Chapter One: Texture in Landscape

Below are my sand and debris pics. I've used google Picasa, a free download which Ray showed me.

I've zoomed, cropped and used black and white to show tones. I made driftwood and stone rubbings and collected crab shell and feathers.

Location: North and South Beach, Lowestoft...here's North Beach.

Seaweed spikes

The landscape goes lunar with this seaweed as it pokes above the sand.

Caterpillar

Not really, but this feathery seaweed looks like a furry caterpillar.

Plastic

Folds and troughs in the plastic create new hiding places for the sand.

Stones and trails

Sand and sea give each flint stone and pebble a unique shape and colour. I've printed these in black and white to see the tones.

See the spidery trail in the sand at the bottom.

Crab

This crab shell has a wonderful fluted edge.

Stone sea

A stone sea makes a wonderful scrunchy texture.

Dried grass

I like the spiky lines and criss-cross patterns this dried grass makes.

Feather

This feather left a delicate print in the sand.

Butts

OK, I know this isn't strictly speaking sand, but it is debris. It's the car park at North Beach... and the sand is under the stones.

It's the butts I like - great possibilities for rolled fabric beads.

Crab, net and shells

I've zoomed in on this pile of crab, net and shells to abstract the shapes and textures.

Sian gives the go ahead

'Your theme of sand and debris is a great one. Take a look at Gwen Hedley's work. '

Thank you Sian. I've reserved Gwen's book from the library.

Jellyfish

At first I thought sand prints, but I like the new textures debris makes as it is washes up on the shoreline or lies half buried in the sand.

My neighbour, Micky, who was a deep sea trawlerman, says these translucent pebbles are jellyfish with a sting! They were soft and wobbly to touch.