Wednesday, 24 June 2026

My art attempts

I recently went to an exhibition of work by first year art students. Some brave work, and several pieces I'd happily hang on my wall. I recalled that I've dabbled with art, getting nowhere. Here's just about everything that I didn't throw away. It's all well over 30 years old. I don't recall the titles, some of which may have been better than the pieces themselves ...

I recall trying to make the kink near the top of the male figure on the right look both like a mouth and a neck

Battersea power station

2 pictures of Venice, interleaved

Bristol, traced from a photo of course

Here's a painting of the same scene

A fired maquette in the style of Henry Moore - a reclining figure

Monday, 8 June 2026

Around Cambridge, UK

I used to borrow from Cambridge University library. I miss it.

Here's where old punts end up, submerged under a bridge on Coe Fen.

The Milton society had a yearly ritual of burning Eliot's works.

The seasonal wheel is caught being half-dismantled.

A sign telling people not to park their bikes.

Until recently the engineering department still used chalk-and-talk - lots of serious maths.

A sign from the engineering department.

Another engineering department sign.

From the Zoology department. Ants communicate using body fluids.