Since I was a little girl I've been making dens....and don't think I'll ever stop..........
Thursday, 5 November 2009
....magic lantern slides...............
It was Oxford Antiques and Farmers Market again today.....I didn't think I'd find anything interesting, except for a new stall selling yummy samosas. I'm always drawn to the stall with old cameras and binoculars and magic lantern slides, but usually out-priced as the slides are sold in boxes and can't be split up because they tell a story, or illustrate a lecture. But my luck was in today. I found some lovely old 1910 colour slides that were being sold separately for a pound each, and so bought five.......it seems that five pounds is my limit for buying stuff that has no real value, but may one day prove useful...............I just like them anyway.....and maybe one day I'll get the magic lantern too......
I love making things, drawing, reading and travelling to places that I've never been to before...going round the corner to see what's there. I am drawn like a moth to lights and lanterns, arthouse films, galleries, coffee shops, orchids, old black and white photographs, rooting around flea markets and jumble sales, newsprint and text, Brick Lane, Camden and Portobello Road.
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