Wee Things on the Beach

[Bob Jefferson]

Wee Things on the Beach is a Portobello-based arts trust. Our mission is to produce small scale works of art on and around the beach for the enjoyment of all.

To participate, you don't have to be a recognised artist and in fact recognised artists need not apply. And you wouldn't be interested anyway because there is no money to be made. No money, no creche, no free wine. And it's bring your own biscuits.

Still interested? Our first commission in the Pretend Porty Prom series requires you to make something interesting from found materials on the beach. Make it, photograph it and post it here.

[Lambie]

[Maria]

[Bob Jefferson]

Or just email them to me. So let me get this straight, you haven't created a work of art from found materials, you have found one?

Does that make it an objet trouvé trouvé?

[Lambie]

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Saw this last summer. Didn't put it there and I don't know how you define art but it put a smile on me.

[Lambie]

I call it Late Sparkler with Broken Fork. It's gone now.

[Lambie]

Thanks Marya, Photobucket works a treat.

[Bob Jefferson]

[Lambie]

[Lambie]

[Lambie]

Forgot about this one....

<a href="http://s769.photobucket.com/albums/xx336/Elkanary/?action=view&current=dillydally.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i769.photobucket.com/albums/xx336/Elkanary/dillydally.jpg" border="0" alt="Chalk,Portobello,Dilly,Dallying,Dilly Dallying,tears"></a>

The lines that become the letters run down from many teardrops. Text on the top (out of shot) said something like teardrop=1450 pupils at Portobello High School.

Date on my photo says 8th April 2010.

It was a powerful image. Can anyone shed any light on what it means? Thanks to whoever put it there.

[wangi]

To complete the loop... I saw a few photos of that up on the wall of the Public Art House.

Anyway, I imagine it's a plea the get the finger out and build a bloody school which isn't a gulag...

[Puerto bella]

Line in the sand ................... in Porty?

[Lambie]

[Lambie]

Earlier



Later

[Lambie]

On Thursday the "like to be" plank was knocked off the fence and then later in the day repaired by an unknown Porty resident. On Friday the "like to be" plank was nicked. Compliments or harsh criticism?

[wangi]

That's a shame. Really liked that first photo above of the planks.

L/

[Bob Jefferson]

Nice. Do we know who was responsible for creating it or is it just a random act of uncredited art? I like the idea of random acts of art.

[Bob Jefferson]

From the Guardian:

[Melanie]

[Lambie]

[wangi]

[Lambie]

Great photo.