Marc Dion

While I´m knocking about in Cusco and doing little creative stuff, I find myself needing to absorb myself in the works of others. I have a great interest in displaying and cataloging similar objects and just find his work delightful. While I was living in Dundee, he was hanging about at some point working on an exhibition and was using the same print studio I was, in the DCA. I never met him, but I saw all his prints drying on the racks and just wish I´d robbed a few now (kidding of course)

A warning to the Curious!

I just today rediscovered a film I havn't seen and had been searching for, for years, over 17 I reckon. Though to save ridiculing my research skills I should make it clear that this wasn't a dedicated research by far!, it was just a lingering desire to find this film again.

Part of the problem was I had the title wrong, good start eh? I realised the title was infact 'A warning to the Curious' and not 'the three crowns' - Three crowns feature in this film, that was what misled me and I was relying on the observation skills of my 12/13 year old self also, as I only saw it once.

When I saw this, it really disturbed me. I had by the way, been watching other horror films like 'Jason Lives' and Nightmare on Elm Street, so I wasn't one of those girls who freak out so easily, I was pretty hardened. The memory of this though really did the job of any really good ghost story, it stayed with me and haunted me. The film is actually a TV film for the bbc, and on rewatching, its a bit shoddy and cheesy here and there. It was made in the late 70's and I think the grainy quality adds to the unease I experienced while watching. The story is also set in east anglia, where I am from. I enjoy making these kinds of connections.

It also turns out that the story was by a Victorian ghost story writer called M R James, the Victorian origins pleasing me of course. Heres a link to a short clip:

http://youtu.be/x-GRi2FOdxM

My excitement while watching again was suddenly dampened in scene 4 by the appearance of non other than Richard Bucket from bloody keeping up appearances, I forgot he was in it, he plays some bloke in the corridor.

Goya etching

Beautifully Morbid

http://youtu.be/4ma4qEq9_28
Heres a link to a short film which is really just a collection of victorian stills photography and some moving images of excavations of Victorian graves. Its all very morbid and in some instances very tragic, but there are some incredible images which totally amazed me. Worth a watch if you like this sort of thing!

There are I should say lots of cheesy atmospheric shots of crows flying about the place and misty castles, which kind of discredit this film. Just try to ignore them! and the really depressing poetry captions that pop up..

Hand Drawn Floral of my own design

Because my style is very traditional and fairly tight! People often assume these designs are ripped right out of a decoupage source book of some kind or that they are imitations from other existing designs. This is not the case!! and its because I put so much work into this stuff, that I need to repeatedly make this point. Of course my work is inspired by 17th/18th century botanical prints, but its all my work. More details of my processes will be included on my website which is very nearly there...

Mouse Necklace!

While working in Boda Bar on leith walk, I spotted this guy in the bar playing with a mouse. Its his pet and he brings it out with him most places he goes, not sure why, maybe to attract strange girls like me!
I made a bee line for him and asked if it was indeed a mouse he had in his hands! It was and I asked if I could play with it.. please bare with me, I know how this is sounding, but as the above photo validates, it was a real mouse and I got a shot with him.

recent printing