Coming home…
From New England to Scotland, from West Sussex to Denbighshire I’m home…
I am home and Coalbridge Street has returned to an upper shelf in the workshop, destined to slumber for a few months I’m sure, whilst the warm lights glow on Lochdubh and Paxton Road and I ponder how you could share my experience of ‘arriving’ home…
For whilst Coalbridge is small, this pair are tiny; to share their magic would mean letting people stand almost nose to the fascia. It is an interesting conundrum - these familiar, comforting places would feel cold and un-inviting if you were stood behind a barrier at an exhibition.
So I consider myself lucky, to have enough space to surround my workshop with these almost true cameos, miniature curios of a deep emotional value, familiar and welcoming, safe and secure in their company. More, it helps me recognise that my writing and photography, shared here, go a fair way to achieving that goal - for whilst you can’t see it in the flesh, you can hear my love for these models and explore them at many times greater size on the screen if your device.
For now then, it works. Until next time, more soon…
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Yes they are very attractive in looks, movement & sound they are a true moving talking picture postcard; I can almost smell the sea.
ReplyDeleteThank you Mark. I was talking over the weekend about Lochdubh. I’d love to build the place on the branch where the trains crossed, but then it would be in the glens and not by the sea… meanwhile, Paxton Road needs shunting…
DeleteAnd therein lies the joy of the small/micro/cameo layout James. Three very different worlds, all packed into one small workshop. Each offering the chance of escapism to a very different place, depending on your mood.
ReplyDeleteDon’t forgot Denton Road, Wrexham and Beaverbrook too… plus Defiance in progress.
DeleteNot all so different but everyone part of home.
We've not seen Loch Dubh for a while James. I agree with Mark and David, variety and atmosphere.
ReplyDeleteThank you Tom.
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