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Homage to Nature
“In all things of nature there is something of the marvellous.” ~ Aristotle
Posted in Aesthetics, Inspiration, Photography, spirituality
Tagged Aristotle, Cranesbill Geranium
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Look What Turned Up in the Garden – Common Stinkhorn
In fact two of these little fellers turned up in the garden. And that’s not sexist writing. Its Latin name is Phallus Impudicus and according to Wikipedia: “Botanist John Gerard called it the “pricke mushroom” or “fungus virilis penis effigie” … Continue reading
Posted in Aesthetics, Art, Research, Science
Tagged Botanist John Gerard, Botanist John Parkinson, Common Stinkhorn, Deadman's Cock, Fungus virilis penis effigie, General Historie of Plants 1597, Hetty Darwin, Hollanders Working Toole, Linnaeus, Phallus hollandicus, Phallus Impudicus, Pricke Mushroom, Species Plantarum 1753, Theatrum botanicum 1640
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I’m Back (with) Tacita Dean, Collectingness, Creativity and Health
The other day I was unpacking a box (yes, almost a year after our house move there are boxes yet to be opened) and came upon a small yet very heavy suitcase and on opening it found it housed my … Continue reading
Posted in Aesthetics, Art, Collage & Assemblage, Creativity, Mixed Media, Sculpture, Stones
Tagged Cast-making, Collecting, Embalming, encaustic, Fossils, mummification, Papier-mâché, Royal Academy, Tacita Dean
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Secret Studio
This was my secret studio during the period of The Great Transition, where I began to discover the eco collograph. It’s the shed at our allotment. It has a veranda which we closed in with trellising, including the trellis door … Continue reading
Post-Walkabout, I Run into Archimedes and Tangerine Meg in the Pursuit of An Eco Collograph and Its Ghost
My Internet friend, and artist, Tangerine Meg, has just posted a blog listing different apologetics for Art, mentioning, among other things, the apparent dichotomy between Art and Science. That the dichotomy is just that, an apparency; that Art and Science … Continue reading
Purple Sage, Accolade
Purple Sage (Eco Collograph) “Practicing creativity in every way we can think of feels like the most powerful response to current events that we can make. Adding to the beauty of the world and allowing our work to reflect the … Continue reading
Eco Collograph: Human Days and a Scene in Paradise
“I have walked once in summer by the side of a little marsh filled with mint and white hawthorn. The mint and white hawthorn have with them a vivid, rare delicious perfume. It makes you want to grovel on the … Continue reading
Eco Collographs: Shaking the Tree
What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree? Logan Pearsall Smith The image above is another of my experiments with eco collographs on 300gsm watercolour paper. Look like … Continue reading
