Feeling Bookish II

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My last post mentioned a beach find of a mobile phone:

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Found at Church Norton May 2018

When I took the phone apart, I found a lovely rusty circuit board which I found intriguing and knew that I would use it someday.  It  s time has come!

Small Book
Small book II

I made tiny pages using papers made on a course “Experimental Batik” with Hetty Van Boechout.  These were just the colours I was looking for to complement the rust and verdigris of the circuit board.  The reverse is formed from another part of the phone.  The finished piece is tiny but beautiful to me!

Holy Island

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Whilst on holiday we made our second visit to the wonderful Holy Island otherwise known as Lindisfarne.

Lindisfarne Castle
September 2018

It’s a busy place, even out of season as we were, but a very special one.  Visits are determined by the tide and many people head straight for the castle and priory missing the incredible beach.

Nobody much on the beach
Love Lindisfarne

I knew from a brief visit last year that the old boathouses were very photogenic

The pink boat house Lindisfarne
Pretty in pink

But this trip I found some lovely close up shots which provide great inspiration for some textile or other work

 

And some others for work in paint or mixed media.  I usually work in earth colours so these will make a nice change.

 

Minimalist 1
Minimalist 2

What to do with what I’ve found

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We recently had a long holiday in wonderful Northumbria.  Such a beautiful County – the least populated in England – we met many friendly locals and were blown away (almost literally in a gale that took my husband’s prescription specs into the North Sea!) by the stunning beaches … and by the almost total lack of tourist litter on them.  One day we came across a party of schoolchildren who regularly beachcomb for rubbish – a marvellous initiative.

I did go to two locations (given to me by friends on a Beachcombing Facebook page) where I found some of my sort of treasure.  One of these was Seaham in County Durham – a shrine to sea glass collections from all over the world.  Glass is not “my thing” however – my tastes are altogether less pretty ….

Brass nails
Blue cuff
Leather and fishing line
Oh Oh Oh
Canvas bag
Unknown object
Shoes
A collection of rubber and canvas

Having now washed and catalogued my finds, the more difficult task is to decide what happens to them next.  As you will see above, one item suggested a face straight away but, as I do not usually work in a representational way, I shall have to see what else comes to mind!

Feeling Bookish

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I was recently looking at my various finds and decided that a piece of old number plate reminded me of a book cover.  I rubbed it down and set about making a paper book to go inside.

 

Number Plate found Bracklesham Bay
Large Book III

The bound book had covers made from prints and I added a fishing line and weight in colours to match.  However, I was not happy with this – I felt the interior needed to be made from found objects to match the cover.  I had a rummage and found some suitable fibreglass pieces.

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“Large book”

My next book project will be to make a mini book using part of this found mobile phone part as the cover ….

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Is it a painting of an object or a “painting”

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I recently attended the last of three “Alumni” days at West Dean College.  There were 13 students all working on their own projects and two tutors were on hand to guide and support us in our work.  My passion is for found objects but I struggle with how to move them on in an artistic way when I consider them to be beautiful in their own right.

A year or so ago, I found a strip of seaworn rubber on the beach:

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