Everyday objects

    My coffee mug* was sitting on the draining board this afternoon, a rare ray of sun bringing out its blueness, so I took a closer look. I often find that the camera's focus makes the eye 'see' in a different way - you really look, and in looking notice and appreciate more. It may be an everyday object, but it has its own particular charm, I think, both in form and function.

*Made by Tamara Hedderwick on the Isle of Coll.

Comments

[Margaret Powling]

I suppose it could be called Cornflower Blue! Lovely!

[Dark Puss]

An old (well I am) photographer's trick is to look at objects through one eye only. I spend quite a lot of time doing that before working out whether to take a photograph and if so from what angle, with what lens, and at what distance etc.

[Cornflower]

Thankyou, I shall try that.

[Dancing Beastie]

One of the things which I most enjoy about keeping a blog, and reading others, is the way it has enhanced my 'looking'. This is a case in point. Time to stand and stare is rarely wasted. ('What is this life..' etc.) I was joining you in admiration of this blue sheen, and then I noticed the mug's origin: I too have some treasured TM pottery from Coll, consisting of a fat wobbly little teapot and matching jug and mug, all decorated with cheerful fishes. They always make me smile.

[Cornflower]

Excellent! I have two large bowls by TM, quite unlike one another but equally striking (and a thousand times lovelier than our own small efforts, made in a class with her).