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This one of a series of books made from the paper I place on my worktable. They form a diary of marks related to the period of time they are in place. Some have dates, this one does not. The paper here is a heavy cartridge paper, the front nad back covers have been coated in beeswax to give them some strength.
This particular book was produced in 2012 whilst preparing for my Painting with Natural Dyes workshop.
It has a tape binding, so all pages will open flat, the tape used is naturally dyed silk which has then been made into silk string which wraps around the book and is tied to secure it. It has been hand bound using a linen thread.
There are some awesome marks in this book, many pages appear to be maps of myserious places. There is quite a bit of colour in this book, featuring experiments with natural dye pigments to make paint such as , cochineal, logwood, indigo, madder, alkanet, lac and querabacho also play with tea and dandelion coffee.
This book can either be left as an artist's book or you can enter into a collaboration with me
by working into the pages
If you do that please share the results with me
Book is 7.5 x 10.5 cm (3 x 41/2") and has 62 pages.
Mark A. Sheppard speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Supernatural", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.
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Mark Kramer, Stewardship Coordinator at Armand Bayou Nature Center, was Captain for our Sunset Tour today. Thanks for sharing your knowledge of the finest natural area in Houston!
Welcome back, Mark!
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Completed stitched handkerchiefs & hand-written notes by craftivists for M&S board members & other VIPs to be wrapped and ribboned to hand over as gi]fts at the AGM on Tuesday 7th July 2015.
Press Release: Craftivist campaign launches after survey shows 17 percent of British shoppers would shop more often at Marks & Spencers if it paid a Living Wage
The Craftivist Collective is joining forces with ShareAction’s AGM Army this summer to press UK retailers to pay a Living Wage. The campaigners are coordinating a series of “stitch-ins” at branches of Marks & Spencers across the UK, for crafters to sew hand-made messages onto M&S handkerchiefs, to be delivered to the board, celebrity endorsers, and major shareholders of the British retail giant at its annual general meeting at Wembley Stadium on July 7th.
An online poll shows 17 percent of British shoppers would shop more often at Marks & Spencers if it paid staff a Living Wage. (Source: Opinium survey, 12th-16th June 2015, based on 2002 online interviews across the UK).
The first “stitch-in” will take place on June 22 in London at 6:30 pm outside the Marks & Spencers on Liverpool Road, N1 0PR. Another “stitch-in” is scheduled for June 23 in Cardiff, another in Brighton on June 29, and another in Milton Keynes 30th. There will also be stitch-ins in Warrington, Lincoln, and Birmingham amongst others.
The idea of the “stitch-ins” is to show M&S that in addition to major shareholders with billions of pounds under management, its core customer base is also fully engaged and supportive on the issue of the Living Wage, and that they expect the company to show leadership on this basic fairness issue.
Each unique hand-stitched hanky encourages board directors of M&S to commit to paying the Living Wage of £9.15 in London and £7.85 across the UK to all staff. This is a part of ShareAction’s campaign in partnership with Citizens UK to achieve the Living Wage across the FTSE 100 through shareholder activism. Nearly a quarter of FTSE 100 companies have now accredited with the Living Wage Foundation, but no high street retailer has yet signed up.
ShareAction has organised AGM questions on the Living Wage at more than 20 company AGMs so far this year. ShareAction is simultaneously mobilising an Investor Collaborative for the Living Wage made up of institutional shareholders with billions of pounds in British companies, including asset managers, pension funds, charity and faith investors. These large shareholders have written in 2015 to all of the FTSE 100, including M&S, in support of the Living Wage.
Crafters will be giving M&S handkerchiefs with personalised positive messages stitched into them to all 14 board members of M&S, as well as to its largest shareholders, and to the 2014 celebrities who feature in the company’s ad campaign: Annie Lennox, Emma Thompson, Alex Wek, Rita Ora, Dowreen Lawrence, Lulu Kennedy, and Rachel Khoo.
They will also be handing out 250 special handkerchief craft kits with a Living Wage message printed on them to shareholders at the company’s Annual General Meeting, so that shareholders can stitch too, to encourage themselves to support the Living Wage. These kits include an ethical hanky, needle and thread, instructions, and a briefing note on investment risk.
M&S Chief Executive Marc Bolland is paid £2.1million a year. Last year, his company refused to consider a Living Wage at its Annual General Meeting. Later, at a meeting with campaigners, the company again refused to consider paying the Living Wage.
Sarah Corbett, founder of the Craftivist Collective, said: “Marks & Spencer is supposed to be a company with solid values threaded through all that they do, which include paying your workers fairly. We’re sending the board and shareholders these carefully hand-stitched handkerchiefs to encourage the company not to ‘blow’ their chance to support life-changing decisions.”
Catherine Howarth, Chief Executive of ShareAction says: “This craftivist initiative at the M&S AGM is nothing to 'sniff at'. Sarah and her amazing stitchers are devoting hours to creating gifts the M&S board we hope will treasure and remember forever. People adore M&S but they want to see the company step up and become a Living Wage employer. The many big shareholders backing this call know it makes business sense as well as being the right thing to do.”
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Notes for editors:
ShareAction is the UK-based movement for Responsible Investment. For further information, please contact Matt Davis, Director of Communications and Public Engagement at ShareAction on matthew.davis@shareaction.org
Craftivist Collective brings together craft and activism in order to make a difference to individuals and society, exposing and tackling issues of local and global poverty and injustices through provocative, non-violent creative actions. For further information please contact Sarah Corbett, Founder of Craftivist Collective on sarah@craftivist-collective.com
"Grace Period"-- Gibbs (Mark Harmon, right), Tony (Michael Weatherly), and the team investigate when a weekend call to a tip line results in the death of two NCIS agents, on NCIS, Tuesday, April 3 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Mitch Haddad/CBS ©2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Mark Kelly speaking with supporters at the Phoenix launch of his U.S. Senate campaign at The Van Buren in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Mark Gatiss speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Sherlock", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.
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そしてぼくらはいつもの笑颜と姿で
埃にまみれた服をはらつた
この手を离せば音さえたてない
落ちて行くコイソ二度と归らない
君とぼく并んで
夜明けを追いねいてみたい自动车
on your mark いつも走りたせば
流行の风邪にやられた
on your mark ぼくらがそれでも止めないのは
梦の斜面见上がて行けそうな气がするから
そしてぼくらは心の小さな空き地で
互いに振り落とした言叶の夕立
答えを出さないそれが答えのような
针の消えた时计の文字を读むような
君とぼく全てを
认めてしまうにはまた若すぎる
on your mark いつも走り出せば
流行の风邪にやられた
on your mark らはくれを无くせないのは
梦の心脏めがけてぼくらと呼び合うため
そしでぼくらは
on your mark いつも走りたせば
流行の风邪にやられた
on your mark ぼくらがそれでも止めないのは
梦の斜面见上がて行けそうな气がするから
そしでぼくらは
on your mark いつも走り出せば
流行の风邪にやられた
on your mark らはくれを无くせないのは
梦の心脏めがけてぼくらと呼び合うため
on your mark
そしでぼくらは
After a demonstration against the police killing of Mark Duggan, youth attacked cop cars and stores in the area of Tottenham in North London.
This was Mark's 2nd racing kart, also a Margay. Shown with Burris dirt tires and a Briggs & Stratton engine. Note the velocity stack, which is covered with a foam filter when on the track. In the background is the family's 1975 Audi Fox... maybe the only photo of it. Daughter Alison called it "Princess Audi" when she was about 5 years old.
Mark Hentemann speaking at the 2016 Wondercon, for "Bordertown", at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California.
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Just kidding :D - Don't take it serious! - - - This one was lying around in my archives for toooo long. And I always wanted to post it here.
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Mark Gatiss speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Sherlock", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.
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Irvin Kershner present in 1980 "Star Wars, épisode V : L'Empire contre-attaque" with Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Frank Oz,...
"I chose UMass because it’s diverse and there are a lot of people from different countries. I’m originally from Lebanon so I really like it here. You get to meet people that have really different cultures which is interesting. The friends that I have in Lebanon are a bit different than the people I’ve met here. I mean back in Lebanon they’re kinda the same as me. But the cool thing about here is the diversity. I’ve realized that people here are not all the same. You know, the way they talk, the way they look at things is different. For example, people in Lebanon know a lot of stuff about America and how people here live. But people in America might just think that Lebanon is a desert or something. I think the way they view stuff is different from the way we view stuff."
Mark A. Sheppard speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Supernatural", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.
Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.