hexham #2

Another of those striking carvings from Hexham Abbey. I love the hat/hood that the person is wearing. And the miserable face; nice!
I'm on with printing some collographs.
I've discovered that one of my photos of rust-dyeing using a tin-can have been put onto a number of pinterest sites. Nicely, they have credited me, which is good.

And Wakefield Literary Festival will be here later in September. Looking forward to that.
Highlights for me will be the historian Michael Wood; the poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy; Paul Morley, and 'The North'; and John Cooper Clarke. Not necessarily in that order.
It's good to have things to look forward to.

hexham abbey

Hexham Abbey has some mighty weird medieval carvings inside the building. The one above is part of a series of about 8, which reminded me of Aztec sculptures. This one has 3 faces; 4 if you count the one like an animal at the bottom. My photos were taken using my phone; hence the strange quality. I tried with and without flash. The old problem; too dark without flash; too bleached out with flash. But it does give some idea of the strangeness of the carvings.

 A more conventional head/portrait.

And a rubbish photo of a sarcophagus. But the folds of her dress are identifiable.