In Samuel van Hoogstraten's incredible perspective box you look in from 2 different angles & see 7 rooms & 3 outdoor areas of this house. Such an ingenious feat of painting. Today is Hoogstraten's day.
I’ve spent years collecting acorns, and bringing them on, mismanaging the landscape, getting something’s right and others badly wrong, but was made up first hearing then seeing this Sedge Warbler yesterday.
Another lovely day at the Laidhay Barn, Caithness, Cat A, sampling the site for the replacement earth mortars. After fast drying on the bonnet they are perfect. I like the idea of all the materials coming from as far as you could throw a pebble and the way it hunkers down in the wind.
There can’t be many still up and running and I’ll sling in an ace fairly knackered workshop while I’m on. Brora today.
A view through the nave to the chancel, at glorious St. John’s, Duxford, Cambridgeshire 😍
Why publish in UCLOE? In the latest author blog, @limefinishes.bsky.social discusses his paper, Lime finishes: what's the point?, and explains why he chose to publish his research in UCL Open Environment. This fascinating blog is a 2-minute read: 🔗 journals.uclpress.co.uk/ucloe/news/2...
UCL Open Environment@ucloe.bsky.social · 2w ago🧱 #ClimateChange is driving heritage conservation strategies. But should pointing, the preferred repair method for rubble stone buildings, continue to be used in historic buildings? This paper by @limefinishes.bsky.social challenges that conservation approach. 🔗 doi.org/10.14324/111...
We went for dinner in Fortrose on Friday night and I spotted these which engendered a major eye roll and five minutes glowering until the first glass of wine had gone down. I thought they were tremendous.
I made a naive error this morning @limefinishesgroup1.bsky.social and put in 'limewashed cottage' in to iPhoto's search this morning, anyway these are a few that came up.
🧱 #ClimateChange is driving heritage conservation strategies. But should pointing, the preferred repair method for rubble stone buildings, continue to be used in historic buildings? This paper by @limefinishes.bsky.social challenges that conservation approach. 🔗 doi.org/10.14324/111...
Painted gravestones, St Batholomew’s church at Benthall Hall in Shropshire. My thanks to Sarah Schmitz for these. Currently working on paint finishes to ashlar and grave markers; other contributions always welcome.
Do have a read of our paper and learn more about the impact of pressure difference on buildings and how lime finishes can help mitigate this… journals.uclpress.co.uk/ucloe/articl...
Dr Tim Meek@limefinishes.bsky.social · 3w agoOur paper ‘Lime finishes: what's the point? Pressure difference in storm conditions in a changing climate’ is just out and you will find it here journals.uclpress.co.uk/ucloe/articl... My thanks to my coauthors @Kate North, Douglas Moore and Prof Jens-Arne Subke and to @ucloe.bsky.social
Have a read of our paper and learn more about the impact of pressure difference on buildings and how lime finishes can help mitigate this…
Dr Tim Meek@limefinishes.bsky.social · 3w agoOur paper ‘Lime finishes: what's the point? Pressure difference in storm conditions in a changing climate’ is just out and you will find it here journals.uclpress.co.uk/ucloe/articl... My thanks to my coauthors @Kate North, Douglas Moore and Prof Jens-Arne Subke and to @ucloe.bsky.social
Our paper ‘Lime finishes: what's the point? Pressure difference in storm conditions in a changing climate’ is just out and you will find it here journals.uclpress.co.uk/ucloe/articl... My thanks to my coauthors @Kate North, Douglas Moore and Prof Jens-Arne Subke and to @ucloe.bsky.social
Of course I heard it before I saw it. Peregrine at Beverley Minster.
A fascinating section of the mid-14th century refectory, later used as a barn, at Denny Abbey in Cambridgeshire. Many phases of alteration, re-use, layers of different mortars and coatings…🤩 The great thing is, it has survived…most don’t!
When looking for evidence of finishes on a church, a great place to check is behind grave markers that have later been attached to the wall - it’s harder to reach (if purposeful stripping of finishes has occurred) and also provides a sheltered spot, so any remnants tend to survive 😀
OK, I get it's two prints and a watercolour but I see no sign of joint lines. James Smith c. 1688
Impressed with the determination of this Common Gull to join all the rest of the birds stripping cherries
This is epic with a huge crop of cherries. The upper branches we leave for the birds which sounds thoughtful but tbh I’m unequal to the battle.
Chest tomb, C14 (inscribed on top surface). Richly pigmented and Mouse suspects much, if not all, is original. Colours of which our dour, grey churches are now devoid thanks to King beardy falling out with da Pope #FarleighChapel #Wiltshire for #TombTuesday
The Clachan Church, Lochbroom 1817 with fantastic survivals of harling @limefinishesgroup1.bsky.social on both gables. You can see how the original harl was overlain with a freshening up at some point and the more recent cement works are obvious. Our youngest LFG group member.
I like the way something so brutal has morphed into something attractive. I remember carrying it back along the beach years ago. Barbed wire from either WW1 or WW11
The monochrome drawing (possibly 18th century) shows the surface as large, ashlar blocks…we might infer that it was fully plastered and lined out, at that point. The 19th century watercolour appears to show a worn, coated surface. Then there’s the physical remnants of a finish that survive, too!
Views of Glatton Church, Cambridgeshire We can see now, that other than the upper tower, the church is of rubble construction - and yet the documentary and archaeological evidence suggests it wasn’t always that way! Continued below…
This is as close as I get to gardening. The clutter is outstanding.
Had the surreal experience today of receiving a lovely email from @douglarkin.bsky.social about how my Aeon article inspired his band to make a song about cave art! I *highly* recommend (although I’m biased) giving it a listen here: cuppajoeband.bandcamp.com/album/k-vart
K-Vart, by Cuppa Joe
14 track album
cuppajoeband.bandcamp.com
Dr Izzy Wisher@izzywisher.bsky.social · 2y agoWant to know more about why our Ice Age ancestors make art in the all-encompassing darkness of deep caves? Why not read my Aeon essay, that explores the sensorial experience of Palaeolithic cave art making 👇 (It also serves as a perfect introduction to my research!) aeon.co/essays/why-d...