For over ten years Rob had two jobs, he worked in his studio in the day and at night would work in the local cinema. He rarely saw his wife so every evening she would write him a note before she went to bed, leaving it for him to read in the morning. The notes were written on anything to hand, the back of a gas bill, an old shopping list, often out-lining the small change of life – when to pick up the kids, what they should have to eat but always telling him that she loved and missed him. He kept every one.
12 Dec 2010
Holidaying on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides, Hector, his dad and a friend decided to paddle a boat out to the remote island of Taransay. They hiked from one side of the island to the other, for the return route Hector decided to walk along the shore and his dad and friend climbed the hill in the centre of the island. On the way back Hector found an antler that had been shed, on meeting up with his dad back at their boat he found his dad holding the mirror five-tined antler.
05 Dec 2010
Four years ago Jo’s mother died. She was a painter, a great colourist – this was evident in her work and also in the clothes she’d worn throughout her life. Jo had the difficult task of clearing out her mum’s wardrobe. She found over fifty bright cotton shirts. She couldn’t face getting rid of them so she made them into a patchwork in her mum’s memory.
28 Nov 2010
Kirsty was given the dancing lady by Lindsay who said the model reminded her of her friend. One day the model vanished, the following Christmas Kirsty was given the book ‘Little People in the City’ – a collection of photographs of these tiny model people in real human-scale environments. Immaculately inserted into the anonymous gift were photographs of Kirsty’s missing dancing lady. A hoola hoop made out of electrical wire had been added, Kirsty had been taking hoola hoop classes. The model was later returned and the photographer, thief and admirer revealed himself.
18 Oct 2010
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