Bristol Art Museum and came across this glass sculpture by Ikuta Niyoko, entitled ‘Ku’ (free essence 32) made in 2013. Beautiful geometric free-flowing form. Notes to the piece say: “Each piece of glass is attached to the next using a special adhesive that hardens and becomes transparent with ultraviolet light. In the ‘Free Essence’ series the artist explores ideas relating to the Buddhist concept of emptiness. the viewer can look down the centre of the ‘wave’ which seems to be entirely empty, but is in fact solid glass.” It was quite beautiful to look at, and from different angles.Continue Reading
ArchivesDecember, 2016
05DecJeremy Weird
Okay, I know – it should really read Jeremy Wade, the chap who travels round the world hoping to catch a variety of extraordinary ‘river monsters’, and a recent visit to Bristol led us to visit the Aquarium there. Found a series of posters on display which showed Jeremy and the various fish he’d caught, so couldn’t resist snapping (no pun intended) a pic of him and a Piranha. Does look weird.Continue Reading
