After digging round in the attic at our family home I came across a box containing some items that belonged to our long lost Uncle Lou. Apparently he was something of a womaniser and a card-sharp and would ever be in search of the next loose woman and dodgy card table. He mysteriously disappeared on a trip to the local butchers one day and all they ever found of him was his rusty sheriff’s badge (which he always wore). He left behind a box of mementos and this is a little something from one of his jaunts around Europe in the late 60’s and looks to be an annotated map of his adventures. It appears it involved lots of women, drink and skiing...
I’ve never actually been to Switzerland myself but I have plenty of friends who have and they all seem to really enjoy the place. I’m pretty sure I would enjoy the skiing and cheese aspect of a visit there but it’s been many years since I wore a timepiece and I’m not a massive fan of chocolate so they couldn’t really impress me on that front. Anyhow I’d still give it a go as apparently ‘It’s more fun in Switzerland!’ and I’d be willing to see if it lives up to the claim.
Working on maps is really rather enjoyable and this piece has been lovingly created on a large vintage motoring map of the region. She features at least 12+ different screen print levels (including our id-iom seal of approval), hand-done red hand-stitching around the Swiss border, many stencils and a load of hand annotation in paint pen (not done by me as my writing isn’t neat enough!) If that wasn’t enough it also features the Transformer Soundwave about to steal a load of ‘energon’ from the Large Hadron Collider on the Swiss border. Naughty Transformer!
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I just love working on maps. They provide inspiration and a good background in one package. I don't think this map will be guiding anyone very far again now that she's art. I'm thinking the best she can hope for is to guide people to the living room...
Now, From Russia With Love is, of course, the title of a 1963 James Bond movie starring Sean Connery but here I'm referring to the phenomenon of mail order brides - of which the countries of the former Soviet Union provide such a bevy of such available ladies (so the internet tells me!) Hence the use of a map of the region.
Anwyay, this is a map of the good ol' USSR and this is represented by the hammer and sickle tattooed across our bride-to-be's heart to show her proletariat upbringing. Currently she has made her way west and is now betrotherd to a man in Birmingham, Alabama.
She has been constructed using acrylic paint, charcoal, paint pens and glitter. All this on a map! She's 48 cm x 60 cm in size and signed on reverse.
Here is the Ebay link
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Maps. You've got to love them. They can come in very useful. Although I doubt this map will be guiding anyone anywhere again. Destiny has something entirely different in store for this particular map. She's become art.
Embiggen is intended to sound like a real word but in fact is completely fabricated. Embiggen, coined by Dan Greaney, has seen use in several scientific publications since its creation in an episode of the Simpsons.
This gentleman is trying to embiggen his arms somewhat so he can be like Stretch Armstrong. But alas i don't think he'll achieve it. For one he's just a normal human called Geoff from Dorking (as the map suggests) and second he's mucho crazy in the brain (in fact that probably helps when trying to grow your arms out - thinking outside the box and all that malarky). At least he's happy!
It is made using acrylic charcoal and paint pen on a map. Its 47 cm x 87 cm in size and signed on reverse.
Here is the Ebay link
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Maps have proved very useful over the years. Although I doubt this map will be guiding anyone anywhere again. Destiny has something entirely different in store for this particular map. She's become art.
Now check out this little boy, he might look like he's trouble but like Pepe le Pew all he wants to do is kiss you and keep kissing you with his Gaelic skills. He'll keep doing this until you are totally under his spell and don't even have a care in the world anymore. This is what happens if you let the French use the language of love...
The picture has been created using acrylic, ink, watercolour, spraypaint and charcoal. It is 48 x 60cm in size and has been signed on reverse.
Here is the Ebay link
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Maps. You've got to love them. They can come in very useful. Although I doubt this map will be guiding anyone anywhere again. Destiny has something entirely different in store for this particular map. She's become art.
I have to say i'm partial to an idiom or two as the name suggests and this one just fell in to my lap. There i was looking through all the maps we have and a map of Greece comes up. As i was staring at it i knew there was a piece in it but i just couldn't quite hit the nail on the head (check that out another idiom). After a serious amount of scratching my head a germ of an idea slowly started to grow in the empty space which is meant to be filled with my brain. Now after consulting google translate and doing a bit of frantic work, hey presto, Job done!
If you can't read Greek it says 'It's all greek to me!" which as you guessed is an idiom. Ooooooh aren't I a clever boy now?
It is made using acrylic and glitter. Its 48 cm x 60 cm in size and signed on reverse
Here is the Ebay link
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