Dianne Tanner

Packin' zines, drawing feathers, and now adding vintage photographs? Sure why not.

When I first opened the icefloe store I wanted it to be a reflection of this blog. A mix of my own photographs and some nice old photograph things, maybe some pieces sold on behalf of friends whose work I am in love with. I started collecting a few carefully selected vintage photographs in their original, beautiful and impossibly well preserved card sleeves from different eras. I love everything about them and they along with my oft overlooked Olympus Trip 35 camera are now looking for new homes >> in the shop <<

Horse skulls, old gourds and an old chair covered in antlers are completely normal things to have stored in your garage because they are awesome.

Got a bit lost in a freak snow/ice storm looking for the mysteriously located "Zoology" department of the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow, which we did not find, and I am super upset about to this day*.

I guess we had fun exploring the uni campus in our search because who doesn't love walking in gale force winds when there is snow going inside your eyeballs?

(*It turns out we did but it is closed on weekends. How disappointing.)

An average Tanner Family evening.

Some handsome and brave men who caught my eye in the National Archives UK Flickr.

Somehow, it has taken me 10 years to find out about the Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery in Glasgow? Please do not make the same mistake, for it is wonderous.

Things seen in my parents stables: Old shoes, belonging to both humans and horses.

I'm a really big fan of the Kelvingrove, and make a point of stopping in whenever I'm in Glasgow. Its been a while since my last visit though and when I went back earlier this year, I was a little bit sad by how tired it i looking. A lot of the displays where closed, tiles broken on the floor, almost all of the fun interactive electronic bits were broken or just not switched on. Its such a beautiful space and its such a shame to see it fall into a bit of a state of disrepair.

It was interesting to photograph though, even if these did all come out a bit yellow. Halfway round I remembered why I had stopped using my Canon so much. Getting these back from the lab made me hug my Yashica.

I guess I was really loving the grittiness of urban life when I took these in Glasgow.

I'm delighted to have 3 zines hand made by my friend Sarah Carr available to purchase from the ice floe store from today.

Each zine is a collection of images from her travels carefully compiled and copied onto a sheet which is then skillfully folded to make a little book. They're up now for £2 each or you can grab the whole bundle of 3 + 1 extra for £5.

A burnt down house, a tree growing cider cans, a plastic sheet in a window. These are some of the sights on the Harringay Ladder.

I've been shooting more on my Canon EOS5000, the camera my parents bought me to use in high school. I'm a fan of how easy it is to use and carry, but I'm not sure I like how sharp the images are coming out.

Obligatory Brooklyn Bridge and the Curtis Clan before we walked over. Its been fun reliving these memories.

I really am considering booking a flight to New York at this point.

A wonderful collection of photographs from the NSW Art Museum by photographer Daniel Freytag.

Inside the Chryslar Building a security guard clocked onto the fact that we were from London and talked to us about football and pints. He would not let us venture further than the lobby.

I've been spending a lot of time drawing feathers again. This is something I've always done, for some odd reason I find it good for processing things and I sometimes do it without even noticing. Another thing I've not been noticing is how expensive photography and painting are as hobbies, and after a few people expressing an interest in my feather drawings on instagram recently, I thought I could combine these two things I haven't been noticing and benefit everyone.

So I've made a little listing in my etsy store where you can make a small donation of £3 and in exchange, I will send you a feather drawing. This might be one I've already done, this might be one I have yet to do, this might be one I draw especially for you. But by making this small donation you will be helping me to buy and process film, and in exchange you will get a lucky feather to frame, to give away, to use as a bookmark, or just to brighten your day.

You can see the listing and buy yourself a little feather HERE.
Thank you to everyone who reads, comments and shares this little blog. A blog is a strange thing. I process photographs, I put them here, sometimes people tell me they like them and sometimes they do not, but I know people look at them and they break up the boredom in some peoples lives, and I know my work here is done. x

I guess I instagram the shit out of the weekends so thought I might bring back the weekendergram posts.

Made cold brew, enjoyed my last alonetime Saturday morning before the boyfriend starts being around to ruin this forever. Headed out for Pancakes and Hunterian Museum and George Bellows @ RA times with Haueis, enjoyed French treats and bought painting supplies. On Sunday I went out to Richmond with lady friends for a jolly old time at Ham House.

I kind of fell in love with the New York Public Library, as you can see. The second image down is an indication of why I'm not a fashion blogger - I believe having a boyfriend who can focus a lens correctly is a requirement.

Finally, evidence that I was in actual New York City! I had just accepted that this roll of film was lost to me forever when I was packing for my holiday to NZ (exactly a year to the day after I left to go to New York) and there it was, sitting innocently in a pocket of my suitcase I am 94% sure I had already checked. Such is life.

These are just a few snaps from around where we were staying in Midtown AKA that part of New York that the Avengers totally destroyed. Nice one guys.

I want to go back!