Category Archives: Science

Mark Making, The Zen of Seeing, the Byzantine Monocondyle and the Seven Bridges of Königsberg

Posted on November 30, 2018 by

Warning: really long blog coming up. (I had to do a really long poetic walk this time). The quote opening my blog of 29 August was from  The Zen of Seeing: Frederick Franck. Intrigued, I sent for the book. In parallel … Continue reading →

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A Titanic Love Affair, Horse Chestnut Husk Dye and Mordanting with Moses the Chemist

Posted on October 15, 2018 by

My titanic love affair has little to do with those 12 sprogs/pre-Olympian gods of Uranus, less still the ill-fated ship of that name. I’m in love with the oxalate of a mineral element,  Titanium Oxalate (C4O8Ti) which is a new … Continue reading →

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Look What Turned Up in the Garden – Common Stinkhorn

Posted on September 24, 2018 by

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 →

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Taking a Walk in Negative Space

Posted on November 29, 2017 by

I’m attracted to  artworks damaged in the making process. When trying to figure out why, I’ve focused on the word damage. In looking at this on the left – a damaged eco collograph of some  elm leaves – it came … Continue reading →

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First Art from Beyond The Great Transition: Eco Collographs with Healing Sumac and Turmeric, Light and Emily Dickinson

Posted on October 2, 2017 by

Picking up from where I left off before The Great Transition – which has taken all of six months and still living in some chaos – I was very happy to find a few hours to make a batch of … Continue reading →

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Melvyn Bragg on Richard Dawkins

Posted on March 31, 2017 by

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Below the Line and Back of the Cosmos – Some Eco Prints on Watercolour Board

Posted on February 12, 2017 by

I have art papers and supports of every kind and in every size, just about. Examined under a microscope, some will be found to be dusted with the sands of Dubai and Grand Cayman, the Isle of Sheppey, the D-Day … 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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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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One Square at a Time

Posted on June 30, 2016 by

There is a lot of weather going round at the moment, physically and metaphysically. Since I’m talking about squares, forgive the play on words, though the round in my first sentence ought really to be around. Poetic licence. There is a deal of … Continue reading →

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