World Pinhole Day

Today I went out with Edinburgh Lo-Fi as part of World Pinhole Day. Elaine of the group had made several film canister pinholes and others brought modified cameras. We fortified ourselves with coffee and then marched up Calton Hill. This was an homage to Hill and Adamson having their studio in Rock House. The hill has spectacular views but was crawling with hippies preparing for Beltane and a very odd group of people marching while waving sticks about in formation. At one point we were drenched by rain and later hail…

thanks for the 80′s

Leith bless it comments on recent events.

the stair

I love this photo taken on a rather wild photo trip when me and my friend broke into the stairs of flats in the west of the city for a project!

to London town

cross processed holgas

Back to London returning next week.

Analogue Friday: learn to crochet

Because cats need stuff to sleep on… 1pm Sat Lovecrumbs find me there with a bunch of yarn and some hooks ready to pass on the secrets of the mighty grannie Square or 6-8pm on monday Red Squirrel Lothian Road. Part of Chris Guillebeau’s social experiment to offer something for free.

want to learn to crochet?

I happen to think that crochet does make you live happilly…

I’m taking the promt from the post by Chris Guillebeau’s social experiement in seeing what would happen if people offered something for free. So if anyone wants to learn crochet in Edinburgh on Sat 23rd I’ll be in Lovecrumbs at 1pm and I can teach you how to crochet a Grannie Square. Learning to crochet a grannie square is like reaching crochet nirvana. If you are not able to make sat drop into Grannie Greens 6-8pm next monday in the Red Squirrel on Lothian Road. I’ll be there and a crochet tutorial can be arranged.

Let me know if you are coming leave a comment or email me fatblackcatindustries AT gmail dot com so I can bring enough yarn.

Leith Life & Politics

The Edinburgh Lofi Zine with the article about Jessie Mann is up! Find it HERE. I’m not entirely sure she would have known these particular trees having lived in the area 170 years ago. Should add that tha cat on the compost bin is not the fat black cat whom this blog is named after its an UNSPEAKABLE INTERLOPER IN MISS FRIDA’S GARDEN.. huh

drawing your life!

Earlier this evening I searched my old email address to see if the pictures I drew in Sydney about 5 years ago and uploaded to my blog were accessible. They were not! I used to draw a lot. Inspired by Michael Nobbs and Dan Price to draw my life. In my long visits to Sydney I sat in a lot of cafes and drew my cappuccino in a wobbly hand. The brilliant thing about doing that is of course you really are part of the moment. Drawing seems to me to akin to meditation. In the process of drawing and looking you really see and live in the moment. And some time I'll find those old journals and will remember the texture of those days so perfectly with my drawings. Anyway I quickly drew these two drawings on blank cards instead. It took me possibly 5 mins with and extra minute to find the felt tips for colouring in. If you buy Michael's book before the 28th of March you get a free months membership to his website Sustainably Creative. I got an acknowledgement in the book! for postal services... If you would like some mail from me sign up for my newsletter on the sidebar to the right - all newsletter subscribers get a real mail postcard.

ghostsigns from Glasgow West End

Beehive Inn Newcastle