Big Eilidh
Big Eilidh
Celia
Logart
My Winter lockdown walks in Hackney
Nicky
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No more frigging Arctic digging No more drilling, burning, killing Back off fracking, tar sands, coal Leave alone our pristine pole Off-shore gas - a wicked plot Designed to plunder Earth’s precious pot Of finite riches; who knows what Dread ecocide, dread genocide Lie ahead? So in our Age Anthropocene Stop the sacrilege obscene, Done for love of filthy lucre; Think instead of mankind’s future |
Grace
Father's Day
Joy
Dusk
Mick
Happy ever after
Naked
Brexit
Pippa
Credo
I believe in leaning in and listening up and looking out;
I believe in the dog sat on my feet while I cook;
in the rituals of hot water,
in coffee - on the balcony or in the kitchen,
or at Solstice Services with a chocolate twist;
I believe in speaking up especially when they
shout you down; in being Spartacus
and Lisa Simpson, Joan of Arc and Mary Poppins,
in sitting down in front of tanks;
I believe in going through with the walk despite the rain,
in pulling rabbits out of hats, in Sunday roasts and cups of tea
and singing in the car - on the way there and on the way back;
I believe in stirring up and stepping back,
in smiling through and clapping loud;
I believe that cinnamon buns are love made visible,
that 21 isn’t too old for a Christmas stocking;
I believe in magic and firesides indoors and out,
in mercy, in kindness, in second chances
and in this hand beside me,
in this warmth, this face
beside me.
In love.
I believe in love.
Star
You have come this far
you have kept the faith
and done your best
to be a star
for someone, a guide,
a friend, an ally in the quest
to make it through
and do the things we’ve have to do.
You’ve kept a smile going
positivity going
kept your heart open
and your arms, your mind
open, vulnerable, you’ve tried
so hard and sometimes
given in, curled up, cried
then wiped your eyes
and dusted down and carried on.
You have come this far
and will carry on
but take a pause,
some time to sit, to walk
laugh, feast, and talk
and laugh some more.
Know this, my friend,
you have spread light
in a dark year: thank you
for all that you are.
You have done well,
learnt well, loved well,
come so far.
Just like a star.
I believe in leaning in and listening up and looking out;
I believe in the dog sat on my feet while I cook;
in the rituals of hot water,
in coffee - on the balcony or in the kitchen,
or at Solstice Services with a chocolate twist;
I believe in speaking up especially when they
shout you down; in being Spartacus
and Lisa Simpson, Joan of Arc and Mary Poppins,
in sitting down in front of tanks;
I believe in going through with the walk despite the rain,
in pulling rabbits out of hats, in Sunday roasts and cups of tea
and singing in the car - on the way there and on the way back;
I believe in stirring up and stepping back,
in smiling through and clapping loud;
I believe that cinnamon buns are love made visible,
that 21 isn’t too old for a Christmas stocking;
I believe in magic and firesides indoors and out,
in mercy, in kindness, in second chances
and in this hand beside me,
in this warmth, this face
beside me.
In love.
I believe in love.
Star
You have come this far
you have kept the faith
and done your best
to be a star
for someone, a guide,
a friend, an ally in the quest
to make it through
and do the things we’ve have to do.
You’ve kept a smile going
positivity going
kept your heart open
and your arms, your mind
open, vulnerable, you’ve tried
so hard and sometimes
given in, curled up, cried
then wiped your eyes
and dusted down and carried on.
You have come this far
and will carry on
but take a pause,
some time to sit, to walk
laugh, feast, and talk
and laugh some more.
Know this, my friend,
you have spread light
in a dark year: thank you
for all that you are.
You have done well,
learnt well, loved well,
come so far.
Just like a star.
Aileen
The Bilston Mission
The Bilson Mission: experiment with corrugated cardboard, November 2020. This is a chapel on the street where I live - one of the many "tin tabernacles" of the Forest of Dean.
Gorse at Woorgreens
Gorse at Woorgreens watercolour and acrylic, April 2020. The gorse was in full bloom at the beginning of the first lockdown and the bushes glowed a dazzling yellow in the sunlight (and the sun shone every day). Yellow is the colour of joy!
Still life with Pogo's Collar
Still Life with Pogo's Collar collage, rubbings and cardboard, November 2020.
Large coil pot
Large Coil Pot (currently awaiting biscuit fire), July- August 2020 I love building coil pots - I find it an almost meditative process. I'm working on a series of large coil pots each devoted to different trees and this is my homage to the majestic Beech tree - most beautiful in spring and autumn. I have now added a scraffito design and I intend to experiment with different oxides and glazes before I decide on the final combination.
Liz
These pictures of plants growing out of concrete were inspired by my sister Marie. She ran a creative writing project with a group, on the streets of a suburban estate in France, on the topic of resilience. This gave me the idea of wandering the streets of Brighton, finding places on pavements where plants had found a way to grow through the urban landscape, refusing to be concreted over. Enjoy the photos, the snippets of text are part reality, part fictional.
This is a slideshow - click on the arrows in the top right corner to navigate through the images
This is a slideshow - click on the arrows in the top right corner to navigate through the images
Neil
Online spaces
Marquee shapes used
PowerPoint art
The six pictures in the first exhibit are made entirely using shapes in PowerPoint.
The second exhibit lists all the shapes used to make the winter marquee.
The fabric of the marquee is made from just three shapes – shapes 206 and 137 for the roof and trapezoid 138 for the side facing this way. The arched windows are made out of groups of shapes (52, 61, 70, 79 and 193). Each bulb and holder is made up of three rectangles and three ovals (for example group 506). The bulbs have been given coloured shadows to make them glow. Semi-transparent shapes have been used to create the light spilling out from the windows.
The six pictures in the first exhibit are made entirely using shapes in PowerPoint.
The second exhibit lists all the shapes used to make the winter marquee.
The fabric of the marquee is made from just three shapes – shapes 206 and 137 for the roof and trapezoid 138 for the side facing this way. The arched windows are made out of groups of shapes (52, 61, 70, 79 and 193). Each bulb and holder is made up of three rectangles and three ovals (for example group 506). The bulbs have been given coloured shadows to make them glow. Semi-transparent shapes have been used to create the light spilling out from the windows.
Bonnie
Kathy
Field of blue
Meadow
I like being creative but find actually drawing really difficult so have set myself a challenge to do a short 10-15 mins of sketching each day. That way if I don't like it it doesn't matter that much. And I can try something else the next day. I don't manage it every day but have still done loads more drawing than ever before!
Anon
Lockdown driver wanted
My dating app sends me 24 men a day,
But they’re somehow not right, or live too far away.
I’m really not fussed if they’re ugly or plain,
If they’re fat or they’re thin, as long as they’re sane.
A lot want to travel, well, I don’t, that’s true
And some are too sporty by far, in my view,
But a nice cuddly chap with some joy in his head,
Who can drive, owns a car, and is smashing in bed,
A man who enjoys life, a real optimist
Is the one with whom I’d like a tryst,
Someone that I can chat pure nonsense to,
Who’s thoughtful and warm, there must be a few,
Someone just normal would help me to thrive,
Or failing all that, I want someone who’ll drive.
My dating app sends me 24 men a day,
But they’re somehow not right, or live too far away.
I’m really not fussed if they’re ugly or plain,
If they’re fat or they’re thin, as long as they’re sane.
A lot want to travel, well, I don’t, that’s true
And some are too sporty by far, in my view,
But a nice cuddly chap with some joy in his head,
Who can drive, owns a car, and is smashing in bed,
A man who enjoys life, a real optimist
Is the one with whom I’d like a tryst,
Someone that I can chat pure nonsense to,
Who’s thoughtful and warm, there must be a few,
Someone just normal would help me to thrive,
Or failing all that, I want someone who’ll drive.
Deborah
I’ve taken WFH to the next level, by working from bed. Although by mid-morning I have transferred to my desk, where I have just created my own art gallery. Spot the 3 Kathy Rowland’s and the Claire in the Community calendar. Work has been intense; Priti Patel and co at the Home Office see no problem in having destitute asylum-seekers living on the streets or couch-surfing during a pandemic. ‘Stay at Home’ obviously does not apply if you don’t have a home.
Blakers Park in early morning frost
Audley
The Filthy Bank Manager
Well this is our Welsh version of Extinction Rebellion’s Money Rebellion. A sort of Situationist Theatre of the Absurd in Carmarthen town centre drawing attention to investments and climate catastrophe. Barclays really take the lead in investing in oil and gas etc ($118 billion 2016-2019 and in 2019 the worst bank globally for Artic oil investment.) No surprise there; shades of South Africa. One thing led to another and I got the Chaplin boost with my father’s City bowler and rolled umbrella from the 70s! About 2 hours or so. Many locals thought I was the bank manager! We hope that this can be rolled out a bit. We also have Penguins, Arctic Fox and Polar Bears with a Shabby Old Naturalist. Priceless when the Penguins flip flop into the Bank and queue to ask “is it true what we hear?” Act now as if your life depend on it.
Anna
Horse lips
Challenging 2020 also brought long-planned move to the countryside - for now the fabulous Ashford Hangers. My lockdown treat is a woodland walk to feed small apple pieces to grazing horses. Who knew a horse's velvet muzzle in the palm of your hand could be so comforting?
Simon
Men's Group
Dance
Party
Pregnancy 15 yrs old
These 4 paintings come from times of elevated or heightened experience. Times not easily forgotten or forever remembered. 2020 be the same although exactly what kind of painting it would make, right now, I’m not sure…
The Committee
Small Festival planning meeting
