Hair Do Voodoo

                 Hair        doo       Voodoo

Did     I   ever    tell you     about

I    probably    did n't        and

most     likely   shouldn't          But

You   can never  be too  careful   about   history

OK   if you insist   here   goes

It was    some time ago    now

that    an   album  most   proud

came   into   my   possession   quite   unannounced

Purporting    to be   Photographic evidence

of      Count   Muldivo's

Cab in ets     of       Curiosity

Just   imagine  the position  of   my   eyebrows

Here is   the   first   plate   Hair do   Voo Doo

Hair Do   VooDoo



The   Only   known    Likeness   of
The   Clockwork   Woman
who wore    a   tame   Armadillo   as   a   hat

also   featuring   for   one   night   only
The   Healing   Hands   of   Halifax

yes

The   Healing   Hands   of   Halifax

Never   You   mind   about   them

for now or    ne’er do well

let’s listen instead

 to the tick and the tock
of the Cl ock      work Woman
with  her granny  grin  grin
 at    a   quarter to    three

You   can   see   more   of   Paul   Biddles    work   at

https://paulbiddle.com

Editors Note:

It's   come   to   my   notice   that much   of   the   above   is   utter   nonsense

The Little Chap - Fact or Fiction?

The   Li ttle   Chap

 The Little Chap has appeared in three pictures in my Cabinet of Curiosity

and each time he does he elicits a huge response from women and men

and the occasional side table and of course our friend the budgerigar

He’s a no nonsense sort of chap with an enigmatic air

Little Chap Nesting

A    clean cut jaw        and on some days a   glint       in his eye

At first I thought him to be Hungarian for obvious reasons

He always makes himself at home and bakes the most amazing little buns

but I was soon proven to be mistaken when he baked me a cake of consequence

So why does he elicit     this response ?

Little Chap spots the egg

On the face of it he’s and old engraving squeezed into a 3D shape

Found by the Great Arturo und  Annie Tolaini

Nurtured in their          Cabinet of Curiosity

and generously sent for a little holiday with the Count and Countess Muldivo

where he sleeps in a tiny cotton wool filled   Box of Wonder

I often think about the journey he made form Bristol to Devon

Can see him standing there waiting for the train, his little suitcase in hand,

on the windswept platform patrolled by his friends the Pigeons or were they Dodos?

The Last Dodo

Attila the Hun once asked me

Just what makes this Little Chap Tick    ?

I’m afraid    Nobody Knows but he does have a little clock face

Y OU    can see    more of    The  Cabinet   of   C u r i o s i t y        by

Paul Biddle             here    and   Here   not   to   forget   there

https://paulbiddle.com

The Travelling Cabinet of Curiosity

  Did  I ever   tell you  AB out
  the   day C oun  t  Muld ivo  ( The Not Quite Right )  sent  his
 ca ca cabinet
ex tra  ord  in airrre on a little trip   to  Schloss  Ambras
T   he  Palatial Pad     of             Ferdinand   of   Tyrol   ,
Charles V' s brother     and    Rudolph's uncle

I   can   hear  the chatt chat chatter of their prognostic lower bites as I type
as if    it    were       only     yesterday   but   it was   in fact  1572

The Holy Roman Emperors were always such a laugh

The Travelling Cabinet

 Just   I M  agine     the sounds the cabinet  made
on such   a long and arduous   jour   ney
The   creak   and clattle   of   skeletal     L e  gs
T H e  W hir  and Tick  ToCk Tic kle  of  CloCk Work
Orchestrated  by  my  g  OOd  friends the Clockwork Moths,
the Prey ing Man tis  and the Little  Monkey  fellow who does
what he doosssses    best

The Clockwork Machinations

the Grumpy grump Grunts of the nippleless Echidna , daughter of Tartarus and  Gaia, keeper of the Crystal Ball of Facial Indiscretion

Echidna By the Sea

and  the No  Nonsense
          chit   chat Chunter  of the Arma Dillo

Distinctly Armadillo

The Fruit Bat skeleton      l oo ks    on  and will reveal her secrets      s   oon   enough
Suffice it to say it involves the Clockwork moths and a jar of strawberry jam


Never Not Almost but    never     to forget

Dapper Sylvester   the dancing Starfish and his troupe

of Moa    Bone     Ball erinas

Sylvester Starfish and the Moa Bones

Ed  itors     Note   to the Assistant Editor  :

Any   illusions  to allusions is  strict ly

Co  inci  dental 

You can see more of The Cabinet of Curiosities

on Paul Biddle's web-site by clicking below

https://paulbiddle.com

 

My New Web-Site is Finished

I      have   to    ad mit

I      am     really    rather        pleased

with   my new   web-site             it    is  at    last    finished

and   I have    tooo say    I am     sooo    proud of it

I    even    get   to   dress as   an   Armadillo when  I  maintrain it

 

My New Armadillo Suit

 You   can   even buy     my    limited  edition prints 

 

a   nd       Posters     toooooo

  

 

Even  a    set   of AR t      Postcards

 

 

A L L    with the     c  li   ck     of      a     M ou se

 

A  RM A di l lo  Ma n     says  in  an     E L V I S   voice

I '  m        al l      E   C o m m erced        U   p

ISN'T  tech no   logy        MA  rve ll ous

https://paulbiddle.com

Biddle Banners exhibited in Seoul, South Korea

I'm    really      pleased to be participating in the Chungmuro Photo Festival in 

Seoul, South Korea.

Here are some of my pictures printed to 2 metres x 3 metres.

 Wish I could be there see them :-)

Such a nice idea to present a photographic exhibition like this outside in the street amongst all the

 hustle and bustle and   Life

Paul Biddle photographs in Seoul

 

https://paulbiddle.com

T h e C a b i n e t o f C u r i o s i t i e s

The C a bin et of Curios ities

C u r    C u r i o     C u r i o u s   C u r i o s i t y

A c c o r d i n g  to  Wikipedia  and  friends

"A cab i net of curio s ities      was an encyclopaedic collection in R e n a i s s a n c e   Europe

 of

 types of objects whose categorial boundaries were yet to be defined.

They were also known by various names such as Cab inet of Wonder, 

 and in German
 Kunstkammer ("art-room") or
Wunderkammer ("wonder-room").  

 Modern terminology would categorize the objects included as belonging to N A T U R A L   H i s t o r y - and    r a t h e r    d e l i ciously (sometimes faked), also known as J ennyes 

Paul Biddles' Cabinet of Wonder

 

E N T E R   The  L o a f  of   B r e a d   F r u i t  complete with feathers dog biscuits and replete with Bishops Tu Tu

"The Kunstkammer was regarded as a microcosm or theater of the world,
 and a memory theater.  This I yam very interested by
The term cabinet originally described a room rather than a piece of furniture

The Kunstkammer  provided a solace and retreat for contem plation or a collection, with a special emphasis on paintings of people with interesting deformities - enter The Queen of Nipples in Paul Biddles Cabinet and also Quentin Massys Queen of Tunis or Naples - not to forget Leonardo’s earlier drawing of a Grotesque   - all t h r e e appear to be wearing what I can only describe as a    Bull et Brass iere

The Queen of Nipples

You can see Leonardo's wonderful drawing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grotesque_Head.jpg 

 

wondrously small clock work automata - such as the Do Do you see before your very eyes   ethnographic specimens of delight   strangely reminiscent of tinned fruit on Sunday Afternoons
"antlers,  horns, claws,    feathers and other unmentionable things belonging to

 strange and curious animals"

The Mermaid of Prague

You can    see    more

of the new series  C a b i n e t   o f   C u r i o s i t i e s

https://paulbiddle.com

Showcase of the Fine Art Photography of Paul Biddle

Most years I get a few photography students getting in touch and asking if they can do a critique or presentation of my work as part of their college course.

I received an email from Debra Curran who is a photography student currently studying The History of Photography. One of the course requirements is to create a showcase about the work of a contemporary photographer, and fortunately for me she chose to use my work.

She sent me several questions about my images and I answered them by email.

There have been some great presentations over the years but Debra’s showcase stands head and shoulders over the rest.

You can even make your own comments on the images.

Thanks for the great presentation, Debra. It made me feel like a proper photographer.

Please click on the link and have a look at what she has created.

You can click on an image or text to zoom and see more detail. 

http://voicethread.com/share/3033905/