more from our man in Finland

  our man in Finland enjoys the cold - he's heading out to the Hokianga where things are warming up.

kete / kemp house / keri keri

Some of this country's finest kete are on show until the 29th of November at the historic Kemp House

in  Keri Keri. I have been privileged to see them up close and personal and it is only as I have begun

to delve into the story of their making ( for a piece that I am writing) that I realise just what goes into

their making: harvesting the fibres, processing them, weaving them  with patterns of meanings and history.

In an industrial age where everything is made in multiples - it is humbling to see these one off pieces stand their ground.

Photos by Robert Ueberfeldt.

skullduggery

Ever since some designer ( probably McQueen) lifted the skull motif from the goths in the nineties - this  stark emblem of death has remained in the fashion scene.
                                            

You'd have to literally walk over my dead body before you'll see me in one ( I must have lived in Italy too long...non si scherza!)  but I thought this lady made the theme look sporty and cheery. 

Can you imagine?

                                         

out postin'

Preparing parcels and and letters to send off this morning I wanted to  visualise their destination.

Topographic patterns reveal the difference between hi and lo density areas.

I wonder what earth's overall percentage is -

From top -Westmere, Auckland

 followed by :

North London

Outpost Hokianga, Rawene

Asti, Italy

Salamanca, Madrid.

                                     

gallery floor talk

 

a really good talk given by the artist Barbara Strathdee-

attendees -    Mrs Gillian McGrath, Mrs AnneMarie Booth and Amaru, Mr Chris Booth (right),

Mr Alistair K Lambie munching into a deluxe asparagus roll.