Light::Life

Posted on 13 April, 202028 January, 2023 by David Meredith

https://vimeo.com/406496952 By and large the weather has been fantastic. Until I had a small domestic accident on Saturday, I had been taking advantage of my tendency to wake early by going for lovely morning walks. Setting off at about 6.15,...Read More

ManBearPig

Posted on 6 January, 20206 January, 2020 by David Meredith

"Half man, half bear, half pig." (Al Gore, South Park, S10, E6) It's the Epiphany. You know, the 12th day of Christmas, the day the Magi arrived with their gifts. Nollaig na mBan. Anyway, whatever. It's time to catch up...Read More

Dreams

Posted on 29 October, 20197 January, 2020 by David Meredith

I started this dreamcatcher at the weekend by wrapping a metal hoop with a flat yarn and creating the web with some string that has a fine metallic filament running through it which makes it sparkle when it catches the...Read More

Gin

Posted on 28 October, 201928 October, 2019 by David Meredith

But I have several excuses/reasons. In any endeavour, you go through periods when you just don't feel like it. When your motivation evades you and indolence takes hold. Those are precisely the times when you've got to keep going. It's...Read More

Catching Up … again

Posted on 23 October, 201923 October, 2019 by David Meredith

This ISN'T mine but I love it. It's on a wall on Bishop Street, near what used to be DIT and is now TUD. This is just a catch-up post really. I've been doing bits and pieces. Nothing very ambitious...Read More

Who needs wool?

Posted on 7 September, 20199 October, 2019 by David Meredith

Granny squares, Christening shawls, baby hats. I think crochet has an image problem. How about crochet for men? Using man materials. Man-chet. Rrrrrrr! I had some paracord left over from a previous knotting project so I had a go at...Read More

Tetley Tea Folk

Posted on 29 August, 20199 October, 2019 by David Meredith

A painting on a round teabag popped up in my Instagram feed recently. It was really well done: a dark background with a boat seen from above. Actually, I mentioned it before. It was the inspiration for my rowing boat...Read More

Doodling, Distractedly

Posted on 20 August, 20199 October, 2019 by David Meredith

It's that 'back to school' time of year, when people take a deep breath, gird their loins and get ready for the return to term time routine. It's not my favourite time of year, to be honest. I love the...Read More

Ikebana

Posted on 28 July, 20199 October, 2019 by David Meredith

Christine bought me a book on wabi-sabi, a Japanese concept concerning finding beauty in imperfect, old, repaired or broken things. There's a lot more to the concept but that's it in shorthand. In an early chapter, there was mention of...Read More

Playing with Matches (and other things)

Posted on 18 July, 20199 October, 2019 by David Meredith

Years ago, I saw a cute idea on Tumblr and saved it. I haven't been on Tumblr for ages but I went into it the other day to look at something embroidery-related and found the thing I'd saved. The idea...Read More

Onwards

Posted on 25 June, 201911 October, 2019 by David Meredith

There are a few more poppy-related things in progress but there are a few other ideas around. The Rathgar horticultural show is coming up. It's Christine's gig really. She enters and wins baking competitions each year. One of the competitions,...Read More

Hung

Posted on 27 May, 201927 May, 2019 by David Meredith

Yikes-y time with a ladder but Edward was standing by to catch me, and hand me things. Anyway, it's up. I want to decorate it with butterflies and I painted a few this evening. I'm not sure about them though....Read More

Damn! Oh, hang on …

Posted on 25 May, 201926 May, 2019 by David Meredith

I spend much of my working life suggesting to young people that they slow down. Poetry, prose and drama all benefit from careful pacing. You speed up, you lose the opportunity to interpret and to really communicate with one's audience....Read More

String Theory

Posted on 23 May, 201925 May, 2019 by David Meredith

I'm currently conducting an involuntary experiment in creativity and sleep deprivation! I, let's say, 'ingested' a herbal supplement yesterday evening that had the unintended consequence of keeping me awake all last night, this on top of a poor night's sleep...Read More