December 2009
15 posts
Interesting blog - The Blended Lifestyle
The author, Briony, describes it as such:
“I yearn for a rural lifestyle, getting earth under my fingernails and putting funny-looking delicious veg straight from the earth onto the table. I’d like to get my honey from bee hives rather than squeezy bottles, my milk, yoghurt and cheese from a goat rather than plastic packets that I throw...
Printing and Wood Engraving
For 2010 I intend to get into doing some wood engraving printing
First port of call would be Chris Daunt whose website is full of useful information, plus he sells prepared wood blocks.
Then Simon Brett’s book “Wood Engraving, How To Do It”, or have a look at this online book with an introduction by Eric Gill
Then over to TN Lawrence to buy some tools, and maybe McClains for...
Britain and Ireland’s Best Wild Places: 500 Ways to Discover the Wild
by Christopher Somerville
Map
Watch
In no particular order - best films of the decade
moby
Boxbird
Hove based gallery for affordable prints & original art works
Sally Elford
Dee Beale
Fanny Shorter
Ruth Green
WatchThe Alps (via Vimeo)
BBC Radio 4’s Open Country
From Shetland to the Scilly Isles, Open Country travels the UK in search of the stories, the people and the wildlife that make our countryside such a vibrant place. Each week we visit a new area to hear how local people are growing the crops, protecting the environment, maintaining the traditions and cooking the food that makes their corner of rural Britain...
Coming to the end of.....
Nature Cure by Richard Mabey
In the last year of the old millennium, nature writer Richard Mabey fell into a severe depression. For two years, he did little more than lie in bed with his face to the wall. He could neither work nor play. His money ran out. Worst of all, the natural world - which since childhood had been a source of joy and inspiration for him - became meaningless. Cared for by...