saving Istanbul?

This means I can simply transfer the original Turkish blog to a new site

Postcards for my Father

A chronological string of postcards that I sent back to the family home, mainly in 1988.
Covering all places visited and commentary.
Based mainly around Archaic Archaeological sites starting in the West of the country and ultimately ending up in Istanbul.

Postcards for my father.

Existing in a page of it's own.

I spent a sizeable chunk of my time whilst in Turkey renting an apartment in Sultan Ahmet, Istanbul. In a local, fairly conservative Street which held a Wednesday market.

It is very different now, full of identical tourist restaurants, it is after all close to the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia.

Which is why this blog is based around Istanbul.

Everywhere was like spokes on a wheel pointing out from Cankurtaran – the actual area where we lived.

It started with a travel grant for Anne to study ancient Archaic Greek sites – this gave us the chance to have a reason to go visiting out of the way places. A reason to actually be on a lane in the middle of nowhere and also the need to communicate with (very) local people. A very good way of getting the feel of a different culture.

Unfortunately,

At the time, my father was dying of cancer.

Apart from phoning as often as I could, I sent postcards home from every place we stayed. Which started to branch out more and more as we covered all the out of the way sites which had to be dealt with.

This is a chance to lay them out (as it were) chronologically with some of the observations printed out as were written on the back.

They are covered on a separate page, along with some photos from the sites. I've put them in a cage, so as not to interfere / confuse /muddy the waters.

My Books

An optimistic set attempting to cover all my note and sketch books, starting with my second sketch book cover which I was banging out ideas whilst at Chiswick polytechnic, in the very late 60's.

 

 

2001, From Egypt at Christmas.

Two introduction inscriptions are better than one.



First thumbnail

Margaret Street, including the writing of a thesis. "Unbelonging"
Then up to The Start of "Inside St Martins"

2002 Harry's Bar

Work for @ show at Margaret Street.
also ideas for "Inside St Martins"
Doodles from Corfu.
Initial ideas for the x-ray factory.

Quite a Catalystic productive year.

2003, The X-Ray Factory.

Page a Day Diary.
Including Notes on the throne room.

2004, Diary.

Electric cover.
Still pretty well ensconced in the X-Ray factory, with the end of that project gradually hoving into sight.
Plans for the "Live / Work" project.

Heartlands Hospital designs, for a childrens art garden, in which kids could wait whilst in for consultations and appointments.

2007, arathi
27-11-07

Starting with a lovely two week excursion to Kerala,
With a lot being done in Kovlam, Including takes on portraits from the Raj

Start of the "Culturaly Correct" website.

Perry Barr mural notes.

Open studio Gt Tindle St (including "Spirits need Homes".

Colour notes from Mithian, Cornwall, staying at John Thorleys.

initial layout for a community mural in Erdington (that never took off!)

2008, The Ladywood Studio.

"The argonauts"
With preface by Demir Belli in Istanbul .

Reflections on the mural painting process as it went along.

2011, Red Italian Diary.
Start of early Blogs
Postcards from the cube
Ladywood studio work, incorporating the royal wedding

The Poster

The card

Notes for a painting of the Royal Wedding

2012, Winter.

Pub Signs
advent Calendar,
Dog kennel

2015 notebook

Yehudi

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2001, From Egypt at Christmas.

2000, The Yellow Book of Lists.

Digital posts lists.

2000, Digital Course.

Margaret Street.

1999 Lago di Garda.

 a collage book from a holiday just prior to starting a M.a. course, at Margaret Street Birmingham. 

1998, "Johnny Eidetic"

1979 winter Canton.

Knights.

 

1978 Connecticut.

Before and after India - a compendium of years.

 

1978 Adamsdown, Cardiff.

"Totaly Personal" - (I'm going down) 



 



Songs with Colin Browne



Design for a stone circle



From Jeff Beck's "Rough & Ready"



 

 



The End of a blue Caravan



1978 Pope Road

 

 

 

 



I'm not old, I'm as young as the sky



Drivin' to Pembrokeshire with Tony Wright & Richard Cooper



 

 

 

 

1977 L.S.A.



Earlier thoughts on Spriggy Tokes

 

 Three Portraits from Sue Macleod


John Hosking

Bob Meecham

Tony Wright



1977, January, Bromley



Application form for London Surrey Arts.
A group put together with Bob Meecham, Tony Wright and John Hosking. We had a few shows together in round about this format in the seventies.



London Surrey arts
Beginnings of Spriggy Tokes

Aberdeen

Ravenscourt Park and Kelsey park, on separate sides of London.



1976 Ethelbert Road, Bromley.



Possibly the first book with the spine painted white, I had a few of them and had to do that in order to find them.

"Inside and Out"



Possibly the first drawing of the Douglas fir up on the moor at Shipping Hill, now sadly blown over.



Sue Macleod up in Ethelbert Park



1975, Shipping Hill.

Plastic folder.

1975, Beckenham.





Sue Macleod



Ravenscourt Park, Shepherds Bush

 

 



Beckenham



 

 

1972, Epsom.

The first Golly Book.

 a huge bedsit is ashtead, Surrey, with a small white globe light shade which looked "just like the moon"
I sat down to write with Tony Wright mainly because I had just bought the beautifully large lined note book. But also because we felt we ought to - sum up our emotions, explain why, explore the seasons etc.

and then, I never stopped.

 1968-69 Chiswick Polytechnic.Using an art book I was given in Latymer.

I didn't achieve much academically at Chiswick (understatement) apart from playing drums doing art A level and running the student's mag from a Gestetner printing press.