Showing posts with label north east photographs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label north east photographs. Show all posts

Monday, 2 May 2011

Out and About

You may or may not have noticed but I have not posted any blogs for a while as my daughter and husband came up for a visit. We had a lovely time and went to a few different places and saw things such as the door knocker above at Durham Cathedral. We saw the strange creature below at the Hancock Museum in Newcastle. The museum had changed a lot since I last went, there is now a large model of Hadrian's Wall.
Another day we went to Tynemouth where there is a castle on the cliff top.
After visiting Tynemouth we went further up the coast to St. Mary's Island

On the day before leaving us, we went to Kielder Water & Forest Park. The park has a lot of sculptures to see, some better than others. The viewpoint below looked like a boring shiny yellow shed from a distance but was very interesting once we got to it.
We also liked 'Mirage' below. Five hundred pairs of shiny discs hang high in the trees, reflecting light and glittering.
And the weather was good, stayed sunny & dry, I'll not say it was hot as it was quite cool at times, but it was great for April. If you want to see more I will be putting some photos on Flickr.

Saturday, 22 August 2009

Harry Hotspur

A page from my North East sketch book. The horse is a statue at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland with Sir Henry Percy [born 1364] or Harry Hotspur as he is known riding. Alnwick Castle is also famous for another Harry - some of the Harry Potter films were shot there.

Friday, 21 August 2009

North East Sketch Book

Castles in the North East
[transfer laser prints, photo transfer, text, laser print, paint]

Thursday, 13 August 2009

Queen of the North

Mixed Media. Layers - photographs of the North East printed on sheer fabrics and layered. The queen is the angel of the north with a new head. Machine embroidered and beaded and then applied to a white painted canvas.
One from the 'Illusions of the North East' project with Vervey - EXHIBITION now at WITHAM HALL GALLERY Horsemarket, Barnard Castle, DL12 8LY Thurs 13th — Wed 19th August 2009 10.30 am — 4pm