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Sally Kindberg in Cornwall once again
Sometimes only gazing at and walking by the sea can bring a momentary respite from the news of global ghastliness. And I was almost born in the sea, after all, but in the Devon sea which lapped at the end … Continue reading
Posted in Travels, Visits, Walking
Tagged Blue Seas Hotel, coast walks, Cornwall, Gulval, Jelberts Ice Cream, Mousehole, Newlyn Gallery, pemboa flowers, Penzance, St Michaels Way
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Sally Kindberg in Cornwall
After a damp few days eventually the sun came out and I walked through Penzance to Marazion, using the coast path along the side of Mounts Bay, once the site of an ancient forest. I called inland at Gulval church … Continue reading
Posted in Travels
Tagged Alfred Wallis, Cornish walks, Cornwall, Ella Frears, Ella Frears poem, Gulval, Gulval church, Marazion, Penzance, St Ives, St Michael's Mount, St Michaels Way, Tate St Ives
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Sally Kindberg and St Ia
A while ago my interest in early Celtic saints resulted in a series of drawings. Walking in Cornwall has always been one of my joys, and the story and image of St Ia, patron saint of St Ives, gripped my … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Travels, Walking
Tagged Celtic saints, cliff walk, coast path, Cornwall, gorse, handwritten text, Huers' Hut, Penwith, pilgrimage, Porthmeor beach, saints, signage, signposts, St Ia, St Ives, the Scillonian
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Sally Kindberg, knots and sailors
I like knots, in fact I once wrote and illustrated a book about them, as well as learning how to tie them, on a basic sailing course on the North Sea years ago. It was fascinating to talk to former … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Visits
Tagged Cabinet of Folklore and Magic, children's book, Cornwall, fishing boat skipper, Folkestone Fishing Museum, Folkestone pleasure boats, Gwithti an Pystri, Kent, knots, Macmillan children's book, magic spells, Picturemac, seaside, The handy Book of Knotty Knots and Silly Shadows, the Museum of Dust, Yankee
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Sally Kindberg in Cornwall (part two)
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
Posted in Exhibitions, Museum of Dust, Notebooks, Travels, Walking
Tagged Art Workers Guild, coast path, Cornish ferries, Cornwall, Dr Who, exhibition, Falmouth, Falmouth ferry, Falmouth shell seats, ferry journeys. ferries, Gyllyngdune Gardens, notebook, signage, St Anthony in Roseland, Swedenborg House, Tardis, Tardis dust, Tide Times
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Sally Kindberg’s notes from Cornwall
Walrus sighting reported in the nearby Scilly Isles. He apparently floated south from the Arctic on a melting iceberg.
Posted in Notebooks, Travels
Tagged Cornwall, drawing smells, drawing sounds, geothermal pool, Gulval, handwriting, map, Mounts Bay, Mousehole, Newlyn, notebook drawings, notebook pages, Penzance, Penzance Jubilee Pool, sea creatures, seaside, synaesthesia, travel notes, walrus, walrus sighting. Scilly Isles
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Penzance and St Ives visit
It was 32 degrees in London recently, pollution levels were high and I began to croak and wheeze. I just had to get away and breathe some sea air. That’s my excuse anyway. I checked the weather forecast, packed a … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Travels
Tagged Admiral Nelson, Alfred Wallis, Battle of Trafalgar, blue, Blue Seas bed and breakfast Penzance, Cornwall, Great Western Railway, Jubilee Pool, light fittings, Patrick Heron, Penzance, seaside, seaside views, seaside visits, St Ives, Tate St Ives, unicorns, Union Hotel
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Sally Kindberg goes to Penzance
I decided to travel to Penzance for the weekend even though plans to run a Pirate workshop there had fallen through. It had been difficult week in London including a visit to hospital and a leak from the flat above me, … Continue reading
Posted in Sketchbooks, Travels
Tagged coastal, Cornwall, festival, Golowan festival, Jubilee Pool, Mazey festival, mermaids, Mousehole, Newlyn, notebook, Penzance, pirates, seacoast, walking
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Blue notes
My first memory of the sea was more of a sparkle than a colour. Apparently my mother swam all the year round in the benign waters of the Devon coast – our garden sloped down to one of its red … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Family, Travels
Tagged Alfred Wallis, aura, blue, Cornwall, Devon, Elf School, Ellidaar, elves, Evening Standard, Iceland, magic painting book, seaside, St Ives
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Maps
I love maps! Maybe because I’ve a very bad sense of direction, but more because they are full of possibilities. I’ve drawn many illustrated maps for newspapers (including a G2 cover for the Guardian, see below), but mostly for the … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Travels
Tagged Cornwall, Ding Dong mine, Ding Dong moor, maps, Men an Tol, the Independent on Saturday
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