Beauty amongst Chaos (1) – creating abstract art using a photo

Copyright 2015 Kay/wavesandpebbles

Copyright 2015 Kay/wavesandpebbles

It’s early Sunday morning and I’m playing around with a few photos I took in my small garden, which is in dire need of a makeover.  I had given up on it completely this year and then I visited a garden nursery and decided to splash out on some sale goods – three pots of herbs and two hanging baskets – so that I had a bit of colour.  I’m having a go at putting together a small slideshow just to see if I can technically manage to get it on my blog.  I then decided to edit one of the photos which was too blurry to use.  I cropped the photo and used the basic editing facilities available on an Apple computer.  I love the colours and the abstract shapes created by the lines of the yellow flower.  To me, I look at it and see deep blue sea and turquoise sky in the distance.

An African Jewel amidst Ruskin Park, London

Copyright 2015 Kay/wavesandpebbles

Copyright 2015 Kay/wavesandpebbles

Yesterday I posted about my visit to London which included my discovery of Ruskin Park. This painted picnic bench was an unexpected find. I wanted to find out more about it before posting these photos.

This art picnic bench was created as part of the Camberwell Arts Festival, the longest running visual arts festival in the UK at 21 years. 10 artists were commissioned to decorate picnic benches which would be used during the festival and then be placed within local parks. The bench located in Ruskin Park is an African design created by Nkiruka, a creative fashion, arts, crafts and textiles design partnership and is called The New Yam Table.

Information about the festival which was held at the end of June is at http://www.camberwellarts.org.uk.  Information on Nkiruka is at http://www.makerhood.com/nkiruka.

(If you believe the information I have provided is incorrect, please let me know.  Information on the bench was limited and I could find no images online.)

Copyright 2015 Kay/wavesandpebbles

Copyright 2015 Kay/wavesandpebbles

Copyright 2015 Kay/wavesandpebbles

Copyright 2015 Kay/wavesandpebbles