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Around the world in eighty arty farty cafes

Posted on 25 July 2013 by beckybendylegs

Inspired by my musings about whether cafes can provide inspiration, I decided to list some of the most arty farty cafes around the world, some of which have been nominated for by friends, others being just famous for being arty … Continue reading →

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‘Do It’ yourself art?

Posted on 22 July 2013 by beckybendylegs

Yesterday I managed to persuade my family to accompany me to the Do It Exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery which I’d stumbled across on the BBC Website a while ago. I wanted to try to get them all engaged in … Continue reading →

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Arty Farty Cafes

Posted on 19 July 2013 by beckybendylegs

This isn’t going to be about art, as such, but I had a random slightly-arty thought today while in my favourite ‘cafe for being alone and arty in’. I have a number of cafes in town that I like to … Continue reading →

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One, two, three DRAW!

Posted on 18 July 2013 by beckybendylegs

In February I took my children to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and they seemed to be fairly uninspired by what they saw, with the exception of Helen Chadwick’s piss flowers, which made them giggle. Later that week … Continue reading →

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The sweet lady

Posted on 12 July 2013 by beckybendylegs

Yesterday I was in Newport visiting my mum as it was her birthday. As we were browsing the charity shops, as we do, we came across a brand new art gallery. Most of the paintings in there were quite traditional: … Continue reading →

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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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