{"id":554,"date":"2014-12-20T21:14:56","date_gmt":"2014-12-20T21:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartrrs.co.uk\/?page_id=554"},"modified":"2019-03-23T21:52:07","modified_gmt":"2019-03-23T21:52:07","slug":"other-pieces","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/?page_id=554","title":{"rendered":"Ideas as works in progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following items&nbsp;illustrate&nbsp;some of the different ideas I am contemplating&nbsp;or&nbsp;developing.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">Maquette for garden sculpture &#8216;Energies&#8217;<\/h5>\n\t<div class='ngg-imagebrowser default-view'\n\t\tid='ngg-imagebrowser-e14ecad9575f27aa53271b96d98795e2-554'\n\t\tdata-nextgen-gallery-id=\"e14ecad9575f27aa53271b96d98795e2\">\n\n\t\t<h3>Energies a<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"pic\" \n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t<a href='https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/brass\/IMG_9092adj.ws90.jpg'\n\t\t\ttitle=' '\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/brass\/IMG_9092adj.ws90.jpg\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/brass\/thumbs\/thumbs_IMG_9092adj.ws90.jpg\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"69\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Energies a\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\" \"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<img title='Energies a'\n\t\t\t\talt='Energies a'\n\t\t\t\tsrc='https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/brass\/IMG_9092adj.ws90.jpg'\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class='ngg-imagebrowser-nav'>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='back'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class='ngg-browser-prev'\n\t\t\t\t\tid='ngg-prev-70'\n\t\t\t\t\thref='https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/index.php\/nggallery\/image\/img_9098-ws75?page_id=554'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='next'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class='ngg-browser-next'\n\t\t\t\t\tid='ngg-next-70'\n\t\t\t\t\thref='https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/index.php\/nggallery\/image\/img_9098-ws75?page_id=554'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='counter'>\n\t\t\t\tImage\t\t\t\t1\t\t\t\tof\t\t\t\t2\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='ngg-imagebrowser-desc'>\n\t\t\t\t<p> <\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This is a small model made with brass but intended to be developed into a much larger metallic&nbsp;structure&nbsp;that will have the&nbsp;resilience&nbsp;to survive&nbsp;in an external setting. The conical base&nbsp;should surely be of a more natural material such as stone and needs to appear as if it is being driven&nbsp;out of the ground by the same energies that are bursting forth out of it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">A Reflection upon Human Development (Sleeping Child)<\/h5>\n<p>\t<div class='ngg-imagebrowser default-view'\n\t\tid='ngg-imagebrowser-13e4288431692886f081ef53974c2d92-554'\n\t\tdata-nextgen-gallery-id=\"13e4288431692886f081ef53974c2d92\">\n\n\t\t<h3>Sleeping Child a<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"pic\" \n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t<a href='https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/sleeping\/IMG_0147.95ws.JPG'\n\t\t\ttitle=' '\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/sleeping\/IMG_0147.95ws.JPG\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/sleeping\/thumbs\/thumbs_IMG_0147.95ws.JPG\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"71\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Sleeping Child a\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\" \"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<img title='Sleeping Child a'\n\t\t\t\talt='Sleeping Child a'\n\t\t\t\tsrc='https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/sleeping\/IMG_0147.95ws.JPG'\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class='ngg-imagebrowser-nav'>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='back'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class='ngg-browser-prev'\n\t\t\t\t\tid='ngg-prev-75'\n\t\t\t\t\thref='https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/index.php\/nggallery\/image\/p1180011-90ws?page_id=554'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='next'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class='ngg-browser-next'\n\t\t\t\t\tid='ngg-next-72'\n\t\t\t\t\thref='https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/index.php\/nggallery\/image\/p1100081-ws90?page_id=554'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='counter'>\n\t\t\t\tImage\t\t\t\t1\t\t\t\tof\t\t\t\t5\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='ngg-imagebrowser-desc'>\n\t\t\t\t<p> <\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\nThough we live and behave as if our own species is&nbsp;hugely superior&nbsp;to the rest of the natural world upon which we&nbsp;depend for our survival,&nbsp;we might more realistically be seen&nbsp;as one of the youngest, most foolish and selfishly destructive&nbsp;creatures that inhabit the earth.<\/p>\n<p>This work is intended to&nbsp;represent examples of&nbsp;the just born, still sleeping children&nbsp;of present humanity, all grasping&nbsp;upwards to some unseen&nbsp;and unknown, imagined advantage &#8211; a mother? the sun? nutrition? &#8211; while simultaneously attempting&nbsp;to ensure that their colleagues are defeated in their own quest&nbsp;to&nbsp;reach toward the goal above.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">Life and Death<\/h5>\n<p>\t<div class='ngg-imagebrowser default-view'\n\t\tid='ngg-imagebrowser-4def33c9bd80d91be617b1a53e1979b7-554'\n\t\tdata-nextgen-gallery-id=\"4def33c9bd80d91be617b1a53e1979b7\">\n\n\t\t<h3>Cross a<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"pic\" \n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t<a href='https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/cross\/P1110015.ws90.JPG'\n\t\t\ttitle=' '\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/cross\/P1110015.ws90.JPG\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/cross\/thumbs\/thumbs_P1110015.ws90.JPG\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"76\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Cross a\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\" \"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<img title='Cross a'\n\t\t\t\talt='Cross a'\n\t\t\t\tsrc='https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/cross\/P1110015.ws90.JPG'\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class='ngg-imagebrowser-nav'>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='back'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class='ngg-browser-prev'\n\t\t\t\t\tid='ngg-prev-121'\n\t\t\t\t\thref='https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/index.php\/nggallery\/image\/p1110044x?page_id=554'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='next'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class='ngg-browser-next'\n\t\t\t\t\tid='ngg-next-77'\n\t\t\t\t\thref='https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/index.php\/nggallery\/image\/p1110023-ws90?page_id=554'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='counter'>\n\t\t\t\tImage\t\t\t\t1\t\t\t\tof\t\t\t\t3\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='ngg-imagebrowser-desc'>\n\t\t\t\t<p> <\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\nMankind&#8217;s use of the square edged cross&nbsp;in both the East and West greatly predates Christianity in which, along with other religions, I have no&nbsp;interest of faith whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p>The motif of this curved edged cross has repeatedly appeared in my imaginations over many years and&nbsp;I interpret&nbsp;this as&nbsp;a&nbsp;representation of&nbsp;the relationship between&nbsp;the life of symbolic mankind standing, arms outstretched and,&nbsp;(with unavoidable undertones of a gravestone), the ever present&nbsp;alternative of&nbsp;death.<\/p>\n<p>The spherical shapes convey the implication of gonads of either gender,&nbsp;these&nbsp;giving birth to&nbsp;brash young &nbsp;tendrils&nbsp;that&nbsp;lend support to the&nbsp;source of their life while also&nbsp;threatening to strangle and overwhelm the &nbsp;life and death that predates their&nbsp;own existence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Light bulb mobiles<\/h5>\n<p>\t<div class='ngg-imagebrowser default-view'\n\t\tid='ngg-imagebrowser-f8f3d3bb4c2ca68ce2942d48b8414334-554'\n\t\tdata-nextgen-gallery-id=\"f8f3d3bb4c2ca68ce2942d48b8414334\">\n\n\t\t<h3>Globes a<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"pic\" \n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t<a href='https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/globes\/IMG_0036p.ws95.jpg'\n\t\t\ttitle=' '\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/globes\/IMG_0036p.ws95.jpg\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/globes\/thumbs\/thumbs_IMG_0036p.ws95.jpg\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"78\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Globes a\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\" \"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<img title='Globes a'\n\t\t\t\talt='Globes a'\n\t\t\t\tsrc='https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/globes\/IMG_0036p.ws95.jpg'\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class='ngg-imagebrowser-nav'>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='back'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class='ngg-browser-prev'\n\t\t\t\t\tid='ngg-prev-82'\n\t\t\t\t\thref='https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/index.php\/nggallery\/image\/img_0107-ws95?page_id=554'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='next'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class='ngg-browser-next'\n\t\t\t\t\tid='ngg-next-79'\n\t\t\t\t\thref='https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/index.php\/nggallery\/image\/img_0046-ws95?page_id=554'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='counter'>\n\t\t\t\tImage\t\t\t\t1\t\t\t\tof\t\t\t\t5\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='ngg-imagebrowser-desc'>\n\t\t\t\t<p> <\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\nI have found an interest &#8211; if not almost a fascination &#8211; with light bulbs&nbsp;although as yet, I have not found quite how I would like to incorporate these into some art.&nbsp;&nbsp;Meanwhile, I have made large variety of mobiles which are visually enjoyable not only for the endless reflections they generate in a source of light but the&nbsp;meditative&nbsp;dance of their movements&nbsp;in anything other than still air.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following items&nbsp;illustrate&nbsp;some of the different ideas I am contemplating&nbsp;or&nbsp;developing. Maquette for garden sculpture &#8216;Energies&#8217; This is a small model made with brass but intended to be developed into a much larger metallic&nbsp;structure&nbsp;that will have the&nbsp;resilience&nbsp;to survive&nbsp;in an external setting. The conical base&nbsp;should surely be of a more natural material such as stone and needs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":201,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/554"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=554"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1683,"href":"https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/554\/revisions\/1683"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}