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The Shadow of the Wind
I know I have used the title of Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s fantastic novel, but I couldn’t find another title that seemed right for this piece. “Shadows of the Wind” or “Wind Shadows” just didn’t do it for me – it had to be solid, contained and absolute! The mosaic isn’t directly inspired by the novel , although the…
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The Wind Eagle
Whilst researching Norse myths for my ash tree trunk sculpture I came across a poem telling the origin of the wind. It went like this: Hraesvelg, he is called, who sits at heaven’s end, a giant in eagle’s shape. From his wings, it is said, the winds blow over all men (The Sibyl’s Prophecy. 37)…
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Wind Whips
I’m working on a new series of mosaics for my showcase exhibition “Voices of the Wind” at Somerset Crafts in May. It’s a tight deadline but I’m hoping to produce at least 4 new pieces . My first piece is called “Wind Whips“. This was the first drawing: I liked the black “whips” streaming out from the…
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Guardian Ash
The Somerset Guild of Craftsmen’s next exhibition is called “Whither The Ash” – it appears to be a very topical theme at the moment, not surprisingly, as we are still losing our beautiful trees. I can’t exhibit my sculpture of “The Last Tree” (see last post) made in response to this issue at the Guild…
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The Last Tree
A Prophetic Tree (part 3) If you read the last 2 posts you will have some insight into the sculpture I am making for an exhibition at Delamore House, Devon in May. In response to the very sad and destructive fungal disease causing ash dieback, I have now finished my “remembrance” sculpture/seat. It retraces the path…
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Cherish the Ash
A PropheticTree (part 2) I took lots of photos of the ash tree bark and chose the tiles I would use, which included some recycled floor tiles that have been in a dark corner of my garden for years and some of my own hand-made stoneware tiles. I studied photos of Viking standing stones from Scandinavia…
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A Prophetic Tree
After the apocalypse on 21 December I hoped my surviving little bird (see video) would take me somewhere new, beautiful and fresh, but it seems I am still on the apocalyptic hill! I feel compelled to make a piece of art about an issue that is very close to home but goes back in history a long way….
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Shift : What is the Work of Art?
Last night I went to the preview of “Shift : What is the Work of Art?” at the Black Swan Arts Centre in Frome where I have the pleasure of being one of the artists chosen to take part. Curator, Kim Wood, picked my animations “The Storm” and “Rain” . Outside a glass blower was making a…
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The Year 2012!
Thank you to my customers and supporters this year and all the best for 2013! Here are some of the mosaics I have created this year:
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Bird of the Apocalypse
Today is the day! Or should I say the last day! That’s if we believe the Mayan calander! So farewell dear friends lest I not see you again! When I make animations I usually make several versions. In this one I have used some unused footage from “How the Sky Becomes Blue” and re-edited it….
