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A to B but missing C @hippopotamo #travel #speed #

A to B but missing C @hippopotamo
#travel #speed #movement #trains #movement #experiment #handmade

Toss a coin. Draw a circle in the sand, plant your

Toss a coin. Draw a circle in the sand, plant your feet in the circle, feel the Gauloise packet crackling in your pocket, and throw the jack out 6-10m.

The target: Le but
The jack:
Le cochonnet (piglet), Il pallino (bullet)

Sneaky
roll the ball as close as possible to the pallino. Explore spin.

Intense
knock the opponent’s ball away from the cochonnet/pallino/jack by rolling very fast. Can make a run of 2-4 steps before launching. Explore spin.

Drama Queen
throw ball up into the air and directly obliterating the opponent’s boule or the cochonnet (crowd cheer👏🏼), with the restriction that the ball must strike the ground within 50cm of the target. 💣

6thC BC the ancient Greeks tossed coins, flat stones & stone balls. The ancient Romans added a target. The Roman variation was brought to Provence by soldiers & sailors. By the 19th century, in England the game had become lawn bowling.

Vast Boules exhibition in Arles @musee.reattu. The hundred styles of balls on display (giant hollow steel or bronze) in all sizes & textures had overtones of witchery.

The photographer:
Hans Silvester, b. 1938 Germany. In 1960, arrived in the Camargue (SW of Arles, Provence), fell in love with the region, and moved there.

#pétanque #boules #provence #arles #photography #sportphotography #frenchphotographers #croquet #bowling #romansport #games #peoplewatching #frenchculture

My eyes popped out & I was tripping. ‘Alfred, co

My eyes popped out & I was tripping. ‘Alfred, cover my boudoir in no1 & no5 please’. I’ve been more of a block-colour girl, but these..

Latour’s bold prints 👁️ @musee.reattu, Arles Fine Arts (many photos taken at the expo hence slight reflections) filled me full, shook my shimmy and tickled my tush. Visit Arles my friends..’Je suis sous le charme’, culture, roman amphitheatres, the weave of the Rhône, local wines, tradition ooze, museums any art lover would be swooning over, modern’ism’ (Jean Nouvel tower, @leeufanarles ), tiny beautiful boutiques @moustiquearlesofficiel , Camargue horses flamingos🦩 and bulls, salts and squids close enough to visit in a morning & the beach not far away. Avignon by train, a close neighbour too. Break away and stay Hotel de l’Anglais (Filipe & Pierrick will look after you, trust me, they are extraordinary). Arles mon amour ♥️.

Alfred Latour 1888 – 1964
French painter, engraver, graphic & fabric designer, excellent photographer.

His father was a printer & typographer at the Imprimerie Nationale. Alfred was born into a working-class neighbourhood, in the 12th arrondissement, Paris.

Latour was always highly independent, individual and reserved, and had no inclination to draw attention to himself..(last photo: his powerful, uneven face). Nevertheless, the world took notice, and he is very much remembered: his work can be seen in Paris, Lyon, Marseilles, Arles, Martigues (between Montpellier & Marseilles), The British Museum and The Victoria and Albert Museum, plus the National Library of the Netherlands. Also part of many private art collections.

The Alfred Latour Foundation was established (2004) in Fribourg, Switzerland (between Lausanne & Bern in case you travel to either and have time..)

#alfredlatour #printing #frenchpainters #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #arles #marseilleart #parisart #thebritishmuseum #victoriaandalbertmuseum #museereattu #jeannouvel #leeufan

Bathtime @_hippopotamo_ hommage à Juan Miro 1893

Bathtime @_hippopotamo_ hommage à Juan Miro 1893-1983 (Catalan)

#vaporetto #onboardluxuries #bathcover #portholecover #reflections #boatlife #yachtlife #detail #decoration #taps

@pembertonqwilts in collaboration with @_hippopot

@pembertonqwilts in collaboration with @_hippopotamo_

Quilt for the steel lady. Thank you Emily. Just wonderful 😘. More photos when it’s onboard (!)

#quilts #commissionart #wassilykandinsky #abstract #quilting #cotton #linen #quiltingfabric

Could she be more beautiful? Mable, living her bes

Could she be more beautiful? Mable, living her best life at 346 metres..(when her ears flap all the way up..🤓)

Highest point, Mynydd Carningli, West Pembrokeshire, Wales. ‘Angel rock’

In the UK, only at 610 metres, does a hill becomes a mountain 👐🏼.

@timhughcello @katerinanazarova @judithbusbridge @helenpaterson422 & @mable

#dogs #hounds #sheep #labradoodle #wales #mountains #hills #hiking #peace #love

I find colour & energy surprisingly calming… Ed

I find colour & energy surprisingly calming…

Ed Clark 1926-2019, USA
(Ed liked pushing paint around with a broom). This was one of the few I liked today, but I loved it. Outfit match a coincidence.
@turnercontemporary
@artinstitutechi

#abstract #bold #modernart #largeart #americanpainters #neworleans #chicago #turnercontemporary #margate #seasidegalleries #kent #edclark #abstractexpressionism #broomstick

Just visited Emily Campbell @pembertonqwilts, in h

Just visited Emily Campbell @pembertonqwilts, in her studio in New Cross, East London. Thanks to @douglasmackie for the introduction ♥️.

Digital mock up for a new quilt, stitched in the next two months, for Hippo’s sofabed A luxury coat for a very humble sofa (!). 100% linen.

*nod to Venice with the diagonal stripe, and Hippo’s cherry red external colour.

Back of quilt: a linear Mondrian design in dark grey with a red line pattern, based on Hippo’s bedspread. Beyond excited. Emily, thank you so much. Counting the days..

#quilts #wassilykandinsky #vaporetto #boatlife #boats #yachtdesign #interiordesign #sofacovers #veniceitaly #pietmondrian #mobilehome #bedspreads #tapestry #patchwork #quilting #textile #upholstery #wallart #murals #abstractart #linen

Overtones & undercurrents (boob detail) Surrealis

Overtones & undercurrents (boob detail)

Surrealist Johannes (Hendrikus) Moesman born in Utrecht..

1909-1988
@centraalmuseumutrecht

#surrealist #painting #detail #lastsupper #museumtrip #utrecht #glovesfetish #cutlery

Only Rumi poetry will do for Rey, or he gets bored

Only Rumi poetry will do for Rey, or he gets bored ,-).
VIP guestroom quilt from @charlestontrust @_hippopotamo_ Most adorable guest possible.

#vaporetto #boats #riverlife #guests #visitors #dogs #poodles #hounds #puppies #tinyhome #floatinghome #boatlife #yachtlife #houseboat #houseboatlife #dogsitting

Les revolutionnaires! Bleu Blanc et Rouge. @montev

Les revolutionnaires! Bleu Blanc et Rouge. @monteverdi_choir_orchestras @beanphilips @mayyyyyyyy @stmartininthefields Love these girls and this band of eccentrics and can’t wait for tonight with maestro 🫶🏼 ♥️ @dinispsousa

#orchestra #historicallyinformed #violin #revolution #romantics #tricolor #strings #beethoven #classicalmusicians

‘ Hello Tom. Hello Miranda’. Tom and his organ

‘ Hello Tom. Hello Miranda’. Tom and his organ, tuning down to ‘revolutionary’ Beethovenian pitch 429-430 (‘modern’ musicians generally tune to A=440-442). Tom lives on a boat at Tower Bridge, as it happens 🫶🏼, and is the brother of a favourite: @lil.cochrane @artboat @monteverdi_choir_orchestras

#towerbridge #organs #pipes #hellos #boatowners #pianotuning #keyboard #innerparts #beethoven #mass #musicianlife #musicians

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