In memory of Lupo

Linocut print on paper
Linocut print on painted wooden panel in the serra

Back in October, two years ago, our beloved Lupo met an untimely end after a fatal encounter with a porcupine who had entered our garden. Lupo being Lupo, he confronted the intruder.

Lupo’s internal organs were punctured by the porcupine’s spines. There was nothing that could be done to save him.

Porcupine spines

Diana, Anyi, Angelica and I sat in silence outside on the porch after Diana and I returned from the vet without Lupo. A shocked sense of disbelief over our unexpected loss.

We all loved Lupo. He was part of the family, part of me. I loved being with him. Walking with him in Highgate Wood, Kenwood, on the beach – there was nothing more pleasurable. Over the years we built such a strong bond between us. His look spoke a thousand words. He was elegant, beautiful, fast, agile, full of energy and affection.

Arrived in a box in a carpark. Learnt to catch a frisbee in Highgate Wood. He never wanted to return home at the end of a trip to Highgate wood – he sensed when it was time to leave the park and would keep his distance. It became a regular part of taking Lupo to Highgate Wood.

Lupo will live long in our hearts.

Unico ♥️

Natural bindings

Here are some pictures I took yesterday morning of my 3 month old cucumber plants (I sowed them indoors in mid-April). Their tentacles wrap themselves around whatever is available to provide support for the fruit they will bear.

Breakfast

My father enjoyed making a ‘fry up’ on Saturday mornings, usually consisting of fried eggs, bacon and fried bread. This was a regular occurrence. Here he is in action, circa 1988, in the kitchen of 28 Ferncroft Avenue.

10 day super 8mm production

 

Over the last couple of weeks, Diana and I made a Super 8mm film for her fashion label, Vusciché.
Here is an overview of what we did, plus some frames from the final edit.
We were ably assisted by Riccardo Pascucci – Bottega Analogica – and our daughter, Anyi.

We used two cameras – a Braun Nizo 801 Macro (a thing of beauty) and a Canon 1024 XLS.

I will post the final video here shortly.

Day 1, 2, 3 – storyboard, sopraluogo, scelta di colonna sonora


Day 4 – Shoot

Day 5,6,7 – Develop and grade film

Day 8, 9, 10 – edit/montaggio

I used Adobe After Effects.

Memory/Memoria

 
Tamatete Gallery, Rome

Twenty people of different ages and different nationalities were interviewed in Milan, Italy in 2003.

Each person was asked a similar set of questions around universal themes: family, love, travel, school, food.

A single narrative was constructed from all the interviews and presented as a nine-screen video installation in the Ta Matete Gallery in Rome.

Director: Dylan Kendle
Producer: Robert Le Quesne
Cameraman: Ugo Carnavaro
Interviewers: Nicole Martinelli, Pier Canei
Editor: Stephania Calatroni

Smart fixtures using RFID technology

Fixtures enabling people to access information about physical garments that they place on the smart surface, using radio frequency identification (RFID).
An RFID antenna is positioned within the fixture, connected to an RFID reader that is connected to a computer.
Each garment has an RFID tag attached to it that contains a unique identifier.
By placing the garment on the smart surface, the RFID antenna detects the RFID tag. The RFID reader transmits the unique identifier to a digital asset management database (DAM), which displays related product information on the screen of the smart fixture.

Illustration by Quy Sam