I found this fish remnant up on Ruggles Ave. in September of '07. It's far from any water; I don't know if it fell out of a fisherman's truck or if an Osprey dropped it flying from one spot to another, but there it was. I call this shot Bones and Scales.
A Skate egg, also called a Mermaid's Purse. These things are always found among the seaweed tossed up on the beaches in the area. I found this one on Easton's Beach yesterday.
A medieval-style fish on a tile created by my friend Mirjana Mladinov way back in the 1980s. She used to have a decorated tile business here in Newport way back then, and this design is actually a single-tiled version of the "big fish" she used in a wall installation of the Jonah story.
The Chinese had a similar view of fish. This is a roof decoration on the Chinese Tea House on the grounds of the Marble House, one of Newport's famed Bellevue Ave. mansions. The Cliff Walk actually passes under the Tea House in a tunnel.
Another tile by Mirjana. Obviously, this is her rendering of the symbol for the astrological sign Pisces. Since I'm a Pisces, she gave this to me for my birthday way back when.
The sign for Scales & Shells, a very good seafood restaurant on Thames St. in Newport.
And finally, a gate onto the Cliff Walk in Newport. This gate is part of the property of a house that was built within the last 5 years. Very Mediterranean, white stucco with the terra-cotta tiled roof, and style-wise a house you would find anywhere from Spain to Sicily. The iron-work fences on the property are decorated with a Greek frieze, and the gate adds this very unique fish design.And that's my contribution to this week's Theme Thursday.
You are an AMAZING photographer. Verrry nice selection for Theme Thursday.
ReplyDeleteI especially like the Tea House and the gate.
And I have the feeling that I would enjoy the Cliff Walk immensely! :)
Very nice array of photos. I've always seen those mermaids purse things along the beach and never knew they were skate eggs!
ReplyDelete...very cool. I always wondered what those things were on the beach...on top of that, I had never heard of a skate either (looked it up, so now I know!). I love your friend's art, especially the pisces tile. I'm a pisces too, so I'm always attracted to fish...great post!
ReplyDeleteI used to love to walk the beach of Lake Erie when I lived in Western New York. Your "fishy" still life (sorry for the pun) reminds me of those days.
ReplyDeletegreat selection of photos....i'm quite drawn to the first one as I love taking photos of dead and decaying things....go figure....I actually forgot to mine my cache of dead fish photos for today's theme!!
ReplyDeletehummmm I wonder how death would fly as a theme for the tt followers??????
wonderful selection. Newport sounds like a photographer's dream!
ReplyDeleteDid the top one stink?
ReplyDeleteWow, so many different ideas. I wandered here from Collette Amelia's. Great photos.
ReplyDeleteSo I am on the right day now!
ReplyDeleteI add my voice to the chorus of 'great photos'!
Your friend is very talented at her ceramic art.
Your post (especially the iron gate) has reminded me of how greatly fish feature in symbolism- they are the ideal shape.
Mouse...I'm not too sure about your idea for a TT!
Excellent photos and the gate is striking!
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining in!
Cheers!
Beautiful! The first photo was kind of icky, but interesting nonetheless. The tiles and ironworks were especially pleasing to me. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeletesuch an excellent group for fishday! you can really snap a great photo!
ReplyDeleteRoy,
ReplyDeleteDO you know how I can contact Mirjana? I have a set of her biblical subject tiles that I made into a table, bought in Newport RI in the 1980s. They are beautiful and I would love to find out is she is still producing them and selling. I most appreciate your help in advance. Thanks, Peter (pnedwards@aol.com)