Here my newts

Did some great crested newts which are zinc etched and tactile.

Nico - I'm Not Sayin' (1965)

Love this song by Nico - how cool is she? and the video of her sitting in water under a bridge - phew fantastic stuff.

Immortalised in Stone

So at last we have the first project on the ground for the Caledonia Way. At Kentallen Norman Bissell's poem "A Mooring" has been carved into stone along the shoreline. David Campbell Stonemason worked all last week to get the stones all done before the really bad weather sets in.
The poem goes like this:
ON ROCK
Air clach
LICHEN CIRCLES
Cearcall Crotal
THRIFT QUIVERS
Neòinean-cladaich air chrith
BIRCH GROWS
Beithe a' fàs
WATERS RUSH
Uisge a' ruith
A MOORING
air acair
And here is the proof:

A pile of stuff has been happening lately. Workwise and otherwise. Tonight I have just finished a tender document - basically three days work in order to jump through the hoops of official speak - at least my tender document was a fraction of the length of the procurement document terms and conditions. These things are supposed to make things easier and yet they simply reward the companies who are able to read through the clutter of all this nonsense.


Been working hard on the west coast of Scotland projects. The Oban panels are done but they are still not installed - over a month and they are still sitting in a box in Oban somewhere. These panels are the first major pieces of work I have produced using the Stoneware Enamel process and they look georgeous. Here are some images of the artworks that make up the panels.

The images to the left are graphics based on each of the themes. Other stuff going on includes working with my group of Adults with Learning Disabilities on branding their project - Holder House Community Allotment. Tomorrow we visit Sunderland Winter Gardens to see what they are all about. More about this another time.

My guitar stuff is still on the go - got a new guitar - Yamaha Semi Acoustic.

Andy James visit is approaching and we are all getting ready for that.

Got to go now - more later.

Rose Li Long Form Extension

Rose Li Tai Chi Short Form

Oban Interpretation Panels

The Oban Shorefront interpetation is nearing completion - a three year involvement for me. Here is a pic of one of them being manufactured. There are seven in total and are all produced on Enamel Stoneware. ONe of them even has Audio - with Gaelic songs and poems. Watch this space for more pics of them in situ.