stuck for words ?

maybe some of the writers could be  stuck for words so it may be time to let them know there are now over 500 words at the ready . Words are collected in the street, writers retreat and there is also the odd delivery of words to the wordcollectors station at Glaisnock Guest House.

I had a great evening last night at Wigtown fringe , writers from guttermag   read their work and i thought that maybe I could donate some of the words to the 'gutter'.

*check out Sara Sheridans latest Wigtown book festival blog entry HERE

ideas developing of bunting to wrap the town in words

  cool  mega  idiot  jaybob  beast  mental  hard  tatties  crazy  magpie  doodoo  weird  dumdee  dog  looloo  scream  poo fancat  leave  backflip  fluffy  crop  zang   oompalumpa  collector  OMG  ribena   shing!!!  spectacular  brilliant  amazing squidgy  sport  horse  crazy  great  zippy  guitar  beautiful  believe  sheep fun  chocolate  hey  fansheeptastic  sup awesome  sausages  cheese  hightops  singer  muppet  water  clootie friend weird mam weeble gruesome scrubdub bong princess cake love football ozzy scribble serendipity clipclop hello tara  africa clarty binbag wahoo oliver food zap wicked chumchumadoo lettuce fandabydosey  blob  free  kaboombay  chubby totalwipeout  dumpling  faffing guff glint claggy heuch!! keekin  lobby  stoor  linguist  mawkit  tangle havering polymath little ostrabogulus bosom summerafternoon baboon poltergeist  pillock  gooliecrumble  plainstanes plype zealous smurr skeddadle  boomboom moose mitsubushi menescus scrofulus jaberwokey rumbunctious extremely pyjamas foxglove zebra rare archipelego taboggan squally glaikit clanjamfrie  wistful serendipity oxster glaikut pernicity bamboozle love pastiche wanabee interloper chouette ( french for great) idiosyncratic opalescent offthehook quixotic sunshine any twentyfour eichornchen (german for squirrell)entschildigung ( german for excuse me ) eightyeight rhinemetal88 obfusc freckle frabjous fractous slightly pallid crapulus squirrel tintinabulation elemental pastiche armpit curious sunflower bananna bazookie historic apple excited supertastic drums silly bananna basketball play happy spontaneous chicken lubricant crepuscular cludgie terrifying squishy pop bang bakedbeans estatic smelly what bus awesome paper india volcano prototype coat world knot nap cat leave red freckle crumbs crunchy plooky supertastic van jewel historic toilet stony dress twilight bed splash cast sling lola onion run cheese tent minging tangerine kite flower pen tomatoes bird chips lollies juicy scarf hairdo morning bat transformer funny crisps bahookie transport landscape yuk terrify bum then cartoon emotion rain name great bowl tree train fantastic  chicklet book write nailpolish green schoolo scampered thump thud bed egg outstanding cool fandabbydosey squid colourful logic squash fun red noney sun splodge huff slurp slop blob pig lion joyful story monkey happy fairtrade splosh essert somnulent bacherties iconic destruction toss fjord mawdlet gricer frabjous sylph-like rubbish lurcher fricative smirr velvet chuckling shababladingdingdong burger coat world knot nap cat leave red freckle crumbs crunchy plooky supertastic van jewel historic toiloet sstoney dress twilight bed splash cast sling tent cheese ban minging tangerine kite flower pen tomatoes bird chips lollies juicy scarf lipstick  seats hairband shops hairdo morning bat transformer funny crisps bahookie transport landscape yuk terrify bum then cartoon emotion rain name great bowl tree train fantastic slackbottom scunner chicklet book write fantastic green corrie school scampered thud thump rain chair bed egg outstanding cool fandabydosey squid fabulous colourful logic squash logican fun red money sun splodge huff slurp slop seats blob pig lion joyful story egg monkey happy story fairtrade splosh essert destruction toss fjord mawdlet gricer frabjous sylph-likie rubbish lurcher fricative smirr velvet splurge crumpet chemical palimpsest elemental slightly springtime noctilucent mirkin plangent briechel cuthie moot enorvated pithy foxed television unicorn slightly ninverdie midden gricer lurcher  lagom fractious sumptious bacheries (dundee for backwards) crimson cackle bailar fink bumptious skeilish elemental haughmagandy

The words are expanding and I am gathering ideas of what to do next with them .. I have had great discussions with Sara Sheridan, Kate Tough and Robert Twigger  of bunting, kites and flags with words . I may have to set up a committee to discuss further plans for the word collection . I wonder what to call my new committee. Sara Sheridan is now blogging about the festival on the main page of the festivals website.

Wigtown:

• a town full of books
• a town full of people
• books  full of words
• people full of words

• 5 serendipities
• 2 oxsters
• 3 gallus
• 2 glaiket
• 3 dreech
• 3 discombobulated  

.......otherwise each word original .

have a look at wigtown wordle no.6

wigtown words:

cool  mega  idiot  jaybob  beast  mental  hard  tatties  crazy  magpie  doodoo  weird  dumdee  dog  looloo  scream  poo fancat  leave  backflip  fluffy  crop  zang   oompalumpa  collector  OMG  ribena   shing!!!  spectacular  brilliant  amazing squidgy  sport  horse  crazy  great  zippy  guitar  beautiful  believe  sheep fun  chocolate  hey  fansheeptastic  sup awesome  sausages  cheese  hightops  singer  muppet  water  clootie friend weird mam weeble gruesome scrubdub bong princess cake love football ozzy scribble serendipity clipclop hello tara  africa clarty binbag wahoo oliver food zap wicked chumchumadoo lettuce fandabydosey  blob  free  kaboombay  chubby totalwipeout  dumpling  faffing guff glint claggy heuch!! keekin  lobby  stoor  linguist  mawkit  tangle havering polymath little ostrabogulus bosom summerafternoon baboon poltergeist  pillock  goolie  crumble  plainstanes plype zealous smurr skeddadle  boomboom moose mitsubushi menescus scrofulus jaberwokey rumbunctious extremely pyjamas foxglove zebra rare archipelego taboggan squally glaikit clanjamfrie  wistful serendipity oxster glaikut pernicity bamboozle love pastiche wanabee interloper chouette ( french for great) idiosyncratic opalescent offthehook quixotic sunshine any twentyfour eichornchen (german for squirrell)entschildigung ( german for excuse me ) eightyeight rhinemetal88 obfusc freckle frabjous fractous slightly pallid crapulus squirrel tintinabulation elemental pastiche armpit curious sunflower bananna bazookie historic apple excited supertastic drums silly bananna basketball play happy spontaneous chicken lubricant crepuscular cludgie terrifying squishy pop bang bakedbeans estatic smelly what bus awesome paper india volcano prototype coat world knot nap cat leave red freckle crumbs crunchy plooky supertastic van jewel historic toilet stony dress twilight bed splash cast sling lola onion run cheese tent minging tangerine kite flower pen tomatoes bird chips lollies juicy scarf hairdo morning bat transformer funny crisps bahookie transport landscape yuk terrify bum then cartoon emotion rain name great bowl tree train fantastic  chicklet book write nailpolish green schoolo scampered thump thud bed egg outstanding cool fandabbydosey squid colourful logic squash fun red noney sun splodge huff slurp slop blob pig lion joyful story monkey happy fairtrade splosh essert somnulent bacherties iconic destruction toss fjord mawdlet gricer frabjous sylph-like rubbish lurcher fricative smirr velvet chuckling shababladingdingdong burger coat world knot nap cat leave red freckle crumbs crunchy plooky supertastic van jewel historic toilet stoney dress twilight bed splash cast sling tent cheese ban minging tangerine kite flower pen tomatoes bird chips lollies juicy scarf lipstick  seats hairband shops hairdo morning bat transformer funny crisps bahookie transport

There is a fantastic writers retreat above The Book Shop which is a sort of green room where those working at the festival can go to eat, chill out and chat. It seems a perfect place to collect words and to deposit a favourite sweary and bad word box . I am looking forward to opening the box at the end of the residency! maybe a saucy stitched sampler is in order.

The term sampler comes from the Latin exemplum meaning 'an example to be followed, a pattern, a model or example'. It is believed that, although the earliest dated samplers and references to them come from the 16th century, they probably were stitched long before this time.

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Its now day three of Wigtown book festival and I now have time to blog ..Its been a busy time with gathering words, attending events and printing . I have a studio /workspace in the front room of Glaisnock guesthouse on the main street and have been collecting, gathering and printing words .  

There are so many bookshops in  Wigtown so I have been having a look to see what inspires there too and found some beautiful old textile books  with traditional samplers and cross stitching. I have a few thoughts  of embroidering the alphabet photographing and creating some of the words digitally.

 

wigtown words hanging in the window of Glaisnock guest house
photos by Colin Tennant

"if a writer cannot enjoy words  for their own sake how can the reader  enjoy them ?" 

 "But i  do enjoy words - some words _ for their own sake ! words like river, and dawn, and daylight and time . These words seem much richer  than our experiences of the things they represent."

Alaisdair Gray , Lanark  p.25

kefi  landscape reapproachment gorgonzola pants drongo kerfuffle bombastic plop contentment book magnetic beaver bumfluff gorgonzola promiscious nip cludgie drongo kerfuffle buddies  pants denada granulated akimbo tattie alleviate suss syncope burny vernacular percipacity silly sleepy girth extravaganza peruvian skewiff stramash fathom gracious plethora fluffy gallus pal whoa bun jammy scoop minging bin numpty naff goose gusset ginnell phlebotomy discombobulated  footerin autumnal aquatic sanctuary glaikit celery superflous icecream drauky smoorikin chiggle obtuse fontanelle spinster goitre promiscious snuggle granulated but  obsequiousness booze  syrup wigtown  mate  friend goodness  mucksavage futtock alabaster hope wine unctuous dreech rancid  essence hugh treacle oxter  cuddle enough  dang smootch  random equanimity marsupial

 

 

i am heading to Wigtown book festival this week to begin my residency there and will blog and tweet throughout my time there. i hope to collect 'favourite words' from those i meet and listen to and these will become a starting point for work created to be exhibited at Spring Fling in May 2011

highvis highland cow .
 

highland cow with hearing trumpet 

work in progress Cove park artists residency 2010

I am now half way through my residency at Cove Park and am enjoying every moment here spending time in beautiful surroundings with talented inspiring writers and artists.
I have been walking, photographing, reading and  experimenting though making, taking in my surroundings  and being aware of whats 'over the hill' the ministry of defence at Faslane.

I have just started a residency at Cove Park Scotland for three months and look forward to time making and reflecting on previous work .

photograph by Al Mc Caffrey

finalising work for Stroud Textile Festival . 

I am now back from Cork and putting ideas and research on hold from the residency and switching back into work at Stroud Textile Festival . With less than a month to go  i am beginning to finalise work and words with poet Tawona Sithole.

The artist residency has been blogged on the website blog   http://sitblog.co.uk/

 

For the month of March I have been  in Cobh, Co Cork at St Sirius Art Centre as artist in residence. I did not blog my residency but  attempted to  tweet it so have a look on the tweets on the right hand side.  The work produced will hopefully lead to a return visit and exhibition at the Sirius art centre.

My spoons (made 2008 in Western Australia) are off to Milan for The “Unexpected Guests. Homes of Yesteryear, Design of Today” (11 March-2 May).  Poldi Pezzoli Museum 


''The exhibition  which will feature over two hundred objects designed between 2000 and today by the most ground-breaking international designers and produced by the top industrial companies.  These will be displayed inside the four Milan houses in an attempt to relate, dialogue and echo with the spaces, in perfect harmony yet producing an amazing overall effect. The Milan Historic House Museums, a unique heritage not just for the city of Milan, outstanding examples of domestic life – the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum, the Boschi Di Stefano Historic House Museum, the Necchi Campiglio Villa and the Poldi Pezzoli Museum. The inauguration of the exhibition is scheduled to coincide with the Saloni 2010 Press Conference, to be held by Cosmit on 11th February. Over 70 international journalists will attend, thus giving them a prime opportunity to flag up this new cultural project .

The working party responsible for this project (curator Beppe Finessi, graphic designer Italo Lupi, Annalisa Zanni, Director of the Milan Historic Houses, organising coordinator Silvia Latis of Fondazione Cosmit Eventi)''


find out the story behind the spoons here lacy spoons

stroud red

Clearing the studio and a day of photography with photographer friend Ali Bell beginning to document a process of working for Stroud Textile Festival .. The artist residency will be blogged on the website blog   http://sitblog.co.uk/

Image /craft exhibition at Innovative Craft .

My portrait by photographer Shannon Tofts was on exhibit at Innovative Craft . This was created as part of Changing Face of Craft exhibition in 2006 and involved a small collaboration with Shannon in creating a work incorporating embroidery, movement and light