Portals and Pavements
Heather Blakey's obsession with portals has been infectious at Soul Food. Folk have drawn portals in all sorts of places in order to slip into the fantastic world of Lemuria and join the Enchanteur on one of her journey's.
Not everyone uses the Manhole Covers, cunningly placed in pavements, to travel to new worlds. But there have been many who have found themselves looking to find these fascinating entry points
This lens encourages you to discover the fascinating portals that lie within our pavements. Perhaps more importantly, it encourages you to enter the world of le Enchanteur
Not everyone uses the Manhole Covers, cunningly placed in pavements, to travel to new worlds. But there have been many who have found themselves looking to find these fascinating entry points
This lens encourages you to discover the fascinating portals that lie within our pavements. Perhaps more importantly, it encourages you to enter the world of le Enchanteur
Manhole Covers
Manhole covers were designed to provide access to underground utilities such as power, sewerage, gas, telephone etc. Beneath them lies a surface tunnel, with labyrinthine corridors connected. Personally I have never been in the massive tunnels that thread their way beneath the streets of Melbourne so when I sought some out I realized that I am only dimly aware of the myriad of functions they perform.As a writer I am fascinated by the concept of egress - the capacity to exit, to go out, to enter the subterranean world below. Years of teaching the craft of writing has demonstrated that when writers' are willing to make the journey within their writing and creativity accelerates.
Take this opportunity to enter the world of Lemuria and le Enchanteur.
Make a manhole, open it, clamber on down and see where you arrive in this fabulous world. Perhaps your portal will bring you to the Lemurian Abbey or Rainbow Beach.
Manhole Cover Entry Design Ideas
check these sites for inspiration
- Drainspotting
- Drainspotting is all about paying attention to your surroundings. Manhole covers, drains, grates, trench covers--someone had to design all of these. Functional and ornamental, there's a lot of interesting stuff happening down by your feet. Check it out.
- Manhole Cover Frames
- Grey, cast iron covers and frames which disguise entry points in to Lemuria.
- Dan Heller Photographs
- Check out Dan Heller's amazing collection of photographs.
- Conduit Hole Covers
- Wander the streets looking for covers like these and build up a photographic collection.
- Manhole Covers in London
- Manhole covers are among the urban landscape's most lasting features. They are made of extremely durable materials since their placement exposes them to wear. They have also endured because unlike gas street lamps, manhole covers remain useful and, more than 100 years after their installation, continue to fulfil their function perfectly.
- A Creative Project
- This is a fascinating creative project which might just trigger something in you.
- Grate Works
- I am struck by the beauty of manhole covers.
Addicted to their cryptic charms.
I have brushed away sand and debris
To reveal stamped symbols.
by Bobbi Mastrangelo - Louise Levergneaux
- In the fall of 1999 Louise Levergneux looked down one day at a manhole cover while on holiday with her husband, Michael. "I noticed how different the manhole covers where from the ones back home while waiting at a Café for Michael. I had never noticed before the different kinds of manholes that existed and their reason for being." Louise continued during her trip in Scotland to look down on the streets instead of the fabulous castles and monuments and started to have a good size collection without noticing.
Hopefully You Will Find
more space than this caver
Follow Hardy Pilgrims
who know all about portals and where they can lead
Keep an eye on one of the journey's that le Enchanteur has inspired
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byDesign a Manhole Cover
and then use it to enter a new realm
Take the time to design a manhole cover using mixed media or collage. Put this piece of work on the cover of a journal and then record your journey beyond making sure to introduce guides, heroes, heroines and villains.
Digital Construction by Lori Gloyd
Check Pythian Games
For Manhole Inspired Pieces
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byA Collection of Responses
to Portals and Pavements
- Way to Realm of Endless Possibilities
- "Enter the Way to the Realm of Endless Possibilities" A Digital Construction by Lori Gloyd
- 52 Avenue
- One night
in my neighbor's front yard
I saw a man digging a hole just up off of the sidewalk
by the orange glow of a streetlight - Response to Pavements and Portals
- Once upon a time there was a talking lemur lady named Laurel who liked to look at manhole covers about the countryside of Lemuria. She spoke of a "secret, subterranean world", one filled with awe and wonder and intriguing stories and maybe buried treasure, and anyway, there was always a nice assortment of very good Lemurian lady traveling companions who were generally up for a journey, especially if there were to be tasty munchable treats along the way%u2026.
Portals and Pavements
a wonderful art form
Treasures Underfoot : Quilting With Manhole Covers - Round 2
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Manhole Covers
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Designs Underfoot: The Art of Manhole Covers in New York City
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Quilting With Manhole Covers - A Treasure Trove of Unique Designs from the Streets of Japan
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as you clamber down in to the subterranean parts of Lemuria
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- Imogen_Crest Imogen_Crest May 20, 2008 @ 10:45 pm
- This is a great topic to inspire! Really creative material to work with, Heather!
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