This month's theme has been buildings. Yet again I haven't been out anywhere to take new photos so I searched the archives for some photographs.
I quite like taking pictures of parts of buildings as you will see.
For the summer we are going to take part in this Summer Photo Scavenger Hunt.
Thanks for joining me today
Bernice
Have you heard of the app what3words? To quote the website: 'We have divided the world into 3m squares and given each square a unique combination of three words.' It's quite amusing - although it does have serious uses. Amusing because if you walk around your house different parts of your rooms have a different 3 word list. And the words are so random!
I had been thinking about mapping my life and returning to places I'd lived and taking photos. However the teacher training college I attended has since been demolished and I'm not keen on taking photos of other people's houses without permission. And no way was I knocking on people's front doors! So I hit on the idea of using what3words.
However, as I mentioned each house is divided up into 3 metre squares so it was pot luck which combination I ended up with. And time consuming to go through each 3m square to find a pleasing set of three.
Then it struck me!
Why not make up my own three words for each place based on my life or memories. So that's what I did. These aren't all the places I've lived and I'm not identifying them here.
Baby. Child. School
Church. Bus. Lawn
Bungalow. Job. Mini
Mortgage. Property. Vodka.
Commute. Pub. Divorce
Lodgers. Rowan. Future
Marriage. Masters. Baby
Retired. Admin. Travel
It's actually quite hard to sum up parts of your life in only three words. For example, the last three words cover 33 years. Some of the things I came up with required 2 word answers eg empty nest. So I stuck to the challenge I'd set myself and therefore lots of areas of life got cut out.
What 3 words would you come up with?
Thanks for joining me today.
Bernice
This week I took part in another zoom session of Notice What You Notice. I talked to Christine about the grid of grids I made last week and she suggested trying it on translucent fabric. It's really difficult to photograph!
Anyhow! I put an old map on the table, stretched a piece of polyester organza over it, and taped it up with masking tape.
As with the one last week I started with indigo acrylic paint.
Added tape and printed with white acrylic.
Added more tape and printed with Payne's Grey.
I peeled the tape off carefully.
It had occurred to me that the fabric might stick to the map due to the plasticity of the paint. However it peeled off easily. However very little of the paint went through to the map.
Here's the painted fabric.
I put the masking tape onto a large sheet of paper and cut it into 7cm strips. I shall probably make them into a zigzag book. What else!
