Mostar Hash UP Drawing

Books, Books, Books

Excuse the TINY Pictures

Websites of Probbable Interest

http://cortcort.com/

http://www.anmulder.blogspot.com/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/openbaarprivaat

http://www.zwartenwit.com/

http://www.louisreith.com/

http://www.frieze.com/

Good Blog

This blog is really diverse. Such a variation in posts and images. Take a Lookhttp://www.newaccident.com/blog/blog.html

Ponte Hash Up

Clifton Suspense Hash Up

Truss's

Image taken from 'Bridges and Their Builders'

This image is one of the first inspirations for this work. The shapes which these drawings form are really interesting to me. I see them as more than technical drawings but as a symbol of the bridge. These shapes have helped create the fold used for the books.

Book Format

After really considering what i'm going to put into the parchment books I have decided on a map style fold which will open up into a poster. This is something which i'm confident will work well and also references bridges in their engineering, the Shapes and angles. Photos soon...

Remarkable Resemblance

M65 Motorway, Blackburn
Niagara Falls, Canada

Abstracted bridges

So, the bridge as a piece of extreme engineering has a simple aim...to get a desired thing from A to B. I think this bridge can be interpreted as taking a desired thing to a range of different points. A to F, or A to B, or D to Z. Sometimes not all routes are that straight forward.

M65 Bridge

Drawn with black pen onto card. Magazines used are "Ribble Valley Live" and A Blackburn Rovers football flyer.

Steady Progression

I'm feeling a little more confident now i have tried my first collage. It's turned out interestingly. It still resembles my style used in previous book like ventures which i'm liking but its grown and developed into something more serious and 'finished'.

I'll upload the image and you can decide what you think for yourself.

Thanks!

R

Astoria Hash Up

Bridge Books

This is in it's infancy but i thought it would be nice for you to see where the images are being used. I intend to develop this idea further, i will be updating you on any developments

Rialto Hash Up

OXFORD hash up

Hell Gate HAsh up

LDN hash up

Mostar Hash up

Bridge Hash Up

Just a quick experiment at putting together different sections of Bridges

This one is made up of three Bridges, Bridge in the middle is The Brooklyn Bridge and the two either side are bridges on the M65.

I think this creates quite an interesting infusion. The Brooklyn Bridge blends in well with the two less famous bridges.

Recent development work

Ribbon Wreath.

Origami mobile, Made with text about bridges.


Few Pictures...apologies for the quality took them on my phone. Mail me for instructions on how to make these. roxannmaguire@Gmail.com

M65 Research Day

So...this morning started off with a brew with my Dad. Then head off on our way to the M65 at half 7. Luckily the weather was perfect photographing weather so I'm really pleased with some of the shots i captured. Hope you enjoy these snaps!

Service Bridge on the M65 (used for gas lines)

Footbridge

Footbridge around Junction 6

Footbridge

Gannow Bridge

My Dad Philip Maguire under the bridge.

Gannow Bridge Burnely (Rosegrove)

Section of Underside of Bridge

Rosegrove

The first bridge my Dad ever worked on 1981 aged 17

In The Pipe Line

Sunday 17th October at 7am I will be on the M65 between Burnely and Colne. CRAZY i hear you say....No...it's all in the name of art!

My Dad is taking me on a none stop tour around the bridges he helped build in the 1980's -90's. Often working 14 hour shifts in all weathers. Photographs will be posted here A.S.A.P.

So...if you happen to be on the M65 at that time and you spot a white transit van...give us a toot.

x

My Day out In Ribchester.

Ribchester is a Roman Village located just outside of Blackburn.

It's great for walking your dog (so long as they don't get swept away in the river).

This is a picture i took purely for selfish reasons...for the fact that i find shacks and out houses so interesting. I presume they are mini hotels for chickens!

Central Arch of the Ribchester Bridge. This is a Rebuilt version of the origional. It was rebuilt in the 1770's when a terrible flood washed the main part of the bridge downstream.

View from the left.

View from the right

I took my dog Millie with me. As you can see she is quite fond of a lovely dip in the river.

This is the footbridge which crosses the river Ribble. It's a lovely structure and if you stand in the middle there is more than a little bit of movement. (especially if you jump up and down)

This is Blakewater Viaduct. This is where Blackburn got it's name. Black-Burn (burn meaning little river).