A Walk round the City (part two)

Continuing my walk around the city to find interesting patterns and architecture, I was up by the Cathedral, where there are lots of patterns in the stonework.

Leaves made some lovely shadow patterns on the paving.

More granite setts caught my eye.

As did the brickwork and the grill on this window.

A stone archway with its crenellations.

Looking down some steps through another arch.  I do like an arch!

Lots of lovely patterns of more arches, windows, panes of glass, brickwork, and mouldings.

This dome is on a very run-down, but architecturally interesting building.

This pattern of fallen plaster against the brick caught my eye too.

As did this Art Deco inspired decoration.

These small mosaic tiles were in a very unprepossessing doorway.

I liked the rounded bay windows and the griffin/gryphon decoration on this building.  The more I looked at this one, the more I noticed, like the little stone canopy under the round window.  

This fabulous stone work was above a bank doorway.

Even the railway lines have some interesting curved and straight lines and patterns.  I was quite surprised by how many things caught my eye and these two posts are just a fraction of the photos I took.  I really enjoyed seeing bits of the city in a new way! 

A walk round the City (part one)

 I was watching an art journal workshop the other day and the teacher said that they made their own collage papers from photographs they took in their home town of things like wires, architecture etc.  This prompted me to take a walk around the city and look for interesting patterns, architecture or anything which caught my eye.  I thought I would share some of the photos I took.

This is just outside in the street. I like all the lines. 

Here it is in black and white. I can also crop the images further if I want just a small part of the image.

The decorated arch from a medieval building on the High Street.

Lovely statues on an arch in the High Street.

I think they represent the Annunciation.

Looking up is important and I noticed the columns on the window surround.

Another doorway on an ancient building.

Looking down resulted in some interesting patterns too.

I like the different patterns made by the different materials.

A very beautiful timber framed building.

The Cathedral to finish this part.  The front has been cleaned over the last few years and it does look very beautiful in the honey-coloured stone. There are patterns galore here! 

The rest of the walk to follow in the next post.

'Time' by Luxmuralis at Lincoln Cathedral

('Time' at Lincoln Cathedral from Luxmuralis Youtube channel)

We went to the latest offering, 'Time' by Luxmuralis at Lincoln Cathedral last night.  For those not familiar with this, it is a sound and light experience, based around a particular theme.  It is on from 11th - 15th February 2025 at Lincoln Cathedral.  There are different performances at different venues - see here for the schedule. 

As always, my camera struggled with the low lighting, but I did take a few photos.  The video above by Luxmuralis on their Youtube channel gives much more of a flavour of what to expect.

It is a feast for the senses and can feel a bit overwhelming at times.

There is a specially composed soundtrack to go with each area, but these can all get somewhat muddled together.  I did hear Richard Burton several times, I think.

I particularly enjoyed the art of different cultures which was on the altar wall. I noticed Burne-Jones angels and a portrait by Ingres amongst the many images in this projection. 

The projection is the nave was really impressive.

This pattern is made from the icons on a mobile phone.

As we left, I took this rather atmospheric photo of the cathedral, in the drizzle and mist.

My previous visits in 2023 and 2024 are posted  - 'Science' here and 'Life' here.

Luxmuralis - 'Science' at Lincoln Cathedral

When I heard that Luxmuralis was coming back to Lincoln Cathedral, I booked up as I really enjoyed 'Life' last year.  My blog post about it is here. We were warmly dressed and headed on up last Tuesday night.   This year the presentations were all about 'Chemistry, Biology, molecules, cells, DNA, the history of science, contributions of science to humanity and a reflection on famous scientists past and present' (taken from the description on Youtube).  Above was the development of the study of human anatomy.

The patterns were mesmerising.

I recognised the periodic table...

...and enjoyed watching the development of cells into an embryo...

Equations made some beautiful patterns.

The finale included images of scientists, past and present with their names coming up and I wish this section had been slower so that I could have taken more of it in.  You could stay as long as you wanted up until the Cathedral closed for the night and a lot of people were sitting down to watch.  It was an immersive experience, like being in a giant kaleidoscope, as I said last time.  I am sure it will be a popular event for the Cathedral.
 This video on Youtube will give you a flavour of it - still photos (particularly with a camera which doesn't like low light levels) just don't do it justice.

'Life' by Luxmuralis at Lincoln Cathedral

On Friday night, we went to Lincoln Cathedral to experience a sound and light show - 'Life' by Luxmuralis.  This group have created experiences all around the country, in Cathedrals and other large buildings.  You can read about them here.  As we slowly made our way around the Cathedral, there were films on a loop so you could stay and watch them for as long as you wanted. There were various themes in different parts of the building. (Unfortunately, my camera does not like low light conditions, so the photos are not the best, but they do give some idea of the spectacle.) The first film showed images of how we are damaging the planet. 

The second showed many different cultures through their art and textiles.

This section was my favourite with the William Morris patterns projecting onto all the arches. 

People became part of the show as the projection went onto them.

It was beautiful.

In the nave, projecting onto the back wall was the story of life, starting with a day, thunderstorms and moving up through sea life and then to insects and up through the animal kingdom, focusing on endangered animals and finally the sun setting.

The moths and butterflies looked like they were flapping their wings.

 

Finally, the last section showed time, with clocks and watches and then showing the earth slowly revolving.  How much time does the planet and all that is on it have left?  

It was a fabulous experience but was also thought provoking - how much damage humans have done.  However, there was also the celebration of what humans have achieved in art and culture, so there were positives too.

This has been the most popular event held at the Cathedral and was sold out.  There is a report about it here with a video clip that will give you more of an idea of what it was like. There are also more photos here which are just a little better than mine! I felt like I was in a giant kaleidoscope and am so pleased I was able to be there.  If a show like this is coming to a building near you, do go and see it.

In case you are interested, a blogger called Vix went to see a show near her and posted about it including a couple of video clips too.  It is about half way down the blog post. You can see it here. (I would have loved to have seen this one too).

Lincoln Cathedral part two - looking for graffiti

Chris had recently been on the graffiti tour at Lincoln Cathedral, so he was happy to show me some of the graffiti he found.   As humans, we seem to need to leave our mark in some way and these images are left in the Cathedral stone work. There were a lot of names, such as Thomas Robinson, above.

There were also some circular patterns.

I like the extra decoration on R Cook's name.

This isn't graffiti - it is the chisel marks on the stone, but it fascinated me.

This made me smile - someone had added an extra 'e' to John Skelton's name, making him John Skeleton!

There were some images of ships.  This one has three masts.

This carving was on the wall of a tomb and says John Bunch, with 'Singing Boy' underneath.  Chris said the guide thought he might have been a choir member at some time.

A more complex ship.

I wonder who Josiah was?

Was this from 1671?

Can I spot John Bunch again? This time he is accompanied by Peter Lely in 1756 and some others who were here in 1697.  These carvings were also above a tomb.

RW from 1732.  I wonder how long it took to carve initials or a name?  

1698 was the date for this one.

Nathaniel Jackson obviously had the time to carve all of his name.

John Whaley from what looks like 1576 had time to create some lovely decorative patterns on his name.

John added some impressive swirls too.  

Even though we don't know who these people were, they will be remembered for as long as the cathedral is standing, assuming you know where to look to find their names.  It was fascinating to see them all.  

Looking at the Cathedral across the new garden for the Visitors' Centre, I liked the way the colour of the grasses echoed the colour of the limestone.  I really enjoyed my visit.