Harry jonas

“I am no longer an artist, interested & curious. I am a messenger who will bring back word from the men who are fighting to those who want the war to go on forever.
Feeble, inarticulate, will be my message, but it will have a bitter truth, & may it burn their lousy souls”
Paul Nash - 1/2:

The BSL during Finland was sensational #Eurovision

“The cross itself is filled with a complex interlace design and the ring which circles the cross is divided into three bands, separated by projecting borders; each ring is decorated with further interlace. The upper part of the cross shaft is decorated with four bands of plait-work.” Archaeological sites of the Isle of Man guidebook. Andrew Johnson & Allison Fox

#Lonan Old Church, #IsleOfMan

#Manx cross of early 10th Century.
1.65 metres high.

The stone stands in a slot cut in a large stone lying on the ground.

It has a large cross (arms of equal length) set in a ring. Decorated with interlace & plait-work carving.

#StandingStoneSunday
#SundayStonework

Great vid by the way !

Turn it over and take time to make a fitting job ?

Yes why do they have to hurry these things ? That stone took 200 million years to form why cock it up over a night ?

YouTube video by Frank Raw Pope Francis and the apparently forgotten art of letter spacing

Hello, my name is Frank and I'm a lettering nerd. Type, print, letter carving, and anywhere that good letters can be found. I like good letters and good letter spacing.

I've said it before and sadly it still stands, not all Roman letter(space)ing is good letter(space)ing.

youtu.be/vpj7qoo8kBc

Well said Poor Frank Raw .Its terrible jumps right out at you
I employ an ancient tool of ‘stepping back ‘ and looking ….seems to work , although after 40 years of letter cutting I’ve made some howlers !

Extraordinary …..computer made ?

Experiment #108. 21 x 10 x 4 cms. First DM gets it - the price is a £25 donation to www.justgiving.com/salivaryglan... I'll cover the cost of shipping anywhere in the UK.

Experimental piece, No warranties, No assembly required, Slippery when wet, Use only as directed, Do not bend, Do not eat.

He’s a very clever chap that poor frank raw - beautiful

Thanks ….often North 😀

North door ?

Welcoming door at St Mary Irwerne Minster the virtuosity in the Greensand carving is something else and very in usual in this material …

Work from 1998 muscular dove spreading peace and hopefully no concussion when dropping that olive branch

Blimey that many !

Surprise behind stud wall !

Fibonacci provides the clues here, turning chaos into order with balance, beauty, grace, and proportion. The organ staircase at St. Mary’s, Studley Royal, designed by William Burges, echoes this harmony in the golden section.

Extraordinary if extraordinary is the word painting by J M W Turner Death on a pale Horse ..

Angelic offering from St John the Baptist Bere Regis tucked away

Lovely deep and characterful letters ❤️

Wonderful picture wow !

reflection of Westminster Abbey in a puddle

found this reflection in a puddle last week

Tree of the day !

The most elegant gift

Love this mixture of sublime and ridiculous! Concrete brick steps and exquisite work …

Door in Riga.

A Roman silver tray featuring images of Roman gods gathered around a shrine. Animals also appear, and the tray has a decorative vine around its rim.

This remarkable Roman silver tray was discovered by a nine-year-old girl called Isabel Cutter on the banks of the River Tyne near Hadrian's Wall in 1735. Known as the Corbridge Lanx, it shows Apollo, Artemis and Athena gathered around a shrine. It is now held at the British Museum #FindsFriday

Today's the feast of St Catherine, by tradition a 4th Century martyr, and one of the most popular of all saints in medieval days.

Here she is with her sword and wheel in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow, an early 16C Flemish devotional statue. 1/3

Burrell Collection: www.flickr.com/photos/norfo...

Great piece well worth immersing yourself in for a time so rare to have such old stones preserved .