Following on from his initial outline of the project, David Bickley continues with some news of progress in the production process. The brilliant, hard-working Adrian Rodda has finished our epic verse for this unique audio visual project and production continues at a “fair auld lick” (despite the weather!). This poetic endeavor seems to have started…Continue Reading “OLD GODS (The Tinners Way), production update”
Over the coming months we intend to include some of David Bickley’s work and this outline of his current project is an introduction to him and to his approach to working in Cornwall. Shooting Dalla in Morrab Gardens 2016 Nyns yw gonisogeth tybyans stag – yma edhomm dhedhi a vos gwedhyn, linyel ha…Continue Reading “OLD GODS – An audiovisual exploration of Cornish geology, people, place and story”
Maureen Adams (née Sandercock) of Lostwithiel has put proverbial pen to paper to portray her famous Cornish artist ancestor, Henry ‘Ardmore’ Sandercock, but as she says in her family connections section at the end, “I have no idea what relation that makes him to me!” Henry was baptised on the 24th February 1833 in…Continue Reading “Henry ‘Ardmore’ Sandercock – Cornish Artist”
Self-taught artist Maureen Crofts displays an exceptional talent and we are delighted to display here just a few of her amazing creations. The light and atmosphere in Cornwall enticed me to try painting. I started with watercolour pencils, had lots of fun and wanted to try another medium. I painted scenes of Cornwall in acrylic…Continue Reading “Mixed Mediums”
In another article on present day Cornish artists, Rebecca Jaswinder Leest of St Agnes brings us a collection of her atmospheric paintings entitled “Luminaries and Lanterns” (Springtime 2020) Luminaries and Lanterns is a collection of illustrations which connects the Mundane World of the 2020 lockdown, with an escape route to a mysterious Underworld. A place…Continue Reading “Luminaries and Lanterns”
Emily Thornhill explores the past realities and human history of Cornwall in her second article for Cornish Story entitled ‘Sacred Places’. In this photographic essay she looks at the remains of pre-historic times within the landscape in the form of megalithic sites. The purpose and use of such places has always been a mystery to us…Continue Reading “Sacred Places”