A Pictorial Post – Page 5 – Ivor.Plumber/Poet

MAY’D May Market

Creative Geelong had their annual “MAY’D May Market Festival” on the weekend. The weather was kind, and the event was a wonderful success for the stallholders and the enthusiastic crowd.

My poetry book stall.

Stallholders were also outside the Arcade, on Little Malop Street.

Live music and a coffee shop (next to my stall)

And various other forms of entertainment

Ivor Steven (c) June 2025

Today, I accompanied my friend Barb to Melbourne’s wonderful Lume Gallery to see the spectacular exhibition of Vincent Van Gogh’s unique artistic creations. It was definitely an opportunity that I would not miss out on, and I hope my photo/story conveys our fantastic experience of being mesmerized by the colourful brilliance of Van Gogh’s paintings.

And I took many, many more photos, but by now, I am sure you understand how emotionally overwhelmed we were by Vincent’s ability to create such a volume of masterpieces, despite his sad and debilitating mental illness

Ivor Steven(c) May 2025

Mapies, Corellas, Wattlebirds, and a Fantail

This morning’s walkies photos …

Oh, and Frankie, of course …

Ivor Steven (c) April 2025

Corellas

The Corellas usually fly too high for me to capture good, in-focus photos on my iPhone, but luckily for me, today the birds flew over quite closely.

Ivor Steven (c) April 2025

Creative Geelong Market Day, This Saturday

It’s Market Day this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.! There will be stalls of unique, locally crafted art, plants, vintage goods, open studios, @hbtcollectables@yesterdayvintageaus, and the last day to see FRANKENSTEIN at @untethergallery.

All at, Centrepoint Arcade
132 Little Malop St, Geelong
From 11 am to 3 pm

And I’ll be there with my “New Bookstall Set-up”

Ivor Steven (c) April 2025

Fannkenstein, Life, Death, Life. A Costume Exhibition at ‘Untether Gallery’, Geelong

Yesterday evening I attended the opening of a unique Costume Exhibition, curated by Andrew Delaney, at the ‘Untether Gallery’ in Geelong. The transcripts about the show are attached below to help you understand what the “Frankenstein, Life, Death, Life” exhibition was about.
In 1825 a play based on Mary Shelley’s infamous novel Frankenstein was staged in the Theatre Royale in Drury Lane. It was banned after only three performances and the costumes stored away …

The images below, are mine and were all taken at the event with the kind permission of Andrew Delaney.

Ivor Steven (c) April 2025

Clunes Booktown Festival, A Three Day Picture-book Story

Friday, 2.00 pm, we are packed and ready to go …

Friday, 4.30 pm: The Marquees in the town’s main street are all set up, and we organize our stall in marquee “Q.”

Saturday just before sunrise our day begins, and the Festival is only a 20-minute drive away, and we meet the other vendors in our marquee.

Below: Stacey, Helena, Hollie & Rose, and fellow poet Jacinta & her baby

And we met many more other Authors on our walks around the festival.

Sunday was not as busy as Saturday, so I had more time to wander around and I took some photos, trying to capture the festival and the town’s charming country atmosphere …

Sunday, 4.30 pm: ” The carnival was over,” and it was time for us to pack up shop and head back home.

Until Eyes Hear Sound

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Perceptions:

Amazon >> Perceptions : Steven, Ivor, Knight, Derrick: Amazon.com.au: Books
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Tullawalla:

Amazon >> Tullawalla A Meeting Place Where My Empty Hands are Full of Memories and Rhymes : Steven, Ivor: Amazon.com.au: Books

OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com

Clunes Booktown Festival 2025

All the Essentials are packed
Clunes: here we come!

A Poet’s Paradise, The Clunes Booktown Festival

The Event is probably the biggest Book Festival in Australia, and “I’ll be there this weekend, March 22nd and 23rd,” in one of the many “Book Trader Marquees.”

Ivor Steven (c) March 2024

Our Day at The Market

Our Creative Geelong Market Day was a very warm 33’C. However, we were comfortable enough, and with Frankie’s friendly demeanor and help we still managed to sell a fair few books.

Our bookstall, and Frankie overseeing the setting up …

The market’s Atrium area, and Jen Stevens with her creative pottery display

Adele and her fabulous hand-painted denim jackets …”Twilight” and “Ekphrastic” were inspired by her perusing my books at our previous market day.

A painting I purchased from our adjacent stall holder, Jen McElwee. And an embroidered card that she gifted me, with my poem “Dreams of the Heart” that she copied from my book “Tullawalla”