Notes
“Every morning I’m up and in the gym early then out to see the pigeons.”
(Mike Tyson in Pigeon Keeping with the FT: Mike Tyson, Financial Times, 2012)
My second weekend is approaching at SSW. I’ve taken the time between my last visit so think, draw and measure sketches for the sculpture as I’ll be focusing this weekend on cutting my wood in preparation for beginning to assemble the piece.
Other research has included listening to a Radio Scotland documentary The Men of Birdiehouse, a half-hour program featuring the pigeon fanciers who live on Birdiehouse Road in Edinburgh (unfortunately no longer available on BBC i-Player).
I’ve also leaned that the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world Mike Tyson loves pigeons, pigeon fancying and pigeon racing.
Working titles: Gentler Passion | Undisputed Heavyweight Gentler Passion
