PLACE REPRESENTED: Jamaica
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: A vivid handmade (the wood is plain masonite) and hand painted fridge magnet from Jamaica depicting a traditional house. Quite wonderful, by fridge magnet standards.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Jamaica (maybe … it could be Haitian)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 9cm 7cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: South Korea
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: “Wonderful Korea”. A youth plays a traditional Korean Janggu drum. I assume it is “South Korea”…is drum playing allowed in the North, or tourist souvenirs, or tourists? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janggu
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 6.5cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Santorini , Greece
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: A colourful fridge magnet ((as usual) emphasizing the blue and white of Greece) depicting a scene of the Greek island of Santorini in the southern Aegean
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: Hard resin
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 7cm x 5.5cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Crete , Greece
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: Greek plaster fridge magnet made to look a little like the white vernacular stone found all over the Greek islands including Crete and depicting the Minoan “Prince of Lilies” Fresco from Knossos.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_the_Lilies
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: Plastic
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 5.5cm x 8cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Ireland
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: A fridge magnet cookbook with twelve Irish dishes. A fridge – a perfect place for a cookbook when you think about it.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2005
MADE FROM: cardboard , paper
MADE IN: Ireland
MANUFACTURER: Teapot Press
DIMENSIONS: 9.5cm x 12cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Indonesia
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: Indonesia with the Borobudur buddhist temple in Java depicted.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: Stoneware
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 4.5cm x 4.5cm x 2cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Jamaica
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: A vivid handmade (the wood is plain masonite) and hand painted fridge magnet from Jamaica depicting a traditional Jamaican (?) bus the “tap tap”. The question mark exists because the “Tap Tap” is associated with Haiti. Perhaps the “Jamaica” at the top is the result of Haitian souvenirs exported to Jamaica. . Either way, it is quite wonderful, by fridge magnet standards.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Jamaica (maybe … it could be Haitian)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 9.5cm x 8cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Cairns, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: Fridge magnet and thermometer with tropical relief. It is quite Cairns specific as it has the “fish sculptures” that appear in the pool along the waterfront.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2014
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: Citer Souvenirs
DIMENSIONS: 8.5cm across x 6.5cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Magnific Rock, Popoyo , Nicaragua
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: Magnific Rock is a point located in Popoyo, Nicaragua. Popoyo is a small beach town in the Tola municipality of the Rivas Department of Nicaragua. On top of Magnific Rock is perched the Magnific Rock Hotel which overlooks Nicaragua’s premier surf break and one Central America’s top surfing destinations, hence the depiction of the hotel, the seabirds, the beach and the lonely(?) surfer. The hotel link is here: http://magnificrockpopoyo.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/MagnificRock/
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2016
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 7.5cm x 5cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Whitsunday Islands, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: A tacky souvenir for the Whitsunday Sands Resort, the beautiful islands off Queensland’s central north coast. Croc having a BBQ
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 8.5cm across, 5.5cm high