COAST of LIGHT

Tag: Creativity

  • 2027 Calendars (Part 1 of 2)

    (versión en español abajo)

    My first 2027 COAST of LIGHT calendar sample arrived this week!

    Twelve Andalusian-inspired pieces full of local light, some carrying words of wisdom, all hand picked by me. Wire-bound, 14.8 x 40 cm, ready to hang.

    It’s one thing to see the work on a screen. Another to hold it and hang it on a wall.

    Interested?

    Now available in the shop at coastoflight.etsy.com.

    Next Friday the A4 / A3 calendar is revealed.

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    Esta semana llegó mi primera muestra del calendario COAST of LIGHT 2027.

    Doce piezas inspiradas en Andalucía, llenas de luz local, algunas con palabras de sabiduría, todas seleccionadas a mano por mí. Encuadernado con espiral, 14,8 x 40 cm, listo para colgar.
    Una cosa es ver el trabajo en pantalla. Otra muy distinta es tenerlo en las manos y colgarlo en la pared.

    ¿Te interesa?

    Ya disponible en la tienda en coastoflight.etsy.com.

    El próximo viernes se revela el calendario A4 / A3.

  • Exploring Personality (Part 2)

    The creative process continues. My love of maps has led me to create this one (shown below), inspired by The Aesthete (worth reading to understand the beginnings) and further inspired by a photo of a wall in a car park in England (See above).

    I didn’t know when I took this photo in the summer that it would become a map. That’s what I love about the creative process.

    This one is still not quite finished I don’t think, but i wanted to keep it simple and try only including what was in the poem.

    The colours were inspired by the creative practice colours for August and it was created using Acorn software (similar to Photoshop) to enable layering and curving of text.

  • Anxiety

    A little action can crush a lot of fear / Un poco de acción puede vencer mucho miedo. ¡Este. Es. El. Año!

    The Turning Ground: Wisdom for the kitchen, the everyday and the light within / Sabiduría para la cocina, lo cotidiano y la luz que llevamos dentro.

  • Colours for September

    Four new colours for this month’s creative practice.

    PONIENTE the warm west wind off the bay as the heat of summer begins to ease.
    RETORNO a quiet, settled green marking the return to routine after the busyness of summer.
    VENDIMIA the amber-gold of grapes during the September harvest around Jerez and El Puerto.
    HIGO CHUMBO the vivid magenta flesh of the prickly pear, one last burst of colour before autumn.

    Use them however you like. A wash of background colour, a single brushstroke, a filter, a frame. The prompts this month and every month can be found here.

    #COLCP26

  • All That Glitters

    (versión en español abajo)

    Two colours. One horizon. A sun that glows like a coin.

    All That Glitters is one of those pieces that came together quickly. The warm orange and red of a southern Spain summer sunset, layered and blended in vitamin sea.

    It’s available in the shop here.

    Dos colores. Un horizonte. Un sol que brilla como una moneda.

    All That Glitters es una de esas piezas que tomó forma rápidamente. El cálido naranja y rojo de un atardecer de verano en el sur de España, superpuesto y fusionado en vitamina mar.

    Disponible en la tienda aquí.