Cardboard cathedral and tree.

Cut from paper, a series of net shapes and geometric adaptations, a prototype.

To be developed further - through the use of card stock and surface decoration.

CARDBOARD CATHEDRAL WITH TREE

CARDBOARD CATHEDRAL SHADOW AND TREE

Cardboard Christmas Tree 2008.

My second cardboard Christmas tree. First attempt 2006. See link.

http://share-my-art.blogspot.com/2007/12/cardboard-christmas-tree.html

Cut from cardboard and painted with black poster paint.

Treated with a metallic emulsion and silver glitter mixed in pva glue.

Decorated with found objects and 6 plastic pentacles.

Cardboard Christmas Tree.

My cardboard Christmas tree #06.

Cut from used cardboard boxes.

Painted green and silver.

Adorned with found silver objects.

Photographed against a textile montage #07.

The River Calder Tree.

A tree growing in the banks of the River Calder.

Cardboard cathedral and tree in parts.

The wind came, whispering through the gap in the wall and scattered the cardboard cathedral and tree in parts.

Parkland statue sketch.

Parkland statue sketch, unfinished. 2008

I created this sketch one afternoon while one of my friends dozed and the other two completed a lap of the park on roller blades.

To me, the drawing is incomplete.

Rather a snapshot of a statue in context.

He has a book in his hand.

I could add some watercolours.

Moreover, it is completely unfinished.

The park was full of people passing time.

In the sunshine.

It has beautiful gates and fountains and gardens.

It has a museum and cafes and sculptures.

It has joggers, skaters and rollers.

Shirkers, illusionists, musicians, and contortionists.

The tree lined avenue with the perfect gradient was closed for refurbishment.

This time around anyway.

Hail, rain, fall or shine.

The best park in the world.

Let's go around one more time!

Drawing inspired by the work of Charles Mikolaycak.

This drawing is inspired by the work of Charles Mikolaycak.

This one took 8 hours to complete.

I recreated this image in pencil and ink from the the cover illustration of a book entitled, "In the morning of time."

"It is a novelized re-telling of Norse mythology, as it is related to the two Icelandic Eddas.

The loss of the world's innocence, exemplified by the death of a god, Balder is the theme, although other Norse deities are skilfully introduced in the development of this theme."

* Library Journal.

The book - In the morning of time: The story of the Norse God Balder, was written by Cynthia King. Published by Scholastic Book Services in 1970. It includes several illustrations by Charles Mikolaycak.

I like the symbolism within the image I have chosen to recreate.

Although I don't fully understand the narrative yet as I have not read the novel.

Note the beard is shaped like a ship buoyant upon the ocean, or is it the mouth of a whale?

A tree or sail-scape is juxtaposed, what with the helmet of the bearded one amongst the shadowy clouds.

I have added light and reflection from a celestial body, but which one?

Very Mount Rushmoresque. Four faces, noses, eyes.

© MARCO MOONE 2008

Plastic Bags.

Plastic bag
Tossed and rolling like witches knickers on spiral wind
The skin of something
Changing in turns
Higher skip and lower skim
Snared
Amidst echelon twigs in a skeletal tree
Shorn
Black feather five flutter

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This poem was written over 10 years ago and was inspired by a plastic bag, the associated image was taken by the Calder and Hebble Navigation in Ravensthorpe earlier this year.

Incidentally, the poem originally included the line; 'Like tumbleweed on spiral wind.' This was changed recently to, 'Witches knickers,' after descovering their Irish name. Further to this, they are known as the national flower in South Africa.