End of an era in many ways.
Tuesday, 8 May 2012
Sunday, 6 May 2012
Super quick Barmouth trip.
Sandy Lolly pop.. it has happened to us all !
that moment wandering across the beach dropping our
candy floss or ice cream and then its covered in Sand....
Bucket of stuff, when I was little I always collected a bucket of shells,
which always disappered one route, some ended up in my Nans garage a few made it home.
I enjoyed beach combing again :-)
A super speedy trip to Barmouth for a few final bits and pieces, I am lucky to be
able to pop in the car and go, we took my partners Son and girlfriend who havent been for
a few years.
It was Bank Holiday Saturday and the place was pretty much empty, its wasnt a bad day, a bit breezy but bright, so where was everyone? Barmouth is a beautiful beach, clean with golden
sand, it should of had people on it !
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
Men on the beach
I was so happy when my chap said we could go to Crosby on the way to Blackpool, ok its a 30 mile diversion but it was worth it. I have wanted to go for ages but its quite a trek, I was not disappointed, when we pulled on to the carpark, chap says " what are all those people doing on the beach? " I looked back and said "that is what we have come to see" He had only ever seen a picture of one of men at a time so presumed it was just a man standing looking out not 100 ! I walked at a faster pace than usual in antipication of meeting the first of them, Im not very tall and number 21 was my hieght I greated him with a smile and stroked his face,as if he was a long lost friend, the weather has taken its toll but the corosion felt smooth and the colours bright even on a dull day, the rust and the green pocked marked face, stared back and then through me to the horizon. I took my usual photos and got my chap to take mine looking out to sea with my new found friend. We walked along and greeted some of the others and spoke to a local chap who said that they looked fantastic at sunset and that was a popular time for photographers to venture out to them.
After a picnic in the car we headed off to Blackpool, I hope to see the beach men again, it was a very uplifting experience, and for someone who looks out to sea alot I no longer felt alone in that act.
After a picnic in the car we headed off to Blackpool, I hope to see the beach men again, it was a very uplifting experience, and for someone who looks out to sea alot I no longer felt alone in that act.
Tuesday, 1 May 2012
Sunday, 29 April 2012
The changing face of the seaside.
Website about Rhyl
The changing face of the seaside is not always a nice one, once a bustling town is partially demolished at the bottom end of the beach hopefully to make way for a new out of town shopping center and cafes, I hope this comes through, the town is so sad, so many people are unemployed and each time you go the another shop has closed.
The changing face of the seaside is not always a nice one, once a bustling town is partially demolished at the bottom end of the beach hopefully to make way for a new out of town shopping center and cafes, I hope this comes through, the town is so sad, so many people are unemployed and each time you go the another shop has closed.
Roundabouts
The wood worker uses the tree to carve the horse, when the horse is no longer needed, it is shredded to make paper, the artist uses the paper to recreate the horse.
How to mount a horse's head
Today is making the mount day, new jigsaw to play with and sand paper. So far it is all going well :)
Friday, 27 April 2012
Amazing horse art
Beautiful horses made from driftwood
These are fantastic, might be worth a visit to her garden to see how she works, I have ideas of my own for garden sculpture, but always like more inspiration.
These are fantastic, might be worth a visit to her garden to see how she works, I have ideas of my own for garden sculpture, but always like more inspiration.
Thursday, 26 April 2012
Henry Moore
I know from going to a talk by Bob and Roberta Smith that Henry Moore was an artist at the same time as Epstien, they werent friends. I like Epstiens work and some of Henry Moores' but something I read the other day really made me like his work a little more,
" one persistand and very English theme in Moore work is landscape imagery, planes and hollows of the body can be found in the landscape a paralle between flesh and skin and the earth and vegitation that covers the rocks"
What a lovely comparision.
" one persistand and very English theme in Moore work is landscape imagery, planes and hollows of the body can be found in the landscape a paralle between flesh and skin and the earth and vegitation that covers the rocks"
What a lovely comparision.
Gypsies thoughts
I was having a think, while doing this project the gypsies do come up in conversations and as part of the work is about the end of the british holidays, the decline in fairgrounds, and even though I do not like arcades and the brashness of the fairground it is a shame that this is part of british history that is disappearing.
Since the program Big Fat Gypsy Wedding the families are in the spot light and I wonder if this has helped us understand thier ways or if it has just tapped the wedge in a little deeper. In my pre children days (BC Before Children) I used to love moving around, I lived in many towns and worked in pubs and resturants I enjoyed meeting new people and exploring new places, maybe this was down to part of my heritage, my mother has traveller blood in her fathers side of the family, they were showmen travelling around with fairgrounds to all the fairs, my daughter has done part of the family tree, children were registared all over the country.
When I was little ( under two) we lived in a caravan while waiting to move into the house my parents still live in, it over looked the canal at Fradley and I loved to watch the barges and wave to all the people as they went by, I wanted a boat and wanted to be nomadic.
Reading comments about the program is really quite upsetting, I dont think people really understand that the gypies are a different culture, and have been isolated and not just by choice but by preducdice aswell. So they now have opened their doors to the world, to some serious negativity. The girls are slagged off for the way they dress, even though they are virgins when they are get married and how many people can say that they were, they arent allowed to be alone with their boyfriends they are all shaparoned, so they shouldnt be judged by the length of the skirts.
end of part one.........
Since the program Big Fat Gypsy Wedding the families are in the spot light and I wonder if this has helped us understand thier ways or if it has just tapped the wedge in a little deeper. In my pre children days (BC Before Children) I used to love moving around, I lived in many towns and worked in pubs and resturants I enjoyed meeting new people and exploring new places, maybe this was down to part of my heritage, my mother has traveller blood in her fathers side of the family, they were showmen travelling around with fairgrounds to all the fairs, my daughter has done part of the family tree, children were registared all over the country.
When I was little ( under two) we lived in a caravan while waiting to move into the house my parents still live in, it over looked the canal at Fradley and I loved to watch the barges and wave to all the people as they went by, I wanted a boat and wanted to be nomadic.
Reading comments about the program is really quite upsetting, I dont think people really understand that the gypies are a different culture, and have been isolated and not just by choice but by preducdice aswell. So they now have opened their doors to the world, to some serious negativity. The girls are slagged off for the way they dress, even though they are virgins when they are get married and how many people can say that they were, they arent allowed to be alone with their boyfriends they are all shaparoned, so they shouldnt be judged by the length of the skirts.
end of part one.........
Horse head pics
At last a couple of pics of the horsehead, one pre paint in at the foil stage and the other is when I hung it from the a apple tree while I sprayed it, so it looked like a pinata, or dead horse head hanging..... depending on how your mind works... wonder what the neighbours thought ;-)
I used matt black then a layer of glitter spray, it resembles a hammered metal sculpture now, and Im looking forward to seeing it when its mounted and hanging on the wall.
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
Horsehead almost complete
After a week of faffing and painting, repainting cursing and general procastinating the horse head is now painted in its final colour of choice..... black with glitter.... and I think it looks pretty fab, I need to mount it and bring together the work I have done and decide on how its going to come together for assesment and how to present the videos on youtube, I have done a few and will have to decide which ones work best for me and how to edit them.
Looking back over this term I have learnt alot more than I thought I have done all my own filming and editing on a software suite I havent used before and the music software is new to me too, I dont make music but I like to play with sounds.
I have made a fab horse head and am going to make the finishing touches to the carousel, even though it was just used for filming it would be nice to give it roof of sorts. This side of the project has worked well and I hope its assessed well, I am still trying to be more experimental but it feels uncomfortable and I like to be in a comfort zone, but the playing with ideas is fun its just the putting them together that the hard bit.
Looking back over this term I have learnt alot more than I thought I have done all my own filming and editing on a software suite I havent used before and the music software is new to me too, I dont make music but I like to play with sounds.
I have made a fab horse head and am going to make the finishing touches to the carousel, even though it was just used for filming it would be nice to give it roof of sorts. This side of the project has worked well and I hope its assessed well, I am still trying to be more experimental but it feels uncomfortable and I like to be in a comfort zone, but the playing with ideas is fun its just the putting them together that the hard bit.
Sunday, 22 April 2012
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