Railroad Yard with Shed from a Hot Air Balloon
by Nigel Radcliffe
Title
Railroad Yard with Shed from a Hot Air Balloon
Artist
Nigel Radcliffe
Medium
Mixed Media - Collage
Description
This collage (in the original meaning of the word) was great fun to compose. It is based on a photograph I took of the view from a hot air balloon down on to a railway, or railroad yard in Yorkshire, UK. I found the graphic arrangement pleasing. I shall now find - I think - some of the terminology in English idiom possibly different from that used in the USA in explaining the materials I used (if you are interested, that is). Apart from the obvious toy railway lines/track, the roof of the shed is corrugated card, the abandoned window frames from lego, little rubber rings for tyres, twigs for logs, matchsticks, a chain from a child's necklace, gravel, plaster of paris.... are you with me.....?
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September 21st, 2015
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Comments (4)
Douglas Fromm
An excellent concept, and well executed with UNconventional materials.....sometimes I wish that I had enough discipline to operate in this manner. I just throw found objects and images together and stir them around in a "visual gumbo" until it "looks right"....!
Nigel Radcliffe replied:
Thanks very much, Douglas, for these comments, especially when you have such expertise yourself. I am a bit disappointed in the dull colours and feel it is rather too literal but the search was, I say, quite fun. The concept of searching rather than finding, is totally different, isn't it.