Showing posts with label pebbles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pebbles. Show all posts
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
Wednesday, 28 December 2011
Dr Geebers The Pebbleman At Llanddulas
Thank you to George Chatburn for putting this up on youtube on my behalf.
Dr Geebers The Pebbleman at Combe Martin creating D.J. Pebbles Mixing on the Decks 2009
This was me at Combe Martin creating D.J. Pebbles Mixing On The Decks sculpture. It took two weeks to create and about five-six tonne of pebbles and stones where manhandled to create this display.
Thank you everyone.
Monday, 26 December 2011
Dr Geebers Formula 1 Car at Skegness
This Photo was taken at Skegness. Dr Geebers and his Formula 1 cars all made out of pebbles and stones. It took six days in the making but never got actually finished due to vandles and other problems.
D.J. MacStoned Mixing On The Decks Loose Pebble Sculpture Oban Scoland 2010
This Sculpture was created at Little Ganavan Beach Oban Scotland. It is all pebbles and stones stacked on top of each other to create this old school D.J. Mixing Decks.
This took ten days to create with approximately six to seven tonnes of pebbles and Stones moved by hand.
Thank you everyone in Scotland for your help. Respect to you all.
Drift Surfing Magazine - Interview With Dr Geebers The Pebbleman
The pebble man
Some things come and go in life, and I often have cause to appreciate the importance of the “be here now” mind-state.
Without it I guess I would not have crossed paths with George – aka Dr Geebers – who, if I can sum this up, is on a crusade in search of the simple smile, sharing his patience and artistic talents along the way.
George is a homeless man walking the coastal paths from Brighton, frequenting certain beaches of his choice, leaving behind his trademark style of pebble sculpture.
Nowadays most people go to the beach and build sandcastles – with a few spade-fulls of sand and a tap… hey presto – a castle! George’s castle is three days in the making, and his patient placing of every stone is highly commendable!
The inquisitiveness of human nature is met with smiles and conversation from all ages. Let’s dig a little deeper…
So where are you going?
I am on a coastal walk from Brighton to Brighton, venturing around the coast of the UK. It could take at least a year or two, although I set off from the end of Brighton’s Fringe Festival and I’ve done 14 beaches already.
Prior to this I used to do sculptures on beaches and promenades. I raised some smiles and it felt good; I guess now I’m just on a journey and leaving my mark.
What drew you to my local?
The stone here is good – there are lots of different colours. That’s usually how I come to chose certain beaches. There are a lot of people doing sand sculpture, which is amazing and requires just as much patience, but I’m doing my own style and at every beach I build on I try to do a unique piece.
Do people respect your work?
There’s only been one occasion where some kids trashed my work, and I just started again. Likewise, you can spend so long on a section and then it will collapse, so you gotta just roll with it and keep going. As I build a piece and it attracts attention, people who see it under construction tend to want to come back and see the finished piece. I have a donation mat and some people are very generous; but it’s not about money – I get to meet some great folk and see some wonderful places.
And what’s next?
Well I hope to one day make a book, or showcase the work from my travels in some way. I could write so many stories about the places and faces, and I hope that I’ll be able to help out homeless charities and ‘The Big Issue’ by spreading some awareness. I guess it’s my way of giving something back.
Maybe I’ll go around again – we’ll see what happens.
Any last words?
I get a lot of praise from people, and I would just like to say it back. I can’t thank you all enough for the support.
You never know – the next time you’re at the beach you may come across sculptures once built by Dr Geebers, or you may actually see him creating. I suggest you go up and say hi, take some pictures and throw him a donation for his efforts. It’s purely by chance that you’ll find him, and that is the “be here now”.
To give you a hand, I’ll keep you updated on his whereabouts.
You can become a fan of Dr Geebers on Facebook and follow him on MySpace too.
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Some things come and go in life, and I often have cause to appreciate the importance of the “be here now” mind-state.Without it I guess I would not have crossed paths with George – aka Dr Geebers – who, if I can sum this up, is on a crusade in search of the simple smile, sharing his patience and artistic talents along the way.
George is a homeless man walking the coastal paths from Brighton, frequenting certain beaches of his choice, leaving behind his trademark style of pebble sculpture.
Nowadays most people go to the beach and build sandcastles – with a few spade-fulls of sand and a tap… hey presto – a castle! George’s castle is three days in the making, and his patient placing of every stone is highly commendable!The inquisitiveness of human nature is met with smiles and conversation from all ages. Let’s dig a little deeper…
So where are you going?
I am on a coastal walk from Brighton to Brighton, venturing around the coast of the UK. It could take at least a year or two, although I set off from the end of Brighton’s Fringe Festival and I’ve done 14 beaches already.
Prior to this I used to do sculptures on beaches and promenades. I raised some smiles and it felt good; I guess now I’m just on a journey and leaving my mark.
What drew you to my local?
The stone here is good – there are lots of different colours. That’s usually how I come to chose certain beaches. There are a lot of people doing sand sculpture, which is amazing and requires just as much patience, but I’m doing my own style and at every beach I build on I try to do a unique piece.
Do people respect your work?
There’s only been one occasion where some kids trashed my work, and I just started again. Likewise, you can spend so long on a section and then it will collapse, so you gotta just roll with it and keep going. As I build a piece and it attracts attention, people who see it under construction tend to want to come back and see the finished piece. I have a donation mat and some people are very generous; but it’s not about money – I get to meet some great folk and see some wonderful places.
And what’s next?
Well I hope to one day make a book, or showcase the work from my travels in some way. I could write so many stories about the places and faces, and I hope that I’ll be able to help out homeless charities and ‘The Big Issue’ by spreading some awareness. I guess it’s my way of giving something back.
Maybe I’ll go around again – we’ll see what happens.
Any last words?
I get a lot of praise from people, and I would just like to say it back. I can’t thank you all enough for the support.
You never know – the next time you’re at the beach you may come across sculptures once built by Dr Geebers, or you may actually see him creating. I suggest you go up and say hi, take some pictures and throw him a donation for his efforts. It’s purely by chance that you’ll find him, and that is the “be here now”.To give you a hand, I’ll keep you updated on his whereabouts.
You can become a fan of Dr Geebers on Facebook and follow him on MySpace too.
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Loose Pebble Display At Amroth 2009
This loose pebble display created by hand on a beach as part of my first ever walking homeless awearness tour of U.K. coastline.
This diplay took six weeks to create on a beach in the coldest winter in the U.K. for forty years. I was living in a tent and it was cold.
All pebbles and stones used in this display where found on the beach. No materials where brought to the beach. There was no cement or sand used to create this.
This display was created to show Santa and the Snowman stranded on some rocks with water all around. The outside edge is to repersent mountains with snow on them.
This Santa feel down on me twelve times yet I would not give up on my first ever pebble/stone xmas display at such a lovely place.
People thought I was a bit crazy doing what I did but I was loving it. Creating history on a beach in really bad conditions. If anyone wants to attempt such a journey please make sure to get the right training. Don't do what I did because it is very dangerous and very hard to get the help you need to succeed.
This whole display has about forty to fifty tonnes of pebbles and stones moved by hand, no wheel barrows. The only tools used on the whole journey was recyled shoping bags. The money spent on these where going to help charites which was good in my eyes.
This is my christmas tree and even some of the local people could not believe what I was doing. Some had never seen a homeless person before and could not understand or believe me when I said I was attempting this journey of my own back. Thank you everyone who helped me here and hopfully my book will happen and many other homeless people get help in the future from this crazy journey.
Thursday, 22 December 2011
Spiral Pebble Mosiac Created On Brighton Beach 2008
This is one of the first designs I ever created out of loose pebbles on a beach at brighton in 2008.
It took 5 hours to create by the newly renovated bandstand.
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All the best George…..Dave W