tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post5490275428562643461..comments2024-03-18T07:23:32.809-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Bata Shoe MuseumJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-73949327558683441942012-08-02T07:50:38.579-04:002012-08-02T07:50:38.579-04:00Fantastic, the Shoe Museum! I love this idea. Last...Fantastic, the Shoe Museum! I love this idea. Last year I was in Ireland as an Au Pair, in The Museum of Country Life which is located in Turlough Village, Co. Mayo, where I saw a lot of traditional dress, it was amazing. I hope I'll go to shoe also. Thanks for photos and drawings. GreetingsANNhttp://www.travelbuglimited.ie/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-15193188978645183262012-08-01T19:56:00.576-04:002012-08-01T19:56:00.576-04:00Thanks, Tom and Steve. As far as humble subjects,...Thanks, Tom and Steve. As far as humble subjects, my hero is Adolf Menzel, who painted his not-too-pretty foot. Nothing is too humble--it's all amazing.<br /><br />PT and Anon, no plans to use these for anything--just a museum-going habit to get myself to slow down and look.<br /><br />Susan, I just take a pencil box with a dozen different colors, but only use four or five on a given drawing.<br /><br />Rich, definitely. I can call up a very specific memory of something I've sketched.<br /><br />K Tigress, yes, good story. I was both fascinated and a little horrified by the traditional footbinding.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-23965456982807794412012-08-01T15:38:27.732-04:002012-08-01T15:38:27.732-04:00Another interesting thing in Toronto. I really wan...Another interesting thing in Toronto. I really wanted to go there when I visited but although I visited a few times, problems always came up when it came to visiting this museum. <br /><br />in the end I began to think Fate didn't want me to! <br /><br />But if I go back, I'll try again, even so....Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-2657632733663326852012-08-01T07:38:41.905-04:002012-08-01T07:38:41.905-04:00I live here and I always wanted to go. No one wan...I live here and I always wanted to go. No one wants to come with me. I guess I'll just go myself and sketch. Never thought of that till you set the example.<br /><br />Jim, do you take a full set of 120 watercolour pencils with you or do you tend to use just a select few?Susan Sorgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04023268813537547667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-80787878812055395442012-08-01T05:28:36.342-04:002012-08-01T05:28:36.342-04:00Love to look at the footwear here -perhaps putting...Love to look at the footwear here -perhaps putting on Bob Ross' shoes wasn't a bad idea:-)<br /><br />Just a question: Suppose one has a look at those items in the museum. Three years later one tries to recall them in one's memory.<br />Now the same thing, recalling the items, but after having them sketched out or painted on the spot: Won't they remain much clearer in the memory?<br />Or in other words: all the things and people you have been drawing in your lifetime: Don't you remember them clearly and in a more distinct way?Richnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-30246019874134409402012-07-31T23:33:55.981-04:002012-07-31T23:33:55.981-04:00Been there done that 15 years ago I think it was. ...Been there done that 15 years ago I think it was. <br />The Inuit and the Japanese shoes were my favorite because the wild stories that came with them. <br />The fact that the Inuit women fashioned the shoes with their teeth. After awhile their teeth would be useless, which in their culture made the woman useless. They were then left out of the huts to become dinner for the bears. At least that’s the story I read but how much of it was true really beats me. <br /><br />Oh and those poor Japanese women had to ender years of torture with their feet just because it was both tradition and fashion to make their feet tiny.K_tigresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435524324162761134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-28803737131326515652012-07-31T22:00:20.612-04:002012-07-31T22:00:20.612-04:00Toronto is one awesome city...as is Ottawa, the co...Toronto is one awesome city...as is Ottawa, the countries capital....and anywhere in Quebec, and especially the Eastern Townships, Charlevois area, and Quebec City....An amazing Country...and this is just the tip of sheer stunning beauty that Canada is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-91377439214492506942012-07-31T11:14:21.080-04:002012-07-31T11:14:21.080-04:00Thanks for bringing the Bata to our attention.
...Thanks for bringing the Bata to our attention. <br /><br />It's a common art class assignment, from elementary school on up, for students to make drawings of shoes. Here you are, decades into your practice, still finding delight, challenge, and meaning in this humble exercise. It's this spirit that makes this blog special.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09596875722436085739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-16348513271705874572012-07-31T11:01:23.621-04:002012-07-31T11:01:23.621-04:00I agree with PT Waugh, I instantly had the same im...I agree with PT Waugh, I instantly had the same impression. Don't know if it's the style of painting, the style of shoe, or both :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-29494691545232899772012-07-31T09:52:33.003-04:002012-07-31T09:52:33.003-04:00Good references for another Dinotopia bookGood references for another Dinotopia bookP.T. Waughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09501504337118894010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-91976465685199744312012-07-31T08:40:06.832-04:002012-07-31T08:40:06.832-04:00That Dutch show would sell well today!
As always,...That Dutch show would sell well today!<br /><br />As always, very striking sketches, and a good reminder that even a "simple" inanimate object can be a very satisfying subject.Tom Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04770238579550226268noreply@blogger.com