Harbor Art

Last Saturday we planned to take the bus to the "quaint port village" of Lyttelton. They had advertised a farmers' market and a flea market in the paper, and we thought we'd check it all out. Well, Saturday was gray and rainy, so we decided to skip that part of the day and go directly to the Artist Open Studio Day at the Christchurch Arts Center. Jeannette DeNicolis Meyer has been an artist in residence there for the month of April. Jeannette is a talented textile artist and a great teacher. I was lucky enough to take a discharge class with her at QSDS last summer. I took a couple of pictures of Jeannette in her studio here, but I won't post them because I am afraid that I did not do her and her work justice. But check out her work, it is inspirational.
Sunday, then, we did head to Lyttelton. No markets, but a much nicer day. We strolled up and down the streets and enjoyed the harbor history and scenery. One sudden surprise was this cardboard box robot guarding a loading dock at the end of a short alley. Look closely, there is a tiny second robot in the big robot's tummy! Very cute. Then later, we saw a new thought on graffiti. Someone had drawn or drawn and then printed out these great pointing guys on paper, and then pasted the paper on the wall. A good way to get finely detailed tagging produced in the safety of your home and reduce exposure to the law enforcement folks with just a quick smear of glue. Part of it is starting to peel off, but a small price to pay for lower risk.

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[Teresa]

Oh I do love visiting your site and seeing all of your wonderful finds along lifes way!! Very funny stuff!