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Embroidery disguise
A quick-ish disguise for a 5p/dime-sized permanent pen stain on my shirt. Blends in a little bit more than before.
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The back of Brzeska
The back of a piece by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska at the Tate Liverpool as part of the DLA Piper Series: Constellations. Neat to see the backs of some major artists’ work. Remember: MUST BE STRAPPED.
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Claude Parent at the Tate Liverpool
Another favourite part of the 2014 Liverpool Biennial, Claude Parent’s La colline de l’art in the Wolfson Gallery on the ground floor at the Tate Liverpool.
Particularly enjoyed the way the light was diffused and altered for works with very reflective surfaces or cases.
I really enjoyed Liechtenstein’s Moonscape, a screenprint on iridescent blue plastic. It seemed smaller and more experimental than his more famous pieces, and more reserved. You walk up a long ramp in Parent’s space to reach the piece and end up viewing it on a raised platform, a dead-end and the highest point in the gallery. That’s where I took the iffy panorama above. The photo doesn’t do it justice, but hopefully it gives an impression of the extent of Parent’s architectural intervention within the space.
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YSP side-by-side
No, we don’t take every single guest to Yorkshire Sculpture Park… Why do you ask?
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Graphite drawing of Yorkshire farmhouse
Part way through a commissioned drawing of a Yorkshire farmhouse. Finished it back in May, was a lot of fun to do a detailed piece of drawing again.
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Mark Bradford at the MCA Chicago
Impressive installation by Mark Bradford at the MCA Chicago in 2011. Great space, great work.
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Mari-esque desk
Making an Enzo Mari-inspired desk back in late 2010.
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Henry Moore signature
Henry Moore’s signature, the mark of Bildgießerei Hermann Noack and a little sheep poo on one of Moore’s bronze sculptures in Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
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First reported railway death
What a sentence! Never forget the Right Honourable William Huskisson MP, possibly “the world’s first widely reported railway casualty”. People just don’t write tributes like they used to, eh? Just one of the many treasures in the National Railway Museum‘s warehouse.
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Unicorn sans horn
