Once you pop …

Posted on 25 May, 201925 May, 2019 by David Meredith

My floral wreath doodle inspired by @minortismay on Instagram. Colours limited to the inks in the fountain pens I had to hand in the kitchen this morning. Just thinking about creativity this morning. Over the last few days, with one...Read More

Ouch … Feck

Posted on 11 May, 201911 May, 2019 by David Meredith

Thought I'd get a little whittling in this morning before breakfast but, in a careless moment (among many careless moments), I managed to ram a gouge into my index finger. Pretty annoying to be honest. There was quite a lot...Read More

Why?

Posted on 1 April, 201914 April, 2019 by David Meredith

I rarely ask myself why I'm doing this. You know, the creativity thing. But over the last few days I have been thinking about it a bit. Sometimes it serves as a distraction: something to divert my mind from thinking...Read More

Letterkenny doodles

Posted on 8 December, 20188 December, 2018 by David Meredith

I'm in Letterkenny. I drove up yesterday morning, examined yesterday afternoon and again this morning. Crashed out in the Radisson Blu hotel this afternoon and I'll be examining all day tomorrow, driving home tomorrow night. Sunday will be my first...Read More

Sonnet XVII

Posted on 20 November, 201822 November, 2018 by David Meredith

This is my favourite love poem.   https://vimeo.com/299621427   By the way, this is the luscious thing I referred to a little while back. I did the art work about five times and the voice recording about 25 times until...Read More

Koi

Posted on 5 November, 20185 November, 2018 by David Meredith

More tea bag art ... It's interesting how you can make different shapes from the tea bags, depending on how you unfold them. I've now got the knack of emptying them too, with the minimum of damage. Clicking on this...Read More

Art and Life

Posted on 14 October, 2018 by David Meredith

Sometimes things don't turn out as one would have liked them to, or as one imagined they might, or as one hoped they would. Most times it doesn't matter. Sometimes it does. Sometimes one learns from one's mistakes and doesn't...Read More

Wooden Spoon

Posted on 29 September, 201829 September, 2018 by David Meredith

Not a carving this time. A new entry in thebreakfastblog: Wooden Spoon, Blackrock. Tasty.

The beating heart of art

Posted on 22 September, 201823 September, 2018 by David Meredith

I took a trip to The Carpentry Store near Naas today. It's not that I was running out of wood. It was more that all the wood I have is thick and I wanted some thin stuff. I had tried...Read More