Oct to Hadley, Alex and Chuck - lost Cornwall artist

I was generally pretty happy with the September envelopes and figured I could sustain the momentum into October. It's a month with endless ideas. Too many ideas turned into chaos - or maybe just loss of focus. That candy-corn-bat to Hadley was fun to do and I like the lettering on her name - but the cornbat wasn't enough fun that I wanted to do it again. 

Trying a variation on the candy corn, I did this one for my granddaughter as practice. But I knew that the candy corn would be hard to curve - so I tried something different on Chuck's. Not pleasing. I think I tried a couple more names - and they were equally disappointing - and I can't even find the images which is probably a good thing.

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Oops. I check the pre-written blog posts right before they pop up - and discovered that I did not add the link to this guy's work. I've done a bunch of searching and found out that the amount of plastic on the beaches in Cornwall is distressing - so there are several people making art out of it.... rather than keep searching - I'll just let this post run --- sorry. If you need to surf - Google *Cornwall England beach plastic artwork* and there are many examples.

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Apologies if you think posting another artist off Instagram is making my blog too predictable. This guy is not a calligrapher or lettering artist. He caught my eye because he makes things out of found objects and many of his works feature a huge number of items. He mostly gathers plastic on beaches near Cornwall, England. It can be discouraging to ponder the situation with plastic....so if it troubles you, don't click on the link.

Now I am having the feeling that I already posted this guy and featured Easter Island heads (Moai) recreated out of plastic cigarette lighters. Sorry if this is a repeat --- I am behind schedule on my postings.

Stonehenge recreated out of disposable lighters (above)

(Below) His collection of Lego flippers from the famous Tokyo Express container spill, harvested from the sands of Tregantle Beach Cornwall 25 years later. Again - you can Google and read all about the famous LEGO spill.