A few weeks ago during a hot spell of summer weather, I received a message I’d been waiting for from Reuben to say they were starting the harvest
STEVE OVERTHROW TRADITIONAL SIEVE & RIDDLE MAKER
On the bank of the River Parrett in Langport sits an old building called Great Western House AKA Shakespear Glass Buiding.
Inside you will find various craftspeople working who are known as The Langport Creative Collective.
Jonathan Hodgson combines his skills not only as a great artist but applies these talents to creating functional and custom arrows and some of which are art pieces.
His custom-made arrows are created to suit the archer’s bow, draw length and draw weight in lbs, and the type of archery they do, and personal preferences for colours and styles, etc.
His art arrows are built with Form in mind more than Function.
Detail Shot Of Arrow And Glove
At the end of May, I received an email from BBC Radio Somerset‘s Trish Campbell requesting an interview.
She was interested in chatting on her Bank Holiday Monday show with me about my work especially how it was affected during the lockdown and my Life In A Somerset Landscape Project.
I come from a family of car lovers.
As a child, my father owned various sports and prestige vehicles over the years BMW’s, Lotus, Mercedes, and a beautiful Concours condition 1969 Porsche 911.
1969 Porche 911
So it fair to say I share this family passion although there are no 911’s tucked in my garage just my 1969 Lambretta scooter.
Feb
09
At the end of the summer 2020 I was commissioned by a local law firm Pardoes Solicitors to shoot a series of images for their new website that was under construction.
Locations were scouted and plans drawn up for the appropriate imagery needed to help illustrate the various parts of their business and brand.
The Roadblock, Never Ending Flood Somerset 2014
Many images bring back fabulous memories of a place or time and likewise a few can be a little painful to look back on.
During the winter of 2014 the UK had some extremely wet weather and Somerset was especially effected by severe flooding.
Legion of the Stag, Somerset Medieval Fighting Group
A few days ago I completed another shoot for my project Life In A Somerset Landscape.
I had been told about a ‪Medieval Fighting Group based in Ilminster Somerset that specialised in 12-14th century fighting ‬re-enactments.
This sounded a perfect fit for the project and so I made a call to a chap called who ran the group called James to have a chat.
Last week I found myself on a small shoot close to my boyhood home town of Burnham On Sea.
After the shoot a gut reaction inspired me to take a detour on the way home to visit and walk along the seafront for an hour.
Small And Sweet, Crest Cyder Farm Somerset
Chris And Carole Brown run a small family Cider Farm from their home in North Curry Somerset.
Their daughter Alice contacted me after seeing my request online for people for my project Life In A Somerset Landscape