Comperandum - Dragon Motif on Metalwork
A nod to Banister Fletcher: 🐲 on metalwork
medieval
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Be there: The Tanfield Monument, St. John the Baptist, Burford.
For me, this monument is one of the finest in the country – containing the effigies of Sir Lawrence Tanfield and his wife Elizabeth.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 9 May 2025
I walk down through the nave, drawn towards a doorway that cradles a rarefied luminescence — a mingling of dappled colour from stained glass, the glint of refracted light on metal, and a hint of the golden radiance that spring has blessed us with this year.
Be there: Amongst the ancient landscape at Repton
One of the most remarkable churches in England.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 21 Feb 2025
As I sketch, the people of this town come and go – their conversations rise and fall. The bar staff change shifts; time dissolves, and outside, the timber framing stands unmoved.
📍Loci: Common Ground
I think this visual and connective way of observing might be a by-product of my work, where thousands upon thousands of patterns and styles have been embossed onto my memory through my lens.
📍Loci: A 'Wirksworth state of mind'.
I gave myself permission to stop and enjoy it, and to take time to photograph it, inspite of the curious glances from passers by.
☀️ Eustace Collection: The Cultural Seed Bank
Buzzing with this new perspective, I set about photographing elements like this in the hope of sharing the singularity of the occasion with others, and with the wish of disseminating the pattern like a wind blown daisy seed - a bit of heritage grafting with the aid of my camera.
📍Loci: St. Cwyfan - the salty smack of the sea.
This is a place of transition – between land and water, between heaven and earth, between time and tide. On a quiet, sunlit morning, it feels like a place on the edge of something, caught between the elements.