This phrase evolved over time. Its origin is attributed to John Milton's 1645 poem L'Allegro which includes lines addressed to Euphrosyne, one of the Three Graces of Greek mythology:
Come, and trip it as ye go,
On the light fantastick toe.
Collaborative traditional cut and paste (scissors and glue ) collage blog with a weekly set theme.
Saturday, 30 April 2022
Thursday, 28 April 2022
Thaxted May Day Custom...Dancing around the Damson Souffle.
Ideal choice of theme for May Day Bank Holiday weekend. Thaxted uses the last of their damsons to make a souffle... If the souffle doesn't rise the year will be cursed...as you can see this year the Souffle is perfect. The Morris Dancers celebrate by waving their Damsons in a merry dance.
Wednesday, 27 April 2022
This Week's Theme: Dance
“Will you, won’t you, will you, won’t you, won’t you join the dance?”
- The Mock Turtle’s Song
Waltzing, Jiving, Twisting, Pogo-ing or simply letting it all hang out to the music. Collage the Light Fantastic.
This is my last theme week in April but I don't mind continuing for May if that's okay. - Ron
Monday, 25 April 2022
Sunday, 24 April 2022
Friday, 22 April 2022
Wednesday, 20 April 2022
Theme: Normal Life
For this week, I’m going to pinch one of Grayson Perry’s recent Art Club themes and go for “Normal Life”.
Collages welcome on the humdrum, the commonplace, the day to day etc. - Ron
Tuesday, 19 April 2022
Saturday, 16 April 2022
Inventors & Inventions: John Spilsbury (1739-1796) British Cartographer is credited with...
...coming up with an educational tool in 1766 to teach geography. He affixed a world map to wood and carved each country thereby creating the first jigsaw puzzle!
Sensing a business opportunity, he created puzzles on eight themes -- the World, Europe, Asia, Africa, America, England and Wales, Ireland and Scotland.
Friday, 15 April 2022
Thursday, 14 April 2022
INVENTORS & INVENTIONS: The Grateful Dead did not have much use for Goodyear's discovery
Charles Goodyear (1800-1860) was an America self-taught chemist and manufacturing engineer who developed vulcanized rubber for which he received a patent in 1844. He is credited with inventing the chemical process to create and manufacture pliable, waterproof, moldable rubber.
Inventions.
This is the result of a happy accident…page 663 was ripped and revealed the page behind…they matched up so well I just added a couple of my ubiquitous light bulbs and Bob’s your uncle….Fanny’s your aunt.
Wednesday, 13 April 2022
Theme: Inventors & Inventions
Collages welcome on the above - real or fictional inventors and inventions.
Looking forward to your paper & glue “Eureka!” moments. - Ron
Tuesday, 12 April 2022
Monday, 11 April 2022
Sunday, 10 April 2022
Saturday, 9 April 2022
Thursday, 7 April 2022
Pairs
John Finemore does a comedy sketch where a man from the 1890s is asked how many horses he has..
He replies “I have a horse and pair”
To which his friend replied …”so you have 3 horses”
Wednesday, 6 April 2022
Theme: Pairs
Over to me for April's themes. Thanks to Michael & Hazel for the fine subjects over the last few weeks.
For this first week - Collages featuring “Pairs” - that go together well (or not so well)- Thunder & Lightning, Flotsam & Jetsam,
Salt & Pepper, Tom & Jerry etc… not forgetting of course - Paper & Glue! Good Luck, Ron.
