Category Archives: Blue Rope

Blue rope is ubiquitous. It moors boats, it marks boundaries, it secures covers. Taut, sagging, coiled; it is used, it lies discarded. It’s a visual thesaurus blueness, azure, forget-me-not, sky blue. It ages to almost white. Synthetic, let’s say nylon. What happened to the natural hues of flax, hemp and cotton? Why not red, green or yellow? Who makes it and where? It materialises when we are not watching.

Blue Rope – Magog Down 2

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Brian Human

I drew attention to the intrusive inclusion of the path in my Blue Rope photograph posted on 2nd May. I visited the Down yesterday (the cowslips have almost disappeared and the dog daisies are in waiting) and took a phone … Continue reading →

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Blue Rope – Magog Down

Posted on May 2, 2021 by Brian Human

The Magog Downs were gilded delicately with cowslips on Friday, showing up the trashy gaudiness of lurid fields of rape. I like the brilliance of the blue here, the spiral and the way the end on the rope is pointing … Continue reading →

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Blue Rope, Snettisham

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Brian Human

Spring at Snettisham, Norfolk: Blue rope is used to cordon off and protect ground nesting birds like oystercatcher and ringed plover.

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Shingle Blue

Posted on October 18, 2020 by Brian Human

Blue rope at Shingle Street autumn 2020.

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Waterbeach Blue

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Brian Human

‘At Waterbeach Barracks, our focus will create a place to be proud of, with new homes, investment in transport, renewable energy, green space, schools and healthcare to ensure an exemplar sustainable development. New cycle and walking routes, community orchards and … Continue reading →

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Henry Moore

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Brian Human

Two very different pictures from the Henry Moore Studios and Gardens on 9th September.

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Welsh Blue

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Brian Human

First picture of blue rope since December 2018. This piece seen walking from Nine Wells to Porth y Rhaw, near St Davids, Pembrokeshire.

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A Surfeit of Blue

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Brian Human

Holy Trinity, Blythburgh, has 15th century poppy heads representing the seven deadly sins – Gluttony holds up his ample pot belly.  The architect Morris Lapidus called his autobiography Too Much is Never Enough in honour of his monuments to excess.  … Continue reading →

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Why Blue Rope?

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Brian Human

I had a moment of realisation in the Botanic Garden of Wednesday (actually one of many revelations that morning, but they are part of another story).  Asked to explain why I took photographs of the ubiquitous bright blue rope, for … Continue reading →

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Prayer Flags

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Brian Human

These warning tapes flapping in the breeze are reminiscent of Buddhist prayer flags.  Yellow symbolises the element earth and the east; horizontal flags, are called Lung Dar.  Prayer flags should always be still and it is considered disrespectful if they … Continue reading →

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Emmaus

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Brian Human

Seven bags of clutter to Emmaus today, books and boots, ornaments and tapes and so on.  An amazing place, ‘working as a community, sharing a life where everyone is treated equally, and living in harmony with dignity by helping those … Continue reading →

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Craquelure

Posted on March 24, 2018 by Brian Human

I came across a new word recently, ‘craquelure’.  It is the fine pattern of dense reticulated cracking formed on the surface of materials, especially paintings, either as part of the process of ageing or of their original production.  Where it’s … Continue reading →

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Blenheim Blue

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Brian Human

Blue rope at Blenheim Palace.  Well, what other colour would a Duke use?  Perhaps a radical gardener slipped on the red dog collar. Photo: Blenheim Palace, March 2018

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Nothing Lasts

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Brian Human

According to Leonard Koren, wabi-sabi can be defined as, ‘the most conspicuous and characteristic feature of traditional Japanese beauty and it occupies roughly the same position in the Japanese pantheon of aesthetic values as do the Greek ideals of beauty … Continue reading →

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Brighton Wrap

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Brian Human

My photo book A Piece of Ephemera included 15 photographs of urban wrappings, from bridges to mannequins and statues to whales.  This one didn’t get through the editing, probably a mistake, if only because the contents of these curious parcels … Continue reading →

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