Robin’s knee got replaced (definitely both a science and an art). So filling in time between predicted events and their non-occurrence made space for all sorts of things… This, at Ambika P3, a favourite place […]
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viewing the past
Hannah organised a visit to the print room at the Ashmolean in Oxford – primarily so that Gwyneth could see their Samuel Palmer drawings, but also because Hannah had discovered that they held a wood […]
chewing gum man
Crossing the wobbly bridge after seeing Mira Schendel at Tate Modern with Jane H (a lovely show, and far more interesting that the publicity had promised) found this treat… Ben Wilson, aka chewing gum man, […]
serpentine 2
… and this is the other half of the ‘synthesis of old and new’, also designed by Zaha Hadid. The extension is, it seems, only a smart restaurant and has no visual connection to the […]
serpentine 1
To the new Serpentine Gallery extension – the Sackler Gallery – where Jake and Dinos Chapman have an exhibition. It’s very varied, and has some lovely things (as well as being pretty dark, as expected). […]
a day at the seaside
Down to Ramsgate on the train with Sandy to visit Veronica, and Darcy Bristle, who eats anything in her range. It was like picking up where we left off some thirty plus years ago working […]
weird underground
An Artangel project by Daniel Silver in a huge building site on Grafton Way – once an Odeon, now a development site belonging to UCLH. The Chinese terracotta army aren’t Chinese, and the Roman busts […]
bird houses and other delights
As part of the London Design Festival, digits2widgets in Kentish Town opened their doors to the public. Totally fascinating technology, and a really impressive approach to its use. No trash here, just really inventive design […]
sloth?
Where do you put a pom-pom on a sloth that has only a body, an intestinal appendage and a spiral appendage? Or nine pom-poms?
sloths
Judith has sent me a picture of the sloth parts, all ready for assembly. It’s a project by Nicholas Pope. Comforting to read that if you knit one yourself ‘… don’t expect the same results’.