But first...
Dulltown, UK: Today's lost plectrum is the one that was eventually found in one of Queen Elizabeth II's jewel boxes.
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What?... Where?... The title?... Oh, on the rug...
Well, I seem to have got into the habit of taking a picture of the first rough sketch for a new lino print. The sketches aren't very interesting really, but people do seem to like them. So, having just done a sketch, I generally grab my little workshop camera, and look around for something to juxtapose the thing with.
Anything will do, just to give me something extra to talk about in the post about it - this is that post, dear reader.
Perhaps now, we'd better have a look at the photo:
Yes, yes, well, having looked around for something interesting - workshop tools, my paint spattered, black, mucky-work painting jacket, my radio, a vice on the workbench, a mug of tea, a sandwich with a bite taken out of it, that sort of thing, I found that I had used all those up as picture-fillers in the past.
Hang on! What about the rug I'm standing on?
Yes, It's good to have an old rug in the workshop, especially in winter when the concrete floor is so cold underfoot. 'Underfoot' is a funny sort of word, isn't it? By the way, the rug looks a lot better in the photo than it does in real life.
Yes, Dave, but what about the drawing?
Oh, yes, the drawing. I see that it even has a title attached - 'The threat of the big French curve'. Why did I write that? I don't usually give my prints titles.
There is a single French curve then - it's big, almost a full size one this time. Look, it's looming in from the left. Looming, that's a very good word for it - just look at it loom!
I see that a small audience has gathered, to watch what it's up to - it was advertised on all the media, on TV, and in all the newspapers, didn't you see it? Do you like the way the shadows of the people are all directed by the sunlight - if that is a sun? I see that the French curve has got an eye - me, I can't resist putting eyes on the brutes, they are just so bird-like.
I think the print will look remarkably similar to this sketch.
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