Category Archives: Travels

Sally Kindberg and the Triola

Posted on November 7, 2023 by SallyK

A few weeks ago while looking for something else entirely I discovered my daughter’s old Triola, a musical instrument made by C.A.Seydel Sohne, a kind of melodica made for children.  What a delight! To avoid annoying my upstairs neighbours, I … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg, a St Francis exhibition and the Isle of Arran

Posted on June 16, 2023 by SallyK

Last week I visited the National Gallery to see an exhibition about St Francis of Assisi, which I recommend.  The image detail above is by Craigie Aitchison showing St Francis with two doves visiting the island of Arran.  Inspired by … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg at St Paul’s Covent Garden May Fair 2023

Posted on June 1, 2023 by SallyK

On May 14th St Paul’s (aka the Actors’ Church) Covent Garden teemed with colourful policemen, Punch and Judy performers, clowns, puppets, Pearly Queens and other assorted characters. Years ago I met Professor Leslie Press, son of another Punch and Judy … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg in Cornwall again

Posted on April 26, 2023 by SallyK

With a fresh notebook, a pen or two and my walking boots I set out for Penzance, feeling my usual excitement as the train crossed over the Tamar from Devon via the Brunel Bridge. Operational since 1859, it enabled an … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg’s walk through frosty parklands to Marylebone.

Posted on February 6, 2023 by SallyK

One very frosty morning a couple of weeks ago I walked to Marylebone through Regents Park, remains of the woodland where Henry VIII  and Elizabeth I once hunted deer. The river Tyburn used to flow through Marylebone, so the land … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg meets Robin Hood again

Posted on November 19, 2022 by SallyK

Last weekend on my visit to Nottingham I noticed Robin Hood’s arrow had been replaced.  It was often stolen.  Robin features briefly in my work in progress (see notebook above). Interesting to note he now has a second job, like … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg in Nottingham Castle tunnels

Posted on November 19, 2022 by SallyK

Last weekend I revisited Nottingham, where I grew up after we moved there from Devon, where I was born.  Nottingham Castle is built on the top of a steep sandstone rock honeycombed with ancient tunnels and caves.  I’d always wanted … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg in Cornwall (part two)

Posted on September 2, 2022 by SallyK

I visited Cornwall recently to collect my small travelling Museum of Dust – its next stop is to briefly join an exhibition at the Art Workers Guild, then on to Swedenborg House (where I sometimes run workshops), later this year.  … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg in Cornwall again

Posted on September 2, 2022 by SallyK

A couple of weeks ago I returned to Falmouth, to walk (it’s a kind of meditation process for me), and to collect my Museum of Dust which has been on display and part of the Cabinet of Folklore and Magic … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg’s Museum of Dust – dust from the Great Wall of China

Posted on June 30, 2022 by SallyK

  In the early spring of 2012 I was in Beijing, taking part in children’s book festivals and running workshops. One freezing morning I visited the Great Wall at Mutianyu, 70km or so north east of the city. This section … Continue reading →

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