This month over on the John Howe forum the theme of the month is Deco… ..adding beauty to function. While the functional aspect of the object remains, the representational side of ti is considered as an art form in itself. So I decided to paint a Hobbit’s pipe which had been carved with an ivy leaf pattern around the bowl.
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It’s not just a book…
More on the ‘book’ theme for the John Howe forum, whilst I used The Lord of the Rings here it could apply to almost any book. It’s really not just about the book, it’s about what the book brings out of you or what it makes you feel.
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The theme of the month for July over on John Howe’s website is ‘Books‘, which started me thinking about books and what they mean to different people. To me they often open doors to unexpected places, or sometimes to expected places but where you often discover something new 😉 So this is a composite in photoshop of a book opening a doorway into the Shire, with a willing Hobbit ready for a wander 🙂
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Even Cerberus, hellhound of the underworld would sit nicely when there was a dog biscuit on offer…
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The theme of the month for May on John Howe’s website is ‘Underworlds’ and I jokingly said… Which started me thinking, there should really be a London Underground style map for Moria. So I started plotting and planning, the trouble was there were so few places mentioned in Moria to map out, so I decided to add a few places. It turns out the map I came up with was Moria as seen a few hundred years after the events in The Lord of the Rings. I realize not everyone…
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