Private Collections Posted: Aug 10, 2022 15:08 Subject: Re: The Tama Higuchi Collection |
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I understand you run a graphic design business in Dallas, and you are a senior at the University of North Texas in Denton. Please tell us more about how you got into minerals. Thank you, Silvia! ... |
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Forum: Women's Private Collections Posted: Aug 10, 2022 14:11 Subject: Re: The Tama Higuchi Collection |
| Thank you both! Your comments are much appreciated.
Gerard, this one is for you then :) Also up there as one of my favorites, along with the previously posted rhodo. This was my first four figure s ... |
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Forum: Women's Private Collections Posted: Aug 10, 2022 13:33 Subject: Re: The Tama Higuchi Collection |
| Starting off with a favorite of mine: one of the best N'Chwaning rhodochrosite thumbnails I've seen yet. From the Lieber and Logan collections. I love the perpendicular arrangement of the main crystal ... | |
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Forum: Women's Private Collections Posted: Aug 10, 2022 13:29 Subject: The Tama Higuchi Collection |
| Hi all! Thought I'd share my personal collection as well, while I'm here.
At this point in time, I focus on collecting thumbnails and small miniatures, around the 1.5-3 cm size range. I have a part ... |
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| Topic: Tama's Mineral Paintings |
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Forum: Mineral Art and Artists Posted: Aug 10, 2022 08:03 Subject: Re: Tama's Mineral Paintings |
| This painting was commissioned by Gail Spann as a gift for Jim in late 2020. One of the the most difficult paintings I've done! | |
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Forum: Mineral Art and Artists Posted: Aug 10, 2022 07:59 Subject: Re: Tama's Mineral Paintings |
| This was a relatively recent painting from this year of a specimen which I believe is/was in Martin Gruell's collection. Painting is now in a private collection. | |
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Forum: Mineral Art and Artists Posted: Aug 10, 2022 07:56 Subject: Tama's Mineral Paintings |
| I was encouraged to share some paintings of minerals that I have done in the past (and present!) My primary medium of choice is watercolor, specifically using dry brush techniques, but I will occasion ... | |
| Topic: Presentation of new members - Reference Thread |
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Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Aug 09, 2022 11:55 Subject: Presentation of new members - Tama Higuchi from Young Mineral Collectors |
| Greetings from Dallas! My name is Tama Higuchi. I am a graphic designer, painter (specifically watercolors for mineral paintings) and thumbnail collector. I particularly enjoy collecting specimens fro ... | |
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