I found this weeks challenge really tough. I decided not to go the route of bark/shell/natural stuff and kept getting texture and textile mixed up in my head! I came close to posting a bunch of alpacas with different states of hairiness though. Anyway I’ve decided on this sculpture that I edited a little. The original is a bronze, about a metre high, that has been created to look like wood and was at Dartington Hall in Devon, UK.
Okay I’ve decided to add two more photos, the first, alpacas because I love their wool/fur/coat? which has mixed textures of silk, fluff and slightly rough.
and then this one, taken on Dartmoor in the UK. It’s a huge slab of granite with the ten Commandments carved into it.
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It is surrealistic. Beutiful colours, like a seventies poster. Kind regards! Britta
This is wonderful .. so would have the alpacas. I love fiddling with photos as well as it brings out the textures! Im going to research the word as I think texture and textile are relatives in the sense of the root of the word, not sure but I shall as this week progresses! Thank you for your conjecture on texture.
Thanks Mezza will look forward to yours when you post. Thats exactly how I was thinking, the word has the same root.
Exquisite!
Love the alpacas.
oh I love alpacas, i’ve always wanted one…or two…. anyway, the statue photo is lovely, clever way to show texture!
Ah Brenda thank you!
Wow, I love that top photo… Well done.
thanks Robin and there’s some interesting travel going on down your way!
The first shot is stunning – wow
Thanks Jo, I’ve been over your place and enjoyed!
and you ended up adding the alpaca’s. Good, they feel unreal and look incredible. greatly textured in their appearance. The rocks, well they’re amazing, I love rocks too, that pic shows to me a weaving of a story in the chiseling. Thank you / awesome shots. I write other blogs one being called Sentimental Rox on Blogger ( http://roxsentimental.blogspot.com/) take a look sometime.
Mezza, I have just read Sentimental and loved it. The family section really moved me and I’m sat with my breakfast bagel and tears – that’s okay though I’m happy with tears. I’ll pop back again soon.
I like them all, nice textures.
I like the Alpacas / Lamas …
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I love the alpacas! I have an alpaca sweater from Chile–such a warm, fluffly texture.
Love the first shot and then the alpaca shot is so cute! Great texture images.
your first one is brilliant – so outside the box. Way to go, Gilly. Thank you also for including the alpacas – they make me smile. And your third image is evocative and reflective. All of them are wonderful texture images. Thanks for sharing.
Have a relaxing weekend.
forgot to say – thanks also for stopping by my blog and leaving such kind words behind. much appreciated.
your photos are amazing–love the 10 Commandments–very powerful
and of course your alpacas are sweet! – rita
An interesting and varied selection – That bronze Statue is nice and colourful. So Mount Sinai is on Dartmoor – I never knew that 😉
It certainly is Martin and here is the grid reference! SX 73503 73108, a lovely afternoon stroll you can see for miles on a clear day. Thanks for your nice comments 🙂
Amazing photos! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Such a wonderful variety of textures. The alpacas look so well out-fitted in their woolies!
Love the alpacas!
nice shots! thanks for sharing!
the second one is so adorable! what faces!