Polaroid

When my first son was born I used a fabulous way of capturing his baby years....polaroid film. It was instant, and captured those magical moments of babyhood, then the pictures faded, his little features were bleached out and I lost my memories . However i felt about losing these precious memories I still see them in my minds eye when i look at the faded photographs, memories are polaroid coloured. When I heard that Polaroid are no longer making the film I panicked, i got out my old camera and bought some discontinued 'unsaleable' film. I have bought possibly the last of the old stock and find that every photo I take has got to be precious.........I can't make precious photos, I may lose them again, so I have been 'snapping', and find that each of the pictures taken have a glow of memory already imbued by the polaroid process.....I am so sad that the film will not be made anymore

I have been on a short break to Prague. I really enjoyed it and think that I will have to return to have a look the things I know I didn't get time to see. The two most exciting places for me were the toy museum and the folk museum, I would have bought books from both places but they were all in czech ....

these are some of the faces from both museums, I have got many more photos and may put them up here, but most of them will be on my flickr pages.

into the ether?

I have just discovered that there are still mail art fiends out there in the world, I shall give it another go. Previous experience has shown me that I should expect nothing back, no sign that the post has been received, or even the swaps that are promised but thats OK, I quite like that a postman has taken a fancy to it, or that it is stuck down the back of a cupboard, or even heaven forbid thrown into a bush by a lazy posty...:-)
This call amused me as it was specifically about thumbs. I had done a small painting of thumbs last summer so I have copied it onto a postcard and sent it off....if anyone else reads this and would like to give it a go.... the deadline is June 30,2008 and the address is
Thumb!
c/o J. Desmond
PO Box 2287
Lake Isabella, CA 93240
USA

PS.... put name and address on it too, and email/website..
PS

circus

circus
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

I am losing my edge....this too has too much sweetness about it. I chose a scary clown face, and anticipated that it it would make a much edgier subject.....this will not do, I am going to have to get drastic with it. Or......perhaps working in small boxes is not for me?

a travelers tale

a travelers tale
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

another one of my new boxes. I had this in mind for a few days, but was not sure how to execute it. I find that if I wait around too long to make something all the freshness goes. I think I may return to this subject as this has a touch of sweetness that I find a little boring, I will try and find a bit more 'edge' in the next one,but as far as it goes I am quite pleased that I found all the little pieces to make it.....its nearly there.

more type and numbers

I have been buying more stuff that really has no use except it makes me happy. I love the hand drawn numbers on these little enamel signs.
Ihave been looking at all the stuff I have in the drawers in my studio, trying to convince myself that one day I will use them, but I know I just like having them around.Some pieces will make it into my art,like the 27 in my previous post, sentimentally I saved these from my sons first house, but they are only ordinary numbers....aren't they?

Making some boxes

Making some boxes
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

cheap cheap box frames.....and I have the urge to fill them. I will do some of these for my open studio this year, they will be small and cheap enough to take away on a whim.
I don't know when I will have the open this year as the group open doesn't seem to be happening, so I will choose sometime in the summer when I wont mind sitting around the studio....