Category Archives: This & That

A Book By Its Cover

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Andrew Walton

There is something about books of a certain period that I find special. This book cover is for a novel from my grandmother’s youth though not owned by her. I bought it in a junk shop some twenty years ago. … Read more…

Boyz In The Wood

Posted on February 28, 2013 by hamer the framer

I was just reading Melissa Harrison on the lifelong benefits of outdoor play and it seemed the appropriate moment to dig out this scruffy old photo. There seems to be a lot of concern about nature defecit disorder, a term … Read more…

Port Meadow

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Andrew Walton

Dear Chris, As mentioned here are a couple or so photos and two sketchbook pages of bird images. I could write for a thousand pages about Port Meadow. I’ve been there ever since I was six years old. It floods … Read more…

Apocalypse Now (Or Maybe Tomorrow)

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Will Smith

So we’re all looking forward (in no particular order) to Christmas, The Mayan ‘Apocalypse’ 21/12/12, The Euro Apocalypse / the imminent Bond Market collapse, the next high flying celebrity to crash and burn, the next Flood, the first nuclear war, … Read more…

Tea For Two

Posted on October 10, 2012 by hamer the framer

The Mermaid Café is Jonny Hannah’s ideal music venue. You can call in for a coffee or a beer, or the house speciality carbolic milkshake, and share a table with Joni Mitchell whilst you listen to Woody Guthrie or Slim … Read more…

Dom’s Big Leap

Posted on September 24, 2012 by hamer the framer

This is Dominic. He’s a picture framer. You’d never guess! But on November 4th he will break free from the constraints of conformity and for a few brief moments become a crazy vertigo defying stuntman. All in the name of … Read more…

Metamorphosis

Posted on July 18, 2012 by hamer the framer

One day a man from over the hills came into the shop to buy a greeting card. He was a graceless man of few words though he did say the card was for his sick mother, but the words seemed … Read more…

Atlas Of Remote Islands

Posted on May 18, 2012 by hamer the framer

At home we just had builders and decorators in the house. They tore down ceilings and knocked down walls. We were reduced to a couple of rooms for a while and to escape the dust and the mayhem I discovered … Read more…

The Night Life Of Trees

Posted on May 14, 2012 by hamer the framer

Last month my daughter gave me this book of magical trees for my birthday. It’s a collection of hand-pulled screenprints on black paper, bound by hand into a gorgeous book where, according to John Berger, “the nightingale sings until morning”.

My Life As A Tree

Posted on March 6, 2012 by hamer the framer

Last summer on holiday in Catalonia, we visited Girona where we chanced upon this striking installation by Àlex Nogué. It occupied one room of a small municipal exhibition space, Bolit-La Rambla. It consisted of 28 sheets of paper with ink … Read more…

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