Tuesday 10 April 2012



An early 20th century rectangular hand painted ship's biscuit painted in oils with

a profile of HMS 'King Alfred' 1901 and inscribed 'A . MERRY . XMAS', 'H.M.S. KING . ALFRED'. The surface is varnished. 'King Alfred' was an armoured cruiser, built by Vickers in 1901.


Sailers craftwork, materials wheat flour 15mm x 102mm x 79mm

Information and image taken from National Maritime museum 

Friday 6 April 2012




Whispering rushes with moon 
acrylic on paper
18 x 12.5 cm
2011

Tuesday 3 April 2012



The then little village of Clanfield with the thatched well c1930


found photograph the archiver working in solitude

Black and white glass plate negative of "Saint Catherine's Chapel" ruins of a 14th Century Chapel in Saint Catherine's village, near Guildford, Surrey, taken on 25th February 1906.

image and information taken from the University of Kent, archives 



Cliffords Tower, York with figures blurred out 

August Sander