Showing posts with label strange dolls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label strange dolls. Show all posts

Friday, 22 May 2009

Jamjar Cottage - Stepping into the Unknown

As soon as I passed through the doorway into the room, it was obvious something was wrong. Something strange had happened here - the floor hadn't been swept for years and there was no glass in the window frame. There was a view across the valley beyond the railway track.


The occupants had gone out, but had forgotten to turn out the lights. How do I know this? Was it my amazing powers of deduction? No, the light switch was in the 'on' position. I knew this meant something - they had left in a hurry!


Something nagged away at my mind. I put it down to my over-developed imagination, but I began to feel uneasy - very uneasy. And then I saw it. The leg bone of a cockerel with its fighting claw well defined. This was likely to mean just one thing . . .


To be continued . . .

Thursday, 9 April 2009

A BOOK ABOUT DEATH


I have just seen the latest post on Matthew Rose's stunning blog: A Book About Death http://abookaboutdeath.blogspot.com/. It details the project for 1,000 artists to contribute 500 postcards each to create an unbound book about Death. The exhibition will take place at the Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery in New York City this September. The latest post is reproduced above. I realise the image by Beth Robinson is disturbing, but it is also pretty fantastic work of art. For more on the exibition and some other thought-provoking pieces of work, visit the website. Please let me know what you think?

Also, you absolutely must visit Beth Robinson's website: http://www.strangedolls.net/ I can guarantee you will have never seen such, well - strange dolls in all your life. Remarkable!