It’s the 185th anniversary of the fire at York Minster on 20th May, 1840 and here’s a print to mark the occasion!
The 185th Anniversary of the York Minster Fire of 1840
Category: Art
Sandsend, Yorkshire / Thomas Girtin (1802)
The old bridge at Sandsend, painted in 1802 by Thomas Girtin. Image taken from Yale Center for British Art’s catalogue.
A Yarn-bombed Postbox in Malton
In Malton yesterday I happened to stumble across this rather fabulous Easter-themed yarn-bombed post box just outside of Malton Post Office. Anyway, here are some photographs of it before the April showers soak it through and wreck the yarn.
Continue reading “A Yarn-bombed Postbox in Malton”View of Heath Street by Night / Atkinson Grimshaw (1882)
A somewhat moody piece for these dark December nights – Atkinson Grimshaw‘s View of Heath Street by Night.
Visit York Art Gallery
The autumn trailer for York Art Gallery. The William Morris exhibit looks like it should be interesting.
Autumn Fattens Fish and Ripens Wild Fruits / Takeuchi Seiho (1925)
1925’s Autumn Fattens Fish and Ripens Wild Fruits by Takeuchi Seihō (1864-12-20 to 1942-08-23)
Bop Spotter
Bop Spotter is an interesting little curio; take an Android phone, set it to run Shazam on a loop, and then hide it somewhere (in this case San Franciscos’s Mission district) with a solar panel attached and suddenly you have the the culture-tasting equivalent of ShotSpotter, generating the unique soundtrack to a particular location. San Franciscos’s Mission is, of course, a very particular environment with a distinct feel too it, so it’d be interesting to see how it would contrast with other locations around the world – though I do suspect that most would end in the brief bang of a controlled explosion.
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Concept Art / NASA (1973)
A lovely spot of concept art from what became July 1975’s Apollo–Soyuz mission.
Via NASA.
Gamera vs. Zigra, 1971
The rather lovely (and incredibly kitschy!) poster for 1971’s Gamera vs. Zigra.
Current Mood
Right now, a foot or so of snow – and the deep quiet that it would bring with it – feel tremendously attractive.