GIANT MONSTER of a BIRD!

 A GIANT among BIRDS, the man-eating Purple Gallinul struck fear & awe in the hearts of all!

Even monsters need a holiday

 I found an old Dr Who character…and sent him on holiday.

I imagine his souvenir would be the actual building and his beach snack would be a small child..monsters are still monsters even in their holiday hats.

Giant Monsters..........................Le Curse De Monstre Moggies!

The lighthouse keeper should never have kept that large crate of catnip that washed up on his rocks that day!

giant-monsters: Elvis fan from 20,000 fathoms.

Theme Of The Week.........................Giant Monsters

Our son Archie suggested this theme as he's in the land of giant monsters Japan at the moment and sees them depicted everywhere. Kaiju are "strange creatures" and include such well known monsters at Godzilla, Mothra and many others too numerous to mention. Make up a new monster or "strange creature". Have fun!

Travel Broadens the Mind -- and if Magritte had thought of a Motoring Holiday...

 

Travel Broadens The Mind....................Problems At The Air B&B

" Hello? My room is very gloomy with this oppresive wall paper and there seems to be another tenant doing his exercises on the furniture. Also the bed is on fire!"

TRAVEL BROADENS the MIND...

...especially when you are Trudy who wears a Pineapple Hat to remind her of that lovely trip to Tahiti.

travels-broadens-the-mind: Fly Tudor Airlines.

Travel Broadens The Mind...................................Means Of Travel

Travel Broadens The Mind ..........................Noah's Bus

From the archives.

Travel broadens the mind

 Archie and Meriel and her family are travelling around Japan this month..so with a nod to Japan here is my collage.. (we are staying home and looking at the photos they send daily.).

The page was already torn…so I added some space travel.

Theme Of The Week..................Travel Broadens The Mind

Sorry for the late start. A senior moment among so many! Travel is this weeks theme. Where have you been? Where are you going? What did you see there? Have fun and bon voyage!

HOMAGE to Mark Pawson ... Potential Badges

 I had a lot of fun going through old magazines to find images contained within circles.

Then came the real challenge...cutting them out.

I think Mark might have found some interesting enough to make a badge of.

(P.S. I have been waiting to use the background from a mid-century interior design magazine advertisement for either floor tile or wall covering, can't remember, cut it out awhile ago!)

Books , badges and T-shirts.............................More from my sketchbook

T-shirt designs.

Badge designs. I would normally get Mark to make these up for us but as he's not here anymore Peter Quinnell has offered to make some which is jolly nice of him.

Homage to Mark Pawson

 I found this a lot harder than I expected.

I have always loved Mark’s work and his small artist books.

His plug wiring diagram book was always a favourite of mine and I always saved my plugs wiring diagrams to give to him one day…

So here they are…along with a basket of plastic babies and garbage patch kids, which Mark also collected.

He left us far too young…1964 - 2025.

Books , Badges and T-shirts......................Badges and T-shirts (Line Up)

Collages from my sketchbook pages.

books-badges-t-shirts: T-Shirt Sale!

Books Badges and T-shirts................................Badge Designs

From the archives (1990's) Collaged designs on a grid sent out by Mark. I posted them to him to make into 1 inch pin badges. He usually did 100 very quickly and cycled over from Hackney in East London to deliver them and collect payment and stop for lunch or dinner. Most of the badges were sent out with mail art works or for projects we did at the time. Some were for Hazel's "Lucky Bags" that were sold at the V&A shop and various other places.

Theme Of The Week...................Books, Badges and T-shirts (Homage to Mark Pawson)

Our old mail art chum Mark is no longer with us sadly. If you don't know his work look him up. A genius at making and selling books and all manner of underground artifacts. A collector of Konks, plastic babies, pop art ephemera of all kinds. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

cooking-up-a-storm: One I Made Earlier / Catch a Falling Cake!

Cooking Up A Storm.........................Old King Coleslaw

COOKING up a STORM -- Gladys immersed herself in salad...

 ...to preserve her slender shape.

Cooking Up A Storm...........................Energy Foods

Dinners served.

 I made the frog one first but then decided I wasn’t entirely happy with it so made the star fish one..

It kept me amused…I think the little girls face says it all.

Theme Of The Week...........................Cooking Up A Storm

This weeks theme is food and and cooking in all its many forms. We have recently discovered the delights of the air fryer so have been enjoying fish fingers and burgers cooked up in record time. Hoping this will save on the gas bill! We shall see. Anyway - have fun!