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A perfect winter's day, long shadows cast by the low sun, frost on the ancient stones and mist in the valley beyond...
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Painswick Rococo Garden, Gloucestershire
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Extending my practice as a mobile photographer into alternative processes: most importantly, Anthotypes (prints made from vegetable dyes
Painswick is a small village in the Cotswolds, an area of outstanding natural beauty, in Gloucestershire, UK. The church itself has its origins before the Norman conquest (1066). The churchyard is famous for its collection of Yew trees, said to number 99 (according to legend nobody has been able to grow a 100th tree - but secretly there are 103!). Yew trees were of great importance in medieval England being the source of wood used to make the fearsome longbow. The longbow was the major weapon of medieval England with a killing range of up to 400 yards and English bowmen were responsible for many major English victories using this awesome weapon. The reason why Yew trees were planted in churchyards is because the berries are highly poisonous and to protect free ranging cattle they were generally planted in church yards.
A little garden building, deliberately lopsided and with the two parts of its facade set at slightly different angles to face views across the garden.
Painswick Church, surrounded by the famous yew trees. Legend has it that it is impossible to count the number of trees in the graveyard.
Walkers walking along the edge of the course towards Painswick Beacon.
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Painswick Rococo Garden, Gloucestershire
Follow my year-long artist residency on Twitter @hortus_lucis
Extending my practice as a mobile photographer into alternative processes: most importantly, Anthotypes (prints made from vegetable dyes
Exedra Garden, Painswick Rococo Garden, Gloucestershire
my year-long artist residency on Twitter @hortus_lucis
Extending my practice as a mobile photographer into alternative processes: most importantly, Anthotypes (prints made from vegetable dyes
"Painswick is a town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. Originally the town grew from the wool trade, but it is now best known for its parish church's yew trees and the local Rococo Garden. The village is mainly constructed of locally quarried Cotswold stone. Many of the buildings feature south-facing attic rooms once used as weavers' workshops.
The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary is a Grade I listed building. A priest in Painswick is noted in the Domesday Book and so it is assumed that there was also a church here at that time. Evidence suggests that it was built between 1042 and 1066 by Ernesi, a rich Anglo Saxon thegn who was then Lord of the Manor." info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
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