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Wood 19 May 2010The wonderful season finale to Larry David's Curb your Enthusiasm asked "Do you respect wood?". And I have to say: yes, yes I do. On our teak sideboard you will find a Danish rooster – a device for offering pipe cleaners to your guests. (Strangely we don't have much call for pipe cleaning, so he displays a plumage of wooden chopsticks instead.) Next to him is our Pinocchio puppet – the work of Argentinian artist Juan Pablo Cambariere – with his cone nose and one extra long arm. |
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And this rocking new family is from Mirek Trejtnar – who runs the Puppets in Prague workshop where we learnt to respect not only wood, but chisels. In fact, I love wood so much that I have just designed a little wooden toy. But I need to find myself a lovely German Opa* to do some wood turning for me. Does anyone know someone with a lathe who like to adopt me? *It's not the age but the spirit that counts. |
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Back in Berlin 26 January 2010My sunburn is still peeling under layers and layers of warm clothes. |
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I love a sunburnt country 26 January 2010It is purely a co-incidence that I am posting these images from our trip back home on Australia Day. To be honest, the reason I have to post these now is that I have to put them behind me (lest I start packing and book the next available flight back). |
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Gold Coast, Queensland |
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Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
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Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
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Great Ocean Road, Victoria |
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Aireys Inlet, Victoria |
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Montville, Queensland |
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Townsville, Queensland |
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Brisbane, Queensland |
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Cedar Creek, Queensland |
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Paper Lanterns in Berlin 11 November 2009 There isn't anything I can say about the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the wall, that hasn't been said more eloquently by many others. But tonight I was walking along Unter den Linden towards the Berliner Dom, amongst a procession of children holding paper lanterns...and the cold air and the warm glow made me fall in love with Berlin all over again. |
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procession and performance
of Martin's Cloak
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The Giants Arrive in Berlin 05 October 2009 It's been a rainy few days in Berlin – the skies have been white and my giant hunting was often obscured by umbrellas. It was lucky then that the Little Giantess was wearing her raincoat. She greeted the Mayor and journeyed around the Rathaus in her boat, before precariously squatting by the side of the road and peeing. Another day we watched her Giant Uncle get hoisted out of the water in front of the Hauptbahnhof to a soundtrack of submarines and swishing water. Still in his deep sea diving gear he set off in search of the Little Giantess. In celebration of 20 years since the fall of the wall, the two were reunited in front of the Brandenburger Tor (but not before she peed in excitement once more). |
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23 July 2009 Art on the streets of Berlin. |
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14 July 2009 Our daily walk to the park revealed pink flowers, a snail for dawn and baby ducklings which made Mr Tom lick his lips. |
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Walter Womacka on Alexanderplatz 7 July 2009 One of the things I love about sharing my photographs and pictures here is that it forces me to do a bit of research into things I blindly love.
For years I have been admiring these incredible friezes on the buildings surrounded Alexanderplatz but only now have I discovered Walter Womacka.
How I did not know the name of the pre-eminent DDR artist is anyone's guess but now that I do you can be sure I will become obsessed.
The good news is that Walter Womacka is still very much alive and has a website. |
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This copper frieze is on the Haus des Reisens and was installed in 1971. It's called "Mensch und Raum" (Man and Space). |
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The mosaic "Unser Luben" (Our Life) is 125 metres wide and wraps around the Haus des Lehrers. It was installed in 1964 and renovated in 2003. |
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7 June 2009 Going on a ride around Berlin I collected some exteriors. |
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6 June 2009 The thing I love about Berlin is that there is always something waiting for me to find it. Today I took a slightly different route than normal and discovered the Museum of Letters, Characters and Typefaces. It doesn't exist as an actual museum yet - for now it is a room full of type waiting for a second purpose. |
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Step back from the windows and admire the building's surface. Everytime I see a dimensional facade I think of Sandy Simpson (one of our design lecturers who loved the Grrrrid). |
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