Kirsty Stonell Walker

LATEST ARTICLES ( 598 )

• A Well-Connected Woman of Photographs

  

  Welcome to my 500th blog post! When I reached 400 I wrote a piece on Julia Margaret Cameron's model (and my current obsession) Mary Hillier, so it's rather a... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2015 CULTURE

• Review: Arts & Crafts as a Modern, Expressive Art Form. Stained Glass

  

  As some of you will know from reading this blog, I have spent a fair amount of my time in churches over the years. Obviously because of my love of... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2015 CULTURE

• Ornamentation in the Art of Julia Margaret Cameron: Jewellery

  

  As we saw from the previous post, the way that Julia Margaret Cameron chose to dress her subjects ranged from the simplicity of swathes of white or black robes... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 CULTURE

• Ornamentation in the Art of Julia Margaret Cameron: Fabric

  

  Happy 200th birthday Julia Margaret Cameron, born on this day in 1815. I wanted to do a couple of special blog posts for today so here is a look at the use of... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 CULTURE

• Model Children

  

  If you have the dubious pleasure of knowing me personally, you'll know I take an unfeasible amount of photographs of my daughter, Lily-Rose... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2015 CULTURE

• I'm Your Venus, I'm Your Fire, Your Desire

  

  Well, here we are on the brink of a nice, sunny bank holiday weekend and so to get us off to a jolly fine start, I thought it might be splendid to have some... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2015 CULTURE

• Behind the Mask

  

  A wise friend of mine once said that the internet acts as a mask; we can be whoever we want to be, project whatever image we wish and be a carefully... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2015 CULTURE

• Get Well Soon!

  

  This post is for a most beloved friend who is currently undergoing a hillock in her health landscape. In times of trial and trouble, it's good to know that the... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2015 CULTURE

• Review: Far From the Madding Crowd (2015)

  

  Now, you know me, I'm somewhat west country in my origins, born in Wiltshire and able to milk a cow. All this gives me obvious reason to love the works of Thoma... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2015 CULTURE

• Good Morning May, May You Never Be June

  

  So yesterday we got as far as May Prinsep's marriage to Andrew Hichens in 1874 and the Cameron's move back to Sri Lanka (Ceylon) in 1875. Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2015 CULTURE

• May Prinsep, My Princess

  

  Welcome to a weekend of posts about a beautiful woman, which is always a good thing. Hers is the face that gazes out of many of Julia Margaret Cameron's... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2015 CULTURE

• Kiss Me, I'm Four!

  

  This weekend is the fourth birthday of The Kissed Mouth blog! Goodness me, where has the time gone? It's been a busy old year as well, so here is my... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2015 CULTURE

• Photographing Alice (and Ina and Edith)

  

  Once upon a time there was an old lady who lived on the south coast of England. She had a secret, which as it turned out wasn't much of a secret no matter how... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2015 CULTURE

• Becoming Julia

  

  This week I am delighted to report I had a dream come true. I became Julia Margaret Cameron. For a day. Well, sort of. On Friday I did a wet collodion process... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2015 CULTURE

• Trailing Tennyson in Lincolnshire

  

  As you will remember from my post on Tennyson and the Isle of Wight, I am not averse to a bit of celebrity hunting when it comes to dead Victorians. Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2015 CULTURE

• Mucha: In Quest of Beauty

  

  April is upon us! Not only that but today marks the opening of a brand new and exciting exhibition at the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery in Bournemouth: Mucha: In... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2015 CULTURE

• Fanny's Final Farewell

  

  Just a quick update on the final chapter in the life of Fanny Cornforth. I have just returned home after visiting Fanny's final resting place. Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2015 CULTURE

• Q&A with Robert Stephen Parry

  

  You will remember from my post a couple of weeks ago one of my favourite authors, Robert Stephen Parry, published his latest novel. Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2015 CULTURE

• Review: Sculpture Victorious

  

  Here's the last in my trio of reviews after a particularly jam-packed day in London and it was the exhibition I was looking forward to the most... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2015 CULTURE

• Review: Sargent - Portraits of Artists and Friends

  

  This is the second review from my trip to London, and it is my great pleasure to bring you John Singer Sargent at the National Portrait Gallery! Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2015 CULTURE