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.

Mixed

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Brian Human

Mixed media: stone, wood, metal, blue rope. Photo: Hastings, February 2012

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Accident

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Brian Human

I stopped to photograph the blue rope with its makeshift prayer flags and saw the fox.  No connection – an odd juxtaposition. Photo: Granhams Road, Cambridge 22nd September 2011

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Woodbridge Blue

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Brian Human

Rope £9 for 10m. Photo: Woodbridge, Suffolk, 15th August 2011

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Buoy Blue

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Brian Human

No comment. Photo: South Quay, Great Yarmouth, 1st July 2011

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Kardamyli

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Brian Human

Blue rope in the land of blue doors, blue skies and blue and white flags. Photo: Kardamyli Harbour, Mani, Greece, May 2011

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Blue Bracken

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Brian Human

On 24th February on BBC2’s The Spice Trail, Kate Humble met the people from Indonesia, who have rebuilt their lives and communities around the cultivation and trade of nutmeg and cloves.  In Ternate the islanders used blue ropes to work … Continue reading →

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Emerging Rope

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Brian Human

A utility provider has turned over the ground.  A blue rope emerges.  Attached to what? Photo: Cherry Hinton Road, Cambridge, 6th February 2011

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Not Greenland

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Brian Human

Last night on ‘Human Planet’ Greenlanders were using blue rope to catch Greenland Sharks through the sea ice. Photo: Hills Road, Cambridge, 28th January 2011

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Bridge works

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Brian Human

Hills Road Bridge has undergone major restructuring to allow the Guidedbus to pass underneath.  The layout of lanes has been radically altered.  Work continues on a new junction for an access road to the railway station.  Blue rope plays its … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 8, 2010 by Brian Human
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Posted on October 31, 2010 by Brian Human
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