Trails and Connections

I was thinking about how we physically occupy spaces and the paths that we take as we move around them. Wondering about how they would look if we saw them. I decided to try and recreate it using thread. For a start I tried using thread to wrap around the furniture in a dolls' house, creating criss-cross paths. I think I will do some more on this idea though.

Dog man

I know this is a bad photo, but it's not often that you see a dog carrying a plastic bag ( Is it his poo in there?) and so I had to share it with you.

T-Shirt

I've been doing some T-Shirt designs, and here's a weird little one. I hope you like it. I've been wondering about where the word T-Shirt actually comes from. And though I haven't researched it all – no not even a sneaky little wiki – I have decided that it is probably because the shape the garment resembles a 'T', with the sleeves being the bar on the top, and the torso being the central column. Who knows? (That's a rhetorical device guys, no need to respond, because probably a lot of people do know).

Lavender's Blue 

Lavender's Blue Dilly-Dilly,
Lavender's Green,
When I am King Dilly-Dilly
You shall be Queen

Finding this photograph, which I took during the summer, inspired me to find out more about the history and uses of lavender. In fact, the word has an extraordinary etymology. And to find out about lavender harvest, I watched this video.

1914 In Belgium, Ypres – Carrying Straw towards the trenches

I found this postcard at a Flea Market in France, and was amazed. I had no idea that postcards like this were made; who sent them? Also, it is just so real to hold an object from an era that you read about in books. And to see soldiers in such an informal photograph, preparing their trenches, in 1914, it's actually awful. I just can't let go of it.

Living la vida Locust

Here's a weird little cartoon I drew, with love from me to you. Enjoy!

More Crucifixes

I told you, a while back, that I took a lot of photographs of crucifixes whilst on holiday – they became a visual motif in my photographs. Well, I decided to share a couple more with you. So here we go.