There’s excitement afoot but more on that later in the month.
In the meantime, whet your appetite with this short clip broadcast last night by the BBC Look North team. You’ll also discover why I made the Tintypes below…
Click to see a short film on the BBC describing the beginnings of a new project…
BBC Look North reporter, Andrew Hartley, on a sunny day in Craster (Half Plate Tintype)
Tintype Selfie, lens cap opened for five elephants by assistant Robert (Half Plate Tintype)
It’s just seven days to go until my second Great North Run.
With 56,000 entrants, it’s now the largest mass-participation event in the UK as well as the world’s largest half marathon.
Fundraising for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution is a really important part of the event for me (see my last post for some reasons why).
After raising £1652 for the RNLI on last year’s run, this year I hope to raise over £2000 for my local crew at Tynemouth Lifeboat Station — a busy station protecting the North Sea coast.
To reach that target I could really do with your help. As well as supporting me through my JustGiving page, I’ve also created a new way to donate…
For every print purchased from my Sea Collection, £25 will be donated to the Tynemouth Lifeboat Station (£25 will pay for a week’s training for a lifeboat crew member).
So, not only will you have acquired a beautiful signed and numbered print but you will also be helping to save lives at sea.
Buy a print from the Sea Collection and £25 will be donated to the Tynemouth Lifeboat Station…
This is a permanent feature of the Sea Collection, not just limited to my Great North Run fundraising efforts.
If you’d like to help me support the RNLI, please do have a look through the Sea Collection or visit my JustGiving page…
I love boats. However, I particularly love Lifeboats.
As to why, it’s quite simple…
I love any environment that is well-designed for the purpose in hand, with everything in its place and nothing more.
Boats tend to epitomise that for me but Lifeboats do it with aplomb.
The Severn Class Tynemouth Lifeboat, RNLB Spirit of Northumberland, is a mighty-fine example and one that many were able to enjoy on Lifeboat Day yesterday…
Instruments
Deck Hatch — observe neatly aligned screw heads and locks!
Engine Room — one of two MTU M94 series 2000 V10 marine diesel engines producing 1507hp (1124kW) at 1500rpm…apparently.
Immaculate bodywork and bolts (neatly aligned hinge screw heads too!)…
Crowds gather through the warehouse door on Lifeboat Day…
A gunwale with a few stories to tell…
Waterproofs (no humans present)…
When I was a young boy of eight, I always wanted to be a Lifeboatman but boring adults used to remind me that I wouldn’t be able to earn a living as a volunteer.
Every once in a while, I still daydream of being a Lifeboatman.
Speaking to crew members yesterday, it appears I still have time yet. Firstly, however, I just need to move to within eight minutes of the Lifeboat Station. Time for a family meeting…
Living the dream…
If you’d like to support me and the RNLI on the Great North Run 2013, please visit my JustGiving page. Your donations, no matter how modest, will be greatly appreciated.
Jack Lowe 