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Art History

May 9, 2021

Botticelli’s Primavera…. it’s not pizza

Botticelli’s Primavera - it’s not Pizza..... It’s a 500 year old Blockbuster about sex, violence, drugs, rock ‘n roll and..... the arrival of spring. Yes, the weather has been weird…

Neil Kinsella

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Art History

April 26, 2021

Dali, Me and the Peculiar

Salvador Dali popped in for a chat about gardens the other day. That’s right, "the" Salvador Dali or, "Sal" as he’s known to me. The delightfully deliciously deranged, but sadly…

Neil Kinsella

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An Artful Gardener - An Artful Blog - Noggin The Nog illustration

Wire Figures

December 6, 2020

All I Want For Christmas… is a MIG Welding Machine

What? Why? What? Welding? In simple terms Arc Welding is a welding process used to join metal to metal. It's achieved by electrifying both the metal to be welded and…

Neil Kinsella

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Art History Music Sculpture

September 25, 2020

Hard Wire 2 – Beauty and the Beast

Who cares what sculpture means? What’s good art and what’s bad? I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) "I know what I like and I like what I know"…

Neil Kinsella

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