Blashy
(Dull weather)
“On visiting the archive, I was able to get access to the archive stores at the Brotherton Library. It was important to me to see the physical storage. I wasn’t sure what I was looking for – sometimes it is a style of label, a colour or something small and incidental. I spotted the index drawers with handwritten index cards of collected words and meanings: the drawers, long separated from their original cabinet; a relic, with a personality reflected in the handwritten cards. I tried to reflect the process of looking through index cards, incorporating images with the words. I liked the contrast between the idea of ‘dull’ weather and the wonderfully evocative and descriptive alternative words to describe ‘dull’. I have been trying to incorporate these words into my conversations. They spice up a dull day!”
