A Cautionary Pome for Christmas, penned by Yours Truly...
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| copyright: Paul Bommer |
Despite all caution'ry shouts,
Vast quantities would massacre
Of that small, hard, green brassica
And then suffer from flatulent bouts.
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Sprouts
Sprouts:
A Cautionary Pome for Christmas, penned by Yours Truly...
A young man addicted to sprouts,
Despite all caution'ry shouts,
Vast quantities would massacre
Of that small, hard, green brassica
And then suffer from flatulent bouts.
A Cautionary Pome for Christmas, penned by Yours Truly...
Despite all caution'ry shouts,
Vast quantities would massacre
Of that small, hard, green brassica
And then suffer from flatulent bouts.
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Great Fire of London delft tiles (cont.)
Great Fire of London delft tiles (cont.)
Here are final 11 (of the 48) limited edition delft tiles designs that I produced for the Artists of Spitalfields Life exhibtion at Ben Pentreath Ltd, Rugby-street, London. Those unsold have now relocated to the Town House gallery on Fournier-street, Spitalfields until the end of December. Hurry and catch a bargain!
The tiles are inspired by the Great Fire of London 1666 - food, fire, pestulence, carnality and the Merrie Monarch!
Oysters, from Colchester, Wallfleet or Whitstable. Food of the common man.
Pie Corner II. Named for the Magpie pub that once stood there.
Poultry. A Norfolk Black turkey (Meleagris Gallopavo)
A Ewer of Water (London's burning)
Pudding Lane II
Arms of the Salters' Company.
Stew Lane. The 'stews' were actually bath-houses of ill-repute beside the Thames.
Sugar Loaves.
Three Crowns, representing Scotland, England and France (Charles II claimed all three!)
Vine Street
Wine Office Court
Full Fathom Five limited edition delft tiles
Full Fathom Five limited edition delft tiles
These are the final 6 of the 18 limited edition delft tile designs I created exclusively for the Full Fathom Five exhibition (A Celebration of the Nautical World), at Hornseys' - the Gallery in Ripon, North Yorkshire and featuring the work of Jonny Hannah, Michael Kirkman, Ed Kluz, Emily Sutton and yours truly.
Available only from Hornseys' - the gallery, Ripon. http://www.hornseys.com/
Queequeg, the South Seas noble savage from Melville's Moby Dick.
An example of Scrimshaw, the name given to scrollwork, engravings, and carvings done in bone or ivory. Here a ship in full-sail has been etched into a whale's tooth by a scrimshander of great skill.
Moby Dick, or The Whale, by Herman Melville.
The Turk's Head, a nifty nautical knot with no end.
When the Boat Comes In. The traditional lines of a sea-shanty from the North-East.
Zephyrus, the gentle West Wind.
These are the final 6 of the 18 limited edition delft tile designs I created exclusively for the Full Fathom Five exhibition (A Celebration of the Nautical World), at Hornseys' - the Gallery in Ripon, North Yorkshire and featuring the work of Jonny Hannah, Michael Kirkman, Ed Kluz, Emily Sutton and yours truly.
Available only from Hornseys' - the gallery, Ripon. http://www.hornseys.com/
Queequeg, the South Seas noble savage from Melville's Moby Dick.
An example of Scrimshaw, the name given to scrollwork, engravings, and carvings done in bone or ivory. Here a ship in full-sail has been etched into a whale's tooth by a scrimshander of great skill.
Moby Dick, or The Whale, by Herman Melville.
The Turk's Head, a nifty nautical knot with no end.
When the Boat Comes In. The traditional lines of a sea-shanty from the North-East.
Zephyrus, the gentle West Wind.
A Fantasia on a Theme of Christmas
A Fantasia on a Theme of Christmas
A Page of Note-book Sketches concerning the Customs, Folklore and Traditions of Yuletide
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A Page of Note-book Sketches concerning the Customs, Folklore and Traditions of Yuletide
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| copyright: Paul Bommer |
A new start...
A new start...
A Salmagundi (or Salmagundy or Salmi, for short) is an elaborate Elizabethan salad (sallet), a grand plated presentation comprising many disparate ingredients, arranged in layers or geometrical designs on a plate or mixed, and typically including cooked meats, seafood, vegetables, fruits, leaves, nuts and flowers (broom, violet and rose-petals for example) and dressed with oil, vinegar and spices.
In other words a hotch-potch. Salmagundi is now used figuratively to mean just that, a mixture or assortment of things. Much as I hope my blog will develop...
The title script is based on that I saw on an early 18th Century side-board in Rye.
A Salmagundi (or Salmagundy or Salmi, for short) is an elaborate Elizabethan salad (sallet), a grand plated presentation comprising many disparate ingredients, arranged in layers or geometrical designs on a plate or mixed, and typically including cooked meats, seafood, vegetables, fruits, leaves, nuts and flowers (broom, violet and rose-petals for example) and dressed with oil, vinegar and spices.
In other words a hotch-potch. Salmagundi is now used figuratively to mean just that, a mixture or assortment of things. Much as I hope my blog will develop...
The title script is based on that I saw on an early 18th Century side-board in Rye.
Full Fathom Five limited edition delft tiles
Full Fathom Five limited edition delft tiles
These are another 6 of the 18 limited edition delft tile designs I created exclusively for the Full Fathom Five exhibition (A Celebration of the Nautical World), at Hornseys' - the Gallery in Ripon, North Yorkshire and featuring the work of Jonny Hannah, Michael Kirkman, Ed Kluz, Emily Sutton and yours truly.
Available only from Hornseys' - the gallery, Ripon. http://www.hornseys.com/
Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson. A National Hero and Norfolk's proudest son. "Kiss me Hardy"
A Mermaid or Siren. An early form, commonly found in Medieval church architecture, and better able than the one-tail type to seduce and drown the sailors they are famous for.
The Monkey's Paw, a clever nautical knot.
A Narwhal, 'Unicorn of the Sea'
Nelson's Blood. After the Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson's body was brought back to England, preserved in a barrel of brandy, which sailors call Nelson's Blood ever since.
On a Sailor's Grave No Roses Grow. For all those lost or buried at Sea.
These are another 6 of the 18 limited edition delft tile designs I created exclusively for the Full Fathom Five exhibition (A Celebration of the Nautical World), at Hornseys' - the Gallery in Ripon, North Yorkshire and featuring the work of Jonny Hannah, Michael Kirkman, Ed Kluz, Emily Sutton and yours truly.
Available only from Hornseys' - the gallery, Ripon. http://www.hornseys.com/
Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson. A National Hero and Norfolk's proudest son. "Kiss me Hardy"
A Mermaid or Siren. An early form, commonly found in Medieval church architecture, and better able than the one-tail type to seduce and drown the sailors they are famous for.
The Monkey's Paw, a clever nautical knot.
A Narwhal, 'Unicorn of the Sea'
Nelson's Blood. After the Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson's body was brought back to England, preserved in a barrel of brandy, which sailors call Nelson's Blood ever since.
On a Sailor's Grave No Roses Grow. For all those lost or buried at Sea.
Full Fathom Five
Full Fathom Five limited edition delft tiles
These are 6 of the 18 limited edition delft tile designs I created exclusively for the Full Fathom Five exhibition (A Celebration of the Nautical World), at Hornseys' - the Gallery in Ripon, North Yorkshire and featuring the work of Jonny Hannah, Michael Kirkman, Ed Kluz, Emily Sutton and yours truly.
Available only from Hornseys' - the gallery, Ripon. http://www.hornseys.com/
Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea (Silver Buckles on his Knee...)
A delicious Cromer Crab
England Expects that Every Man will do His Duty. Nelson's famous message to his men at the Battle of Trafalgar.
A Flying Fish, of the family Exocoetidae (after whom is named the Exocet missile)
King Neptune, god of the Seas and of Earthquakes.
These are 6 of the 18 limited edition delft tile designs I created exclusively for the Full Fathom Five exhibition (A Celebration of the Nautical World), at Hornseys' - the Gallery in Ripon, North Yorkshire and featuring the work of Jonny Hannah, Michael Kirkman, Ed Kluz, Emily Sutton and yours truly.
Available only from Hornseys' - the gallery, Ripon. http://www.hornseys.com/
Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea (Silver Buckles on his Knee...)
A delicious Cromer Crab
England Expects that Every Man will do His Duty. Nelson's famous message to his men at the Battle of Trafalgar.
A Flying Fish, of the family Exocoetidae (after whom is named the Exocet missile)
Full Fathom Five Thy Father
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes;
Nothing of him that does fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
Ding-dong,
Hark! Now I hear them – Ding-dong, bell.
(The Tempest, W. Shakespeare)
King Neptune, god of the Seas and of Earthquakes.
Great Fire of London delft tiles (cont.)
Great Fire of London delft tiles (cont.)
Here are 11 more of the 48 limited edition delft tiles I produced for the Artists of Spitalfields Life exhibtion at Ben Pentreath Ltd, Rugby-street, London. Those unsold have now relocated to the Town House gallery on Fournier-street, Spitalfields until the end of December. Hurry and catch a bargain!
The tiles are inspired by the Great Fire of London 1666 - food, fire, pestulence, carnality and the Merrie Monarch!
Beer Lane
Billingsgate Fish Market
Boar's Head Court
Bread Street
Cock Lane I
Coffee House. The first coffee houses in London appeared at this time.
Corn Hill
Grocer's Hall Court. The word grocer means 'one who weighs'.
John Tradescant, botanist
Milk Street I
Milk Street II
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