As a record of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, it’s fair to say that this blog is not a success. My physical surroundings haven’t changed much: life in the countryside goes on, the ‘journey’ to my studio involves walking a hundred metres or so up the garden, the kitchen cupboards still contain the remains of the winter stores (although I am getting a bit tired of lentils). The other stuff is, well, something else. And my ability to concentrate has been pretty poor as a result.
So, no regular updates on progress on the project; no regular photographs of progress on the project; no regular progress on the project.
But it is all coming together slowly, and should (I hope) be finished well in time for the extended deadline at the end of July.
To be continued …
In what seems like another life, but was only a month ago, I walked along the line of the Roman road above Rowen (North Wales) making research drawings for the last part of the course – “Using arts-based practice to explore a body of archaeological material” – in my case, using techniques derived from deep mapping projects to make paintings of the sites around Bwlch y Ddeufaen . Grand(iose) ideas and lots of plans for return visits to gather more information. Ha ha ha. The work is now 100% from memory.
But in a strange fit of prescience, I took photographs of closed gates and barbed wire …
Sitting here trying to concentrate, but having some difficulty (like everyone else at the moment, probably). As a distraction, here’s some ancient graffiti on one of the Stones of Stenness. The study of ancient graffiti has long been A Thing in archaeology; modern graffiti is of course pure vandalism. Or maybe not.
