Last night I was reading “The Found Object in Textile Art” by Cas Holmes and the section on ‘Altered Books’ (p.80-81) caught my eye. It suggested using a found book, or cheap substitute, and using as a base or substrate for a series of collages. This seemed like a great idea to me. When I… Continue reading Altered book
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Pandora’s Box
I mentioned last Thursday that I had taken my ‘found object’, an old wallet, from a box found in the roof space. Beside it was a packet of negatives and one or two prints from the same period. BUT, there were other plastic bags inside this box, and I haven’t opened them, I was so… Continue reading Pandora’s Box
Father Time
I like to think I’m a smart cookie, but sometimes …. After the student presentations last night I was thinking about the possible themes I’ll be working on. All of them had some sort of relationship with time, and I’d said already that I’d been fascinated with the concepts of time from my early 20s.… Continue reading Father Time
5th January Presentation
I wanted to make a Pecha-Kucha style presentation but my speech is sloower and slurred since my stroke in 2014, so I took out the 20 second transitions and just winged it. Here is the presentation.
More Books, Perec and Keri Smith
More reading for the New Year! Keri Smith’s ‘Everything is Connected’ is a book of postcards (!) with suggestions or inspirations for practical art if you run out of ideas. Perec’s books are ‘Life, a user’s manual’ and ‘I remember’.
Progress October to December 2022
This is a brief Powerpoint report of my progress It’s an overview of my blog, with a few extra images
Beach Theme
For the “Beach” theme I have lots of images, I must try to sort out and test the various ideas that arise there :- Beach, dogs, sunrise, waves, tides, health, living in the moment A slice of time, I prefer this to a frozen instant – ‘the decisive moment’ Can be represented by a long… Continue reading Beach Theme
Perec is all around!
Is this spooky or what? I picked up a new book, I think it was recommended to me, Keri Smith’s “How to be an Explorer of the World”. Opened randomly at P.118 and read, ‘What we need to question is bricks, glass, our table manners, our utensils our tools, the way we spend our time,… Continue reading Perec is all around!
“Space melts like sand running through one’s fingers. Time bears it away and leaves me only shapeless shreds.” from Perec’s ‘Species of Spaces’
I’ve been slowly making my way through this book. which is really a collection of essays and articles, on various themes – the book title is ” Species of Spaces and other pieces”. I bought it last week and don’t intend now to read it all the way through, but just to dip in from… Continue reading “Space melts like sand running through one’s fingers. Time bears it away and leaves me only shapeless shreds.” from Perec’s ‘Species of Spaces’
Georges Perec: Soft Chalk and Pigeons
This is a journal paper by Walsh, Meeka. Border Crossings; Winnipeg Vol. 30, Iss. 2, (Jun-Aug 2011): 12-13. Walsh reported that the absence of Perec’s father to WWII and death in 1940 and death of his mother in1943 in Auschwitz left a void or a space in his life and that, “He saw neither of them again, and he wrote that… Continue reading Georges Perec: Soft Chalk and Pigeons