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found object: framed jigsaw

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something a bit compelling about this jigsaw of ships (or boats) I saw lying on top of a pile of rubbish. it must have taken hours to make, and someone so clearly like it they then mounted it and hung it on their walls.. for years..

I just like the way the individual tiles force you to examine their details minutely as you put it together, and perhaps whilst hanging. but also always mar, or mark, the whole as they remind you that you are looking at a jigsaw of a picture, never the picture itself.

unlike a maker's mark or tool marks they outline the democracy of construction, the skill set of the creator, and most promisingly the investment of time...

bloody awful looking though, isn't it?

01 · 26

I have much to post...

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I think I have dire pictures of a collage in response to a poem.. and maybe three more to draw in response to another...

I have some visceral abstract sketches to encapsulate my excitement at going to futuregov's #benefitscamp next week.. up wonder if I could livedraw it?

I shall be doing a bit on politics falling between the cannons of normal inspiration....

lastly I wanted to say I found someone who I think is an awesome artist, the wonderful #hollymcglynn.. see the photo and marvel.. marvel I tells you!

01 · 18

the art of war

"Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war ... against brutality and darkness." Picasso
01 · 16

self portraits in blue

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so this is a little painting I did today (on my exciting first day of art class).. I want to play around with the image now I have it digitally..

all of those bubbles are going to be little personas..

I think it's a very introspective piece, but cheerful...

Adam Dustagheer

Adam works in Digital Communications but has also worked in political and community organising. He also writes at the short story project - Political Voodoo.

Contact him at adamdustagheer.com

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You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea - Picasso