Monthly Archives: June 2013

Yarn bombing – the award for Britain’s Best Yarn Bombing Town goes to?

Posted on 27 June 2013 by beckybendylegs

Since I expressed and interest in yarn bombing I have been sent photos of a few examples of recent yarn bombing. Firstly, I saw a photograph on Facebook of this one in Stafford, which appeared in the entry I wrote … Continue reading →

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Absence as presence on the bedside table?

Posted on 26 June 2013 by beckybendylegs

Last year I collected together photographs and descriptions of the mantlepieces belonging to family and friends. This came after talking at college about collecting and being inspired by Rachel Hurdley‘s article about mantlepieces as a reflection of the self and … Continue reading →

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The optical illusion house

Posted on 25 June 2013 by beckybendylegs

A BBC News item came my way today and it just screams for a blog entry. Argentine artist known for playing around with perceptions of reality, Leandro Erlich, was commissioned recently by the Barbican to create a new installation in … Continue reading →

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Artists who use ordinary things to make extra-ordinary things

Posted on 19 June 2013 by beckybendylegs

I found this quote today: The banal, the quotidian, the obvious, the common, the ordinary, the infra-ordinary, the background noise, the habitual? […] How are we to speak of these common things, how to track them down, how to flush … Continue reading →

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Guerrilla crocheters of the world unit!

Posted on 18 June 2013 by beckybendylegs

Oh I just love the BBC News website for introducing me to the weird and wonderful world of weird and wonderful people. Today’s excitement came to me during a moment of idle browsing when I came across an article about … Continue reading →

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The scientists who follow cats…

Posted on 13 June 2013 by beckybendylegs

Tonight’s Horizon on the BBC is about cats, what they do and where they go. I have always been fascinated to know where our own cat goes at night (not far, I suspect, she’s not the most active cat). I … Continue reading →

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My latest favourte artist

Posted on 9 June 2013 by beckybendylegs

Being a fan of depicting the ordinary in interesting ways, I have been introduced (not literally of course) to British artist George Shaw. As soon as I saw some of his artwork on the internet I fell in love with … Continue reading →

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Playing with the Lego man for real

Posted on 7 June 2013 by beckybendylegs

A few weeks ago I took my eldest two boys to see a ‘Lego-tastic’ talk and demonstration by the one and only (previously mentioned in this blog) Duncan Titmarsh (the only UK Lego-certified professional). Ohh we were very excited about … Continue reading →

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Monday morning’s interesting news

Posted on 3 June 2013 by beckybendylegs

Browsing the BBC News website over bran flakes today and I come across this really interesting news item. The piece of street art the article is about, ‘Slave Labour’, was painted by graffiti artist, Banksy, on the side of a … Continue reading →

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