nigel bird

lose yourself in all the shapes!

laura gurton

dots and circles and the one phrase guaranteed to make me look - layered glazes. check out more here

peter gentenaar

but for really big pieces of paper you'd be hard pushed to top peter gentenaar (do not be making any excuses about not having enough time to follow that link!)

su blackwell

as if to remind me just how much patience i don't have. see more here

pablo lehmann

just an amzing array of things here

knit, purl, sow

more textile work from the recent knit, purl, sow exhibit at the brooklyn botanical

rita cabrita

textile, wax and all manner of other shenanigans here. what's not to like?

kustaa saksi

some very engaging textile by kustaa saksi.....

because cycling

isn't what it was!

seo young deok

bit of time and a lot of chain - i wonder if he goes to his lbc?

more old school cycling....

DUMMY JIM (OFFICIAL) ✩ Directed by Matt Hulse ✩ Featuring Samuel Dore from Matt Hulse on Vimeo.

dummy jim was a film a long time in the making and, i've discovered, one that i totally missed the opening of last year. in a nut shell, and more details at the website here, it concerns a deaf guy, james duthie, who, in 1951, decided he was going to take himself off on a bike ride to morocco. after what i can only suspect was some epic route wrongness he found himself going up to the arctic circle.

if that story on its own isn't enough i defy you to watch the trailer and not find it fabulous. the music is available on the website but no info as to where or if the movie can be watched online or dvd. in the meantime i;d encourage you to take the time to have a browse round the website - it's totally worth it.

horace dall

back in the day rather than debating tyre choice or the minutiae of which bike does what best daring sould got their maps out, packed their bags and went out there.

one of those is horace dall who got himself out to iceland back in 1932/33. you can see a slideshow of his pictures and some rather fabulous notes from his trip here. thanks to ben searle for putting this up and it's worth checking out the rest of the site while you're at it, not least to see kelly kettles in action. there's another feature on this at the reykjavik grapevine which is also worth checking out on its own

jang yong sun

shades of the bronwyn oliver in this last couple of posts. liking the pipework form jang yong sun tho. check out more at his website

rogan brown

so you do what? take a really sharp knife, a big chunk of paper and an inordinate amount of time...!?
these images from rogan brown are amazing! check out more here

buy a bike

now buy five more….



some dismaying accuracy on here

the runners

now, after all that cycling here's something about runners. i really like this film. it's a simple idea, well executed and all the better for that.



you can find this, and many others at short of the week

transcontinental race part 4

finally! epic trip!


MELONS, TRUCKS & ANGRY DOGS - Epis. IV from e r t z u i ° film on Vimeo.

transcontinental race part 3

the last we saw of the specialized boys they were smashed by the stelvio. here they sort themselves out and continue onward. if you missed it the first parts are here and here


MELONS, TRUCKS & ANGRY DOGS - Epis. III from e r t z u i ° film on Vimeo.

northern europe

all the things i like. and then the insects....

liking the banjo