Monthly Archives: May 2012

It’s Complicated

Posted on May 30, 2012 by hamer the framer

Jazmin Velasco is fascinated by all the paraphernalia of printmaking, particularly vintage presses and letterpress printing blocks. Her studio is full of all kinds of mechanical devices for producing multiple images and she loves to mix up the various techniques. … Read more…

An Allotment Alphabet

Posted on May 28, 2012 by hamer the framer

Greg Becker has been documenting the triumphs and trials of a vegetable gardener by keeping a visual record, now collected into one book of educational, meditational and inspirational drawings. Greg’s book requires Adobe Flash Player. Apologies to iPad & iPhone … Read more…

Hatfield Forest & Hatfield Broad Oak

Posted on May 26, 2012 by hamer the framer

This is one of my favourite trees, an ancient Hornbeam pollard at Bush End Plain, an area of wood pasture in Hatfield Forest. This place has been grazed by cattle and sheep for at least 1000 years, and these trees … Read more…

Tunnel Of Love

Posted on May 25, 2012 by hamer the framer

A young couple, framed by trees, walk the line down the tunnel of love, a two mile long section of railway near the town of Klevan in the Ukraine. A train runs down it three times a day. They’d better … Read more…

To Old Harry

Posted on May 23, 2012 by David Hollington

There is something addictive about the Dorset coastline, I just can’t get enough. It always surprises me with its twists and turns and steep promontories.

Rowley Raffle

Posted on May 19, 2012 by hamer the framer

Christopher Corr has very kindly donated this portrait of Jolly Jack Tar to Kai at The Rowley Gallery, to be raffled in aid of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Kai spends a lot of time sailing on the Thames at … 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…

Alde Valley Spring Festival

Posted on May 16, 2012 by hamer the framer

The weekend before last we went up to Suffolk to visit the Alde Valley Spring Festival. It’s at White House Farm in Great Glemham where barns and out-buildings are used to display local crafts and artworks. Appropriately Jelly Green‘s lively … Read more…

Mysterious Wisterias

Posted on May 15, 2012 by hamer the framer

At this time of year I always remember Lowell George and the line about ‘mysterious wisteria’ from his song 20 Million Things.

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”.

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