Category Archives: Aesthetics

Drawing-in the Withdrawn – Drawing in Meta-Meaning Mode

Posted on May 9, 2017 by

“I am an excitable person who only understands life lyrically, musically, in whom feelings are much stronger than reason. I am so thirsty for the marvelous that only the marvelous has power over me. Anything I can not transform into … Continue reading →

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Kathy Hays’ Eco Print Video Workshop and Experimenting on Raw Silk from Koza Han

Posted on February 9, 2017 by

I keep writing about Kathy Hays’ video eco print workshop in my recent experiments with eco printing and natural dyeing, so I thought I’d post a You Tube video taster of the workshop. In my next blog I’m going to … Continue reading →

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Rorschach as Poetry: A Suite of Eco Prints on Watercolour Paper Postcards

Posted on January 28, 2017 by

Another experiment using in part a technique (creating mirror images) from Kathy Hays’ video eco print workshop. Instead of silk fabric, I’ve used a book of watercolour paper postcards whose blank faces have been awaiting activation for a couple of … Continue reading →

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Art Quotes I Like and Why: Picasso Takes an Idea for a Walk

Posted on December 13, 2016 by

“I begin with an idea … and then it becomes something else.”   Pablo Picasso I like this quote simply because to know that I have the same mindset as the most influential artist of all time is encouraging. I … Continue reading →

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Just a Thought: No 1

Posted on December 1, 2016 by

An odd thought sometimes drops into that maze of neurons between my ears, so I’m thinking it might be a good idea to write these oddities down in blog form, as a more dynamic – interactive – way of recording … Continue reading →

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Taking a Red Cabbage (and an Apple) for a (Low Calorie) Walk

Posted on November 17, 2016 by

With apologies to Paul Klee for misquoting his famous definition of drawing (that it is … taking a line for a walk). This is a red line that’s been taken for a walk. Well, … more like a spin. A … Continue reading →

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In Praise of Slow

Posted on November 9, 2016 by

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”  Henry David Thoreau Here’s another from my latest batch of eco prints on silk. I took the batch outside to photograph. I thought how well this print looked … Continue reading →

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Art Quotes I Like and Why II: Yayoi Kusama and the Polka Dot

Posted on October 16, 2016 by

“A polka dot has the form of the sun, which is a symbol of the whole energy of the world and our living life, and also the form of the moon which is calm … Polka dots are a way … Continue reading →

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Weybourne, Roger Ackling and Transfiguration

Posted on October 10, 2016 by

I wrote recently about my discovery of the late artist and teacher Roger Ackling. An article about Ackling in Resurgence & Ecology magazine had intrigued me; it was a review of a book –  Between the Lines –  memorials and … Continue reading →

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The Artist who Drew with the Sun; the Meissner Effect and the Apostle Paul

Posted on July 27, 2016 by

The Artist who Drew with the Sun is the heading over an article in Resurgence & Ecologist magazine. The artist is Roger Ackling, who died in 2014. Excerpted: “One does not have to know how to bring meaning to one’s life: searching is to bring … Continue reading →

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