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Detail of Yoan Capote, Island (see-escape), 2010 Oil, nails, and fishhooks on jute, mounted on plywood Collection Pérez Art Museum Miami
Hook Head is the oldest lighthouse in Ireland, and one of the oldest in Europe still operating. In the 5th century St Dubhan set up a fire beacon on the headland as a warning to mariners. After his death his monks kept the beacon going for another 6 centuries. Between 1170 and 1184 the Normans built the present lighthouse.
In 1665 King Charles II granted letters patent to Sir Robert Reading to erect a lighthouse at Hook Head, Co Wexford, Ireland.
It was built from local limestone and burned lime mixed with ox’s blood. The walls are 9 to 13 feet thick and 80 feet above the ground. Even today traces of the blood-lime mix can be seen coming through the paintwork.
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Hook Head lightouse in Co Wexford, Ireland. It is a unique example of an almost intact medieval lighthouse. It dates from the early 13th century and was a major feat at the time of its construction.
Clover crochet hooks
up : "Amure crochet hook" size7/0 4.0mm (683yen)
about 141mm in length.
down : "Soft touch crochet hook" size9/0 6.0mm (840yen)
about 134mm in length.
Hook Head, County Wexford. Shooting conditions weren't ideal as there was a strong wind blowing and spray constantly gathered on the filter.
I have taken up Primitive Rug Hooking and for my first project I designed and hooked a Tea Cosy for my daughter's Birthday.
Those are her two cats; Bela and Finn.
It's labour intensive searching out the wool, preparing and cutting it, but very rewarding.
Hook Head wild and elemental, tranquil and serene, in its serenity hides the treachery which awaits unsuspecting mariners, little wonder that William Marshal earl of Pembrokeshire undertook the building of the lighthouse in the early 13th century as a navigational aid to guide his ships into Waterford Harbour. The tower has close affinities to Marshal castles at Ferns, at Kilkenny and at Pembroke in Wales. It appears to have been modelled on freestanding, cylindrical stone keeps known as 'Juliets' which were popular in Wales and France during the early 13th century.
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Pattern in Robin Hansen's Favorite Mittens, called "mittens hooked on a dowel" - I bought this hook at the Folk Museum in Oslo.
Red hook Crit,
Fixed gear race in NYC, pretty amazing to watch guys bomb down the straight into the hairpin at the end, brakeless, and in big packs.
Loads of stacks.
This solid brass coat hook comes from an "old federal building", according to the label on the back.
Being in Chicago, this likely means it originally hung somewhere in Henry Ives Cobb's Chicago Federal Building, demolished in 1965. I imagine dozens of them, lining the hallway of the judges' chambers... or in a cloak room off the lobby. Who knows.
I love the worn patina, the little voids and spots where the molten metal didn't quite fill, and the overall size and heft; it juts out 4" from the base, and stands nearly 5.5" tall. Feels like it's around a pound.
I hope to one day reproduce these in brass - maybe also a darkened bronze. It'd make a killer bathrobe hook, and I could even imagine a row of them, lined up on an exposed brick wall in a garage or barn.
It's a simple, utilitarian design that neither Melissa nor I have seen before. That's saying something, as we've looked at a lot of old hardware. At $25, we just couldn't pass up.
Found over the weekend locally on Craigslist.