Last year I took and edited many 360° photographs, which I then uploaded as contributions to Google Maps. There are currently 109 photos of mine on view and have been viewed 32,487 times . You can visit the full collection by clicking on Colin Aldred in the top left of… Read More »Google Maps – 360° Photos
It probably doesn’t look that different to how it looked before, but behind the scenes it has changed quite radically and I am so much happier. Website design is important and I am always pleased when I end up with something that works, but the process has often been a… Read More »Updated website
I have just completed my first proper set of prints. It is a variable edition of sixteen where the seven colour image is the same in every print but the colour combination is different in every one. I have been giving some thought as to why it is I have… Read More »Making vs Representing
TULLIO CRALI, UPSIDE DOWN LOOP (DEATH LOOP), 1938, OIL ON PANEL, 80 x 60cm I am enjoying expanding my Pinterest pages, and after revisiting the work of Futurist painter Tullio Crali, I decided I must start a new board, featuring the work of artists who have been inspired to try and… Read More »The Experience of Flight
As I continued my reflection upon my artistic influences I was reminded of this unusual and influential film. “Powers of ten and the relative size of things in the universe” is a film by Charles and Ray Eames from 1977 that may technically seem a little dated now, but always… Read More »Powers of Ten
It’s taken longer to get back to it than I expected. I’m always hopeful that when I am printing I will be able to sustain some momentum but I can never be sure. Whenever I have commercial work to do for clients I really cannot justify doing my own work… Read More »Screenprinting again
It’s been well over a month since my last post. I know the advice is that the way to build up a following and to improve your SEO is to post regularly. However I’ve done lots of thinking about how everything I want to do fits together. I didn’t want… Read More »Restart
The first time I screenprinted was December 2nd 1981. Screenprinting was one of the workshops in the first term of the Art Foundation course I was on at Northampton College. I had previously never even heard of screenprinting, but I realised immediately that it was a process that was perfectly… Read More »First Screenprints
I have always been fascinated by the visual similarities between surfaces seen from very far away and those from very close up. Some of my mixed media artwork in the past has made comparisons between what one might term the macroscopic and the microscopic. This is kind of explored in… Read More »Microcosm / Macrocosm
With this WordPress mobile app, as long as I have a signal (which is never guaranteed in the Lake District) I can create and send posts from wherever I like. Right now I am having lunch on top of White Stone. It is a fairly non-descript peak overlooking the A590… Read More »Peak posting