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Slow quilting

I now have a Museum Association pass, and wishing to exploit it, I found myself paying a speedy visit to the Quilts exhibition at the V&A. This was coincidently the same week that I had a go at quilting myself, using the cut off ends of brown trousers and a Singer sewing machine from Lidl.Continue reading “Slow quilting”

Old English architecture, as seen

Ice cold dip on Jurassic Coast

Lib Dem Charity shop

Took a day trip with friends to look in charity shops in Hastings on the South Coast, known for second hand bargains. We found ourselves in the Lib Dem Charity Shop, appropriate as at that moment Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg was in discussions with Conservatives and Britain was awaiting an answer as to whoContinue reading “Lib Dem Charity shop”

Polling station

Britain’s polling stations. A school hall, a church hall, a sign outside in black text on cheap white paper. The booths are tacked together flimsey hardboard and unfinished 2 by 1. The voters mark the papers using pencils tied to the booth with string; a vote is a simple big cross, that you may seeContinue reading “Polling station”

Voting for talent

It seems that there will be a big turn out at the General Election tomorrow. We have seen the candidates debate the key issues live on TV. Its the first time for party leaders, but we are already comfortable with this format. We have become hooked on casting our votes for contestants on reality TVContinue reading “Voting for talent”

White paint

I went to two exhibtions at the Tate Modern, Arshile Gorky and Theo Van Doesburg and noticed one thing in common with their paintings. Rather than leaving the neutral colour of the paper or canvas visible, they painted it in. If they wanted white they painted white, in oil or gouache.

Forms on fossil beach

Industrial forms spotted whilst searching for fossils on the Jurassic coast in Dorset, similar in shape to the fossilized ancient sea creatures that were were hunting for.

Performance, handling & glide

Words used in descriptions of both cars and razors in consumer magazines.

The Aquatic Ape idea

I like the idea of the Aquatic Ape. It is not a mainstream one and unpopular with experts in human evolution, on the fringe, unproven and unresearched. It goes something like this. Our ancestors lived on the shores of warm seas, around 6 to 2 million years ago. They spent long amounts of time inContinue reading “The Aquatic Ape idea”