Notes on recent things

Stockholm, Sweden, August 2024. Photograph looking down into a river, with round orange floats connected with black poles to the left, weeds across the dark water and fallen leaves catching the light on the surface.

Notes on recent things

It was a funny old summer. Mostly I quietly worked away on my DYCP, built this new website and applied many layers of paint to the the summerhouse we put together in the spring.

We spent a wonderful week exploring Copenhagen and Stockholm, where we had the most delicious food, saw beautiful places and walked for miles and miles. We particularly enjoyed Designmuseum Danmark, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Grinda and Fika is my new favourite pastime.

Photograph of the interior of Hviids Vinstue, a traditional pub with red walls, gold-framed pictures on the wall, a large wooden clock, wooden panelled ceiling with simple lampshades hanging from them, wood and leather furniture and a warm light. The words 'Ernst Hviid 1882, Alfred...' are painted around the top of the ceiling..

Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2024. Photograph of an ornate architectural element framing the top of an oval on a wall, with eyes and mouth with tongue poking out drawn in red marker within it, so the ornate part resembles hair. To the right is an ornate bar lining the length of the frame.

Photograph of Nyhavn in Copenhagen, Denmark, showing large boats with masts at the side of a canal, with colourful old buildings behind to the right and blue sky above to the left.

Photograph of a display in the Danish Design Museum with text on the wall, brown leather sofa in front, with a red rug on the floor, one armchair alongside to the right and another armchair suspended from the ceiling with wires.

Photograph looking down on 3 open sandwiches on cardboard sheets, with 'HALLERNES SMØRREBRØD' written at the top of both. The sandwiches are fish; egg, cress and prawns; and beef, crispy onions and gherkin. At the bottom left a hand is reaching for cutlery wrapped in a paper napkin.

Photograph of part of a Greek statue on display on a grey plinth with reddish wall behind. The statue is damaged with only the torso, upper arms and upper legs with clothing draped across remaining.

Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2024. Photograph of a wall, brick at the top and concrete in the lower third, with a cross of medical plasters (one beige, one pink unicorn) stuck over a cracked part of the wall.

Christiania, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2024. Photograph of a white plastic chair with circular holes evenly distributed across the surface, in the sunlight at the side of the road. Behind is a building with diagonal yellow planks across the walls, with white-framed windows and green plants along the bottom and growing up and arching over the chair.

Photograph looking down on a dark grey bowl with cream, berries and a maple leaf shaped biscuit, on a wooden bowl.

Stockholm, Sweden, August 2024. Photograph taken at night of a lit up sign saying 'HOMETOWN', on scafolding on a bridge with lots of signs and concrete blocks around as it's under construction. In the distance the moon can be seen bright orange, almost full. In the foreground a person on a bike is cycling past, blurred with the motion.

Photograph of a plate with pastries on, with cups and saucer, one filled with black coffee behind, all sitting on a marble table.

Photograph of a small bird pirched on a green plant with delicate flowers, with water and a bridge out of focus behind.

Photograph of a white plate with potato salad, smoked salmon and dill on the plate, with pink-coloured drink in a glass behind, on a tablecloth with pink flowers and blue background painted on.

Photograph of a green and orange fern in sunlight, with forest floor of moss and foliage underneath.

Stockholm, Sweden, August 2024. Photograph of a frayed length of yellow ribbon tied to a metal railing, blowing in the wind, with another metal railing above and below. In the background is grey water of a river and concrete floor at the bottom of the frame.

After our travels we tried to keep the spirit alive by going on long walks in the country and the city, visiting the brilliant Soane’s Museum and Japan House, and I seem to have fallen back into the habit of photographing my meals (the breakfast was at the Chelmsford Business Breakfast Club at Chelmsford Museum, which is a great place to meet with and chat to lovely business owners).

Photograph of a room with wooden panels decorated with parts of statues, a wooden floor below and red chairs to the left.

Photograph of a plate with an illustrated scene of a steam train and a canal boat on the surface, it is being held against tree by climbing plants.

Photograph of a white plate with poached eggs, smoked salmon and mashed avocados on (and topped with) toast, with two people out of focus across the table, pots of sauce, flowers in a vase and a mobile phone also out of focus on the top of the wooden table.

I led a workshop in Disposable camera photography at The Minories gallery in Colchester, and later returned to visit Russel Walker’s brilliant exhibition ‘There or Their Abouts’. The exhibition has closed now but do take a look at his fantastic illustrations on his Instagram page.

Photograph looking down on a table with 6x4 prints of seaside scenes laid out, with rolls of film and cut negatives to the lower left of the frame.

Photograph looking up at a brick building with wooden sash windows and 'MINORIES' in white letters in the upper centre of the frame.

Photograph in a room with large framed illustrations on the wall towards the top of the frame, a wooden floor below and a display case with sketchbooks, postards and images under glass at the bottom of the frame.

I’m revisiting my Home / Work project so I made a zine of previous imagery and visited the home of a friend to photograph her incredible and very unique workspace. It felt good to work on this again! I’m looking for more spaces to photograph so please do get in touch if you/someone you know is interested in being involved.

Photograph of two copies of an A6 zine on a dark grey fabric background. The copy to the left is at an angle, closed to show the front cover, a full-bleed photograph of a carpet with a metal divider, lighter at the top than at the bottom, with 'HOME / WORK, JAYNE LLOYD' in black text in the centre. Behind and to the right is the zine open on a spread showing photographs in a home office, a cat doorstop and a portrait of a woman sitting at a desk, smiling, to the right.

Of course I rarely have a ‘Notes on…’ blog without mentioning the weather so I’ll end with a photograph of what I promise is snow falling in mid-September in Essex, which unsettled me a great deal.

Colchester, UK, September 2024. Selective focus photograph of snowflakes, mostly out of focus, with a very out of focus garden behind. In the lower left corner of the frame part of a bistro table and chair set can be seen, with dappled sunlight catching yellow leaves of a cherry tree and grass to the right.

Posted

24/09/2024

GENERAL UPDATE

JAYNE

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