Category: Social Media

#1506 theoldmortuary ponders.

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The algorithms of my social media have had a bit of a hiccough/hiccup this week.

As a 60+ woman with a head of exuberant curls, marketing flat caps at me is going to land exactly no on-line sales. But relentlessly, this week, the cookies and the algorithms would really like me to buy a flat cap.

Writing this blog may well make the situation worse.

Flat caps do live large in my memory bank because my paternal Grandad was almost never seen outside without one. Indoors the cap, his gas filled cigarette lighter, Rizla cigarette papers and Old Holborn tobacco tin were never far from his side.

When I see a flat cap there is a vestigia of the fragrance of tobacco and lighter gas that flashes through my brain. When I went to London at 18 he had already been dead for 6 years . This building, the one on the tin, was on my bus route to Barts Hospital, when I first saw it the same little flash of fragrance zipped through my head, and I wished I could tell him that the building really existed.

Flat caps are a bit of a granddad thing. My maternal Great Grandfather makes an appearance on my family tree with a fine flat cap and moustache.

So I must admit to having a fondness for flat caps but not a need to buy one.

Once again my photo archive has come up with  evidence that I have quite an archive of flat cap images. They do frame a face and set a tone which is significantly different to that of the rather over-popular baseball cap/hat.

Street Art on Union Street.
Print by Annette Wrathmel
A singer in our London Songs Choir
Andy posing
The flat cap that got away

Clearly I do love a flat cap, but am never going to buy one.

Below another flat cap blog.

#399 theoldmortuary ponders

And just like that a great flat cap wearer dies on the same day as I wrote about flat caps.

David Hockney has died, we were lucky enough to catch this exhibition twice. Once at the Royal Academy London and also at The Guggenheim Bilbao. Two reviews below.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/jun/27/david-hockney-royal-academy-review-jonathan-jones?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

David Hockney. 82 portraits and 1 Still-Life | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao https://share.google/U8SFEeetVAQMIEGLA

R.I.P David Hockney . Flat caps and swimming pools. My kind of artist.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck77rg88gd9o?app-referrer=webview

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jun/12/artist-david-hockney-dies?fbclid=IwVERDUASY7A9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR5VI-G2ikP9r9tKeRKDppICugMDKSsoIDOoUHQWnEkHfy0WZAm09Jhtc8j0ag_aem_EnqkW50FMq_d4fNkWBkJHw

#526 theoldmortuary ponders

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This morning dawned bright so I allowed the dogs to choose their walk of the day. I read somewhere that it is good for dogs to choose their destinations, it allows them to follow the smells that intrigue them the most and that feeds their love of life and intellect. It gives me the chance to ponder off-blog because walking is always good for a good old think. Beyond the blog I am pondering the role of Social Media. For many years I have managed the Social Media accounts of different organisations. I have recently joined a new organisation. In many respects an unusual choice for me, as it is a Tennis Club with two wonderful grass courts and a beautiful garden, surrounded by the sea. I am interested in how people who read my blog view Social Media and how useful it is.

Currently I am actively involved with my own oldmortuary sites. Drawn to the Valley and Stonehouse Lawn Tennis Club. If you have the time I would appreciate your feedback. All are on Facebook or Instagram.

If you are happy to share I would love to see your Social Media Pages. Please leave a comment or link wherever you usually read this.

Thank you.

This is why Instagram matters to Artists and Makers

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Yesterday was an interesting day. A coffee meet up with a friend serendipitously introduced me to an artist and jeweller . Then an unexpected printing hiccough gave me some water colour scraps to create a new image.For interest I though I would use the Instagram Grids of the three people I met to illustrate this blog.

©tessajanedesigns Instagram

Coffee was with tessajanedesigns at Ocean Studios. We were just having a social catch up after teaching a Social Media workshop earlier in the week.http://www.tessajane.co.uk/

Mark Wiggin saw us nattering and came to join us.

©. Mark Wiggin instagram

https://www.markwigginart.com/

Then we popped upstairs to see Val Muddyman. Her current work recreates the tiny details of the beauty of a beach really close to her workshop at Devils Point.

©Val Muddyman Instagram

https://www.valmuddyman.co.uk/shop-1

Hugo loved her workshop.

For completeness here is my Instagram grid.

©theoldmortuary Instagram

I met all these people in just one hour, the images I found of their work on Instagram is such a simple illustration of why Instagram is a great piece of Social Media for Artists and Makers.

The image above is a future palimpsest but for now it’s a collage.