Showing posts with label Torres Strait. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Torres Strait. Show all posts

Sunday, 11 December 2011

Texture in the Torres

This week I've been privileged to return to Thursday Island in the Torres Strait. I came across this post at the main jetty - evidence of time and salt on the metal capping. The second picture reminded me of an aerial view of the Nullabor Plan under a full moon - the salt pans appear to shimmer - but it was my room sentry at The Jardine. So many ideas for art quilts - the challenge is to distill "the one"  idea and refine it - how is it related to my current theme? Is this idea taking me off on a tangent? Is it worthy of further exploration at another time and if so, will I live long enough to return to it? All these considerations need to be resolved ... but not today!

Shimmering skin

My room sentry @ The Jardine

Looking north from the foreshore

St Andrew's Church
Commemorating the Spanish explorer Torres (1606)

The view to Prince of Wales Island
Return to the Australian mainland