We spent a bit of time, after lunch at the fair, on the Avon River
searching for M Wharf, the site of a new art museum where Richard Long was to have patterned a large wall with mud, but alas, the museum's opening had been delayed by red tape. We enjoyed Willie's river, here very close to the Severn reach, not so close to Stratford.
We opted for the Bristol Museum, heading straight for this circle of slate bars, straight lines arranged to a circle by Richard Long. We had become familiar with his larger works from a book Lindy had,
inscribed by Richard himself. You can look him up, but for those familiar with Andy Goldsworthy, suffice it to say they are contemporary and work the same vein, although I don't think A.G. does 'walks', going overland in a straight line from one place to another, either in one day or many, and presenting the work as a list on a single page. Very conceptual, yet very grounded. We were treated to this
Ruth Duckworth (a sculptor in clay Gail has long admired) piece on the way, and later to a couple of Henri Gaudier-Bredzka bronzes. G-B was at the nexus of Ezra Pound's Vortecist movement, but perished in the 1st WW. The Bristol has an extensive collection of silverware, which excited Jim not a whit, until this 2004 bowl,
'Dual Rivulet VII' by Japanese-British silversmith Hiroshi Suzuki. There is a figured outer shell, and smooth inner. The curator had understood that silver takes on the color of its surroundings and a simple color scheme helps define the form. May 3, we left Lindy to her condo on the edge of the leas,
as she drove us to
the train for Newton Abbott. We stopped at her other church, the Free Church in Frenchay chartered 1631, building c.1700. With no services on Tuesday, Gail and Lindy were content to chat and read signs, of
which there was a plentiful supply. A smaller graveyard had a lovely anti-grave robbery cover a large stone slab with no inscription.
We opted for the Bristol Museum, heading straight for this circle of slate bars, straight lines arranged to a circle by Richard Long. We had become familiar with his larger works from a book Lindy had, 
inscribed by Richard himself. You can look him up, but for those familiar with Andy Goldsworthy, suffice it to say they are contemporary and work the same vein, although I don't think A.G. does 'walks', going overland in a straight line from one place to another, either in one day or many, and presenting the work as a list on a single page. Very conceptual, yet very grounded. We were treated to this 
Ruth Duckworth (a sculptor in clay Gail has long admired) piece on the way, and later to a couple of Henri Gaudier-Bredzka bronzes. G-B was at the nexus of Ezra Pound's Vortecist movement, but perished in the 1st WW. The Bristol has an extensive collection of silverware, which excited Jim not a whit, until this 2004 bowl,
'Dual Rivulet VII' by Japanese-British silversmith Hiroshi Suzuki. There is a figured outer shell, and smooth inner. The curator had understood that silver takes on the color of its surroundings and a simple color scheme helps define the form. May 3, we left Lindy to her condo on the edge of the leas,
the train for Newton Abbott. We stopped at her other church, the Free Church in Frenchay chartered 1631, building c.1700. With no services on Tuesday, Gail and Lindy were content to chat and read signs, of
which there was a plentiful supply. A smaller graveyard had a lovely anti-grave robbery cover a large stone slab with no inscription.
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