JOE
Some time in the last couple of years, a very strange shop popped up on Langholm's High Street. 'Sticks n' Stuff'
stocks exactly what its name suggests. I'd never been in until I decided it's owner would make a good subject. I
don't think I'd ever seen it open. Upon finding the shop open and walking in, I instantly crossed my fingers, hoping
that it's owner would agree to be a subject - the shop is a drawing project in itself.
Luckily, Joe (as I found out the owner was called) didn't take much convincing and I returned with my camera and dictaphone.
Joe has been involved in the local game shooting industry for some years - though I'd never seen him before - and
his love of traditional and rural ways of life are very evident in his shop; which he runs as a hobby more than a business.
As well as selling various seemingly random objects from vintage typewriters to buffalo horns, Joe specializes in
making walking sticks - which he does right there in the shop, in the small back room behind the counter.
It seems clear that Joe could sells his sticks online - probably in large numbers to cosmopolitan 'outdoor lifestyle'
chains. But he's really not that interested in turning his hobby into a business in that sense. I quite liked that.
Photo library available here
Some time in the last couple of years, a very strange shop popped up on Langholm's High Street. 'Sticks n' Stuff'
stocks exactly what its name suggests. I'd never been in until I decided it's owner would make a good subject. I
don't think I'd ever seen it open. Upon finding the shop open and walking in, I instantly crossed my fingers, hoping
that it's owner would agree to be a subject - the shop is a drawing project in itself.
Luckily, Joe (as I found out the owner was called) didn't take much convincing and I returned with my camera and dictaphone.
Joe has been involved in the local game shooting industry for some years - though I'd never seen him before - and
his love of traditional and rural ways of life are very evident in his shop; which he runs as a hobby more than a business.
As well as selling various seemingly random objects from vintage typewriters to buffalo horns, Joe specializes in
making walking sticks - which he does right there in the shop, in the small back room behind the counter.
It seems clear that Joe could sells his sticks online - probably in large numbers to cosmopolitan 'outdoor lifestyle'
chains. But he's really not that interested in turning his hobby into a business in that sense. I quite liked that.
Photo library available here
By this point I was enjoying the pencil rough process that I had adopted. It was starting to feel like a natural part
of my work-flow rather than a box ticking exercise that was filling sketchbook pages without having an effective
impact upon the outcomes.
I can approach the rough pencil drawings without any pressure that 'this might be the one' so I can just get on with
enjoying putting the marks down and learning my subject.
of my work-flow rather than a box ticking exercise that was filling sketchbook pages without having an effective
impact upon the outcomes.
I can approach the rough pencil drawings without any pressure that 'this might be the one' so I can just get on with
enjoying putting the marks down and learning my subject.
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