Author: jonave
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Photo voltaics can be beautiful!
Who says solar power can’t be gorgeous? The people of New Caledonia are out to prove the naysayers wrong with what may be the most beautiful solar farm on the planet. The heart-shaped solar farm will supply 2 megawatts of solar power to 750 homes on the Pacific island, reducing carbon emissions while enhancing the…
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Stitch Gathering 2014
I was official photographer at the Stitch Gathering Modern Quilt Retreat 2014 event in Edinburgh. Stuck with 70 ladies for a whole day – poor me! The rest of the pics are here.
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Mallard flock roosting at twilight.
Those little fluffy ducks are almost full grown now. Here they are on their evening march from the stream up to the big pond to roost overnight. They don’t look like Mum and 8 x Babies anymore – more of a mini flock of 9 ducks…they still follow her dutifully wherever she leads though! The…
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Bernard Tschumi
The recent retrospective on Bernard Tschumi at the Pompidou Centre provided a compelling analysis of a career spanning over 45 years – and ultimately reveals the architect’s unique integration of theory and practice
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Swallow update.
The famous five have now taken to being fed on the TV aerial rather than staying in the wood shed. The parents show their amazing flying skills by constantly feeding them on the wing.
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Feeding Time – Swallows
We have five recently-fledged swallows in the wood shed at the moment. They have made a few flights in and out but seem to prefer perching on this scaffolding board while the parents zoom in and feed them.
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Finished Bridge
Finished the replacement bridge. For drawings and other photo see this earlier post.
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Tiny House not vacant?
Further to the previous post – tiny house vacant – this morning I had a wonderful surprise and found our Mallard Mum and her eight ducklings sailing around the big pond at Shangri La – who knows they may even have spent the night in the duck hotel!
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bridge
Bridge design for Shangri La Farm to replace what was basically an eight metre plank which finally gave way. Now under construction.
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Edinburgh Modern Quilt Guild Logo
I have just finished designing the logo for the Edinburgh Modern Quilt Guild. It blends the colours from their parent body – the Modern Quilt Guild which was formed in Los Angeles in October of 2009, with an iconic view of Edinburgh Castle taken from one of my photographs. I drew the outlines using Adobe Illustrator then added…
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Owl Nest Box
Owl nest box from scrap plywood. 2011. Being sized up by a pair of Jackdaws as a potential “des-res”.
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Shangri La Bridge in the snow.
Japanese lantern juxtaposed with wooden bridge and vanishing point through the Scots Pines.
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Shangri La Duck House
Built out of scrap fencing and plywood. So far it has only housed a wasps nest; I haven’t plucked up the courage to actually get some water fowl.
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Jonathan Avery
I am excited to have finally taken my new website LIVE – jonathanavery.com. Its been a lengthy and cathartic process and has helped me to make sense of the last thirty years career-wise, but there is still lots to add. I am going to use this as my main blog and Facebook feed from now on.
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myBearpawBlock
This is the compact square version of the logo for Jo’s shop myBearpaw in Edinburgh. I also designed the fascia and window signage.
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Renovation Service Graphic
This advertised the kitchen renovation and rebuilding service from Jonathan Avery Homestore. Drawn in Adobe Illustrator on a Mac.
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Shangri La Farm Logo
This pair of sister logos are for my new venture building tiny house structures.
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Tiny House Scotland Logo
A pair of sister logos for my new venture Tiny House Scotland – Shangri La Farm.