Muddy Bikes

Yesterdays' walk around a part of the coast where I live, brought me upon a wonderful sight. This small mountain of tangled and mud encrusted bikes had been dredged from the bottom of Marine Lake (New Brighton) which is being redeveloped.


I had seen them heaped up whilst still in the lake. I was so disappointed at the time not to be able to get close enough for a good shot due to the security fencing. I was delighted then to happen across them again, now relocated to the bank of one of the dips*.









My camera has been playing up for some months and although OK at these resolutions, they are not as sharp and in focus as I would like them to be. I am currently methodically going through different permutations of settings and hardware to try to pinpoint the problem. Is it me, or the camera/lens?

I had forgotten how much fun it is, to just mess about in Photoshop.

*The dips are large rectangular grassed depressions sited along Kings Parade. These were created when earth was removed to create the embankment and sea defences in the first half of the 20th Century.

China Book

When I saw my friend Kristina on New Years' Eve (she lives over an hour and a half away by car yet it was only a twenty minute visit - long story) I saw some Chinese newspapers laying around. I immediately thought I could put them to some good use and was inspired to make this tiny book to start with. It is only 5.5 x 5.5cm and there isn't a great deal of the newspapers in evidence, but I'm working up to something a bit more ambitious. I've almost completed a companion for it so maybe one will be winging it's way to Kinmel Bay as a thank you.

The 'back'

Music Bird

During a visit to the Bluecoat Design Centre in Liverpool today I saw a small paper 'sculpture' of a bird, roughly life size, created out of sheet music. I would credit the artist but didn't see a name. I was so taken with it I came home and made my own version.


Mine is less refined and could do with a few visits to the gym, but otherwise I am happy with him. I had been to Editions Gallery to pick up a photograph of mine that had been in their Winter Open Exhibition. Had it sold maybe I would have bought the original.