Sunday 28 April 2013

Make Do and Mend

 After the London blitz the metal stretchers used during the raids were used as garden fences in some parts of the city. Some areas still retain these make do and mean fences(as does the end of my road).


Red cross of rose thorn, medicl equipment and the grid of the fence.
Better to remove an component such as the tools and add more plant life.

Saturday 27 April 2013

Aldini's monster

 Giovanni Aldini unable to test his theories in bio electrical science came to London from Milan to be able to experiment in returning life to the recently departed.

Allegedly ensuring the conviction of Gorge Foster of the murder of his wife and child on mere hearsay so as the ensure a fresh subject, Giovanni Aldini began his grim experiment in 1803. 
Mary Shelly is said to have based the novel Frankenstein on these events that transpired in a little house in Newgate.

Friday 26 April 2013

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWL (Warewolves of London)

America's take on British myth and legend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDpYBT0XyvA

'....And his hair was perfect'. 
Excitable Boy 1978
Warren Zevon

Saturday 6 April 2013

Balance

 Readable side
Clean side
Referring to the coins used to balance the mechanism of Big Ben.