This is a ‘show and tell’ I took part in yesterday. We were asked to bring along some images and talk about them, so here goes: it was dark in the hall and I forgot my glasses so I couldn’t read my notes properly, so this is an…
Tag: rust
Every year, I post an image a day for the Advent period for my friends and followers on Facebook. This year, most of my images are beach related as that’s my favourite haunt in my spare time, but I hope to include some of my favourite rusty artwork…
I am always on the lookout for “accidental paintings” – usually old wooden or metal surfaces showing the effects of age or decay. This is a metal barn door in North Chideock, which recalled the abstracts of Lyme Regis artist Chelsea Davine but with considerably less effort on…
February was a poor month for photos (dreadful weather and lots of commitments), but I did find another planet for my planetary series on the beach at Lyme Regis. (Mimas is a moon of Saturn which has a very large crater named after the astronomer William Herschel, who discovered…
As regular readers will know, I’ve got a bit of a thing about rusty debris on the beach (and anywhere else come to that…) I’ve been collecting circular objects (mostly by camera rather than taking them home) for a few months now, and a solar system theme has…
The East Beach at Lyme Regis has been a real treasure trove of rusty goodness over the past couple of years. A municipal tip, sited atop the cliffs, was in use from Victorian times till the middle of the last century, but with the inevitable coastal erosion, it’s…
Old and new, gold and silver, East Street by the Literary and Scientific Institute, Bridport. A welcome diversion on the way to a dental appointment. I was attracted by the contrasts in this little still life – the corroded antique railings, the modern sheet steel hoarding, the railings…
This year’s offering to my Facebook friends for the festive season. Inspired by a book of rust, corrosion and concrete that I made earlier in the year.
I have a great fondness for old ramshackle buildings, and Southwold Harbour in Suffolk is a fertile hunting ground, with its abundant fishermen’s and boat sheds in various, glorious, states of dishevelment. Tarred wood, corrugated iron, paint and dusty glass combine to make lots of little cameos for…