Hats in the Wind: Wakefield

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Sunday, 11 March 2012

The Book of Bees

This is truly brilliant. I love bees and I love books the artist has combined the two in exquisite design bravo.

Alec Finlay's work had already inspired me about 18 months ago when in the midst of my MA, his propagator work featured at YSP is quietly stunning, so to see his new project hanging inside the corridor was quite exciting. He will be doing talks in the Summer.

Propagator - Alec Finlay

The Camellia House, YSP

When I am rich.........How wonderful to be able to have a glass house like this to muse within, it is a place of tranquility and beauty. Reminds me of the arboretum in the park in Barcelona. And as my camellias languish under the Northern wind in my garden I can appreciate someone else s.

YSP Inspiration No 2

herringbone matting

a metal gazebo slowly eroding with the elements

Sculpture made to be eroding with the elements

Rabbits Ears

So much to charge the imagination.

More delights at YSP

If you have never visited the Yorkshire Sculpture Park it is a definite must if you are traveling up or down the M1, glorious vistas, great walks, stunning sculpture, a fantastic coffee shop and cafe and inspiring things to purchase in the shop! What's not to like? More importantly its very calming and always provides some new inspiration or food for thought. Saturday's visit was no exception........

A great bonnet design? Fantastic drawing beginnings with the shadows and texture, just need to find out who the artist is as there wasn't a label.

Sneaky Peek of the new Miro exhibition at YSP

A lovely morning spent wandering around the sculpture park with my beloved, partially in search of a latte and bacon sandwich. I realise I love being behind the scenes; seeing the process to get to the final show is far more interesting to me than the perfection of the curators dream when unveiled. I happened upon the Jaume Plensa exhibition mid install last year and was intrigued and the same with the Miro now.

You know that the dodgy red and white traffic cones won't be there at the private view next week, yet they add a certain Britishness or quirkiness to the sculpture mid set up, as it awaits its wire fence.