{"id":10,"date":"2020-01-07T16:38:22","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T16:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eyemaozi.org\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2025-09-11T23:07:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T13:07:02","slug":"artist-contact","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eyemaozi.org\/en\/artist-contact\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

About my collection and how this page began.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As my collection grows, so too has this website. It now includes information not only on Pinnock, but on other Vintage sewing machines found in and around Melbourne, Australia, in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This page started as a way to document the Japanese made, Australian branded Pinnock Fridor Sewing machine of the mid 1900s. Including information on the Toyota models, the Trendsetter Toyota models, the later CFM Japanese models and the Dutch Fridor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From my limited knowledge the only true Australian Made Pinnock Sewing Machine<\/a> was manufactured in Australia at the Lithgow Small Arms Factory from 1949 to 1954, only 6000 were made. I own one of these machines and you can see its page here<\/a>. It is an iconic Australian sewing machine. You can find more information about the factory here Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum (lithgowsafmuseum.org.au)<\/a>. You can see one of these machines also in Melbourne at Anne Bonny\u2019s locker,<\/a> 392 Burwood rd, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Australia. This page is not about this earlier Pinnock, is about the Pinnock machines that came after, the ones imported from Japan (and Holland) in the 1950s and 1960s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>
\n
\n

I am a collector and restorer of Vintage Sewing machines. This page is a personal indulgence of mine in sharing the beauty of these machines with others.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I live in Melbourne, Australia and have been a collector of one sort or another for much of my adult life. In 2021 during the pandemic I found an old Singer treadle in a beautiful table at an opportunity shop, some would call a thrift store. I had always admired these old machines. I had no idea that bringing that machine home would be the beginning of a passion for these old machines. (Possibly also a rekindling of my childhood memories of learning to sew on my mother’s straight stitch Japanese Blue and Chrome machine) . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My 1905 Sphinx 15k treadle is beautiful and it started this journey of discovery of antique and vintage sewing machines (VSMs). This is her, when I got her home in 2021.. The beauty of the Sphinx Egyptian decals is what got me drawn in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"