A few things that I had forgotten to add to my research.

I have a few things that I have collected since the start of the project that I havn;t yet put anywhere so this is just a bit of a backlog.

 Moguls, Portsmouth

An ice skating rink as well as a makeshift 'alpine bar' had been set up in Guild Hall square Portsmouth. I took these photos because of the logo used (see image on the right) but also because of the contrast between this alpine lodge and the surrounding city buildings, rising up instead of the mountains you would expect to find surrounding an alpine bar. 

Dynamite Gallery, Brighton

'In The Dark sky' and 'The Region Between' by Mark Charlton

Besides featuring a mountain like form in 'In The Dark Sky', I took note of these because of their high contrast as well as their texture. It didn't specify what material was used but it looked like it could be print and collage, collage giving it this patchwork texture. 

'Canoe' by Ryan Kai

I was drawn to this work because of the mountain form at the centre of the image. However I like this piece not only because of this but because of the use of colour. This work remind me of driving down the mountain in the early morning when the sun hadn't quite come over the mountains yet, so that the layered mountains where made of blocks of varying blue hues. The colours aren't solid blocks in this piece which I like, it seems like a simple piece but I was drawn int for a long time.

'The Domain of Arnheim' by Rene Magritte, 1962

I have always enjoyed the work of Magritte and other Surrealists, being inspired by them throughout my younger life. I hadn't looked at Magritte's work for a long time and stumbles across this image in "Surreal". This is a version of 'The Domainod Arnheim' (which is a title derived from a story by Edgar Allan Poe, this can be read here), the first being painted in 1949 with a different view, containing a window flanked by curtains, seen bellow.

'The Domain of Arnhein' by Magritte, 1949

Another version was painted in 1950 and elements occur in a large mural for a casino in 1951-53.

Anyway, the reason I took note is not because of these details but, obviously because a mountain is involved, but also because it steps away from a lot of mountain imagery that I have been looking at. I enjoy the element of the surreal and here it is combined into something sublime. Not only would the scene be somewhat sublime without the bird, but the mountain morphing into the bird adds extra element, maybe a little terror. 

Beyond the Surface, Nicola Andre, Nobrow

I thought of this book when I first began this project as I had seen it in a shop when it first came out. I am a fan of Nobrow Press, they always make incredible books with lots of great colour. The reason I forgot about it until now is, I ordered it from Amazon, it didn't come, so I ordered it again, it didn't come. So I still don't have my own copy! I decided I needed to see this in the flesh anyway so went to find it in the Library.  

Nobrow site on "Beyond The Surface" reads:

"Beyond the Surface takes the reader on a journey from the centre of the earth to it’s highest peaks, applauding the achievements of brave men and women who have pushed the very limits of human endurance throughout the centuries. From Empedocles to Hillary; from the cave paintings of Lascaux to the “human fish” of Ljubljana; learn what lies beyond the surface in this beautiful concertina book by Nicolas André."

It is a concertina or 'Leporello' (Italian word used to describe a concertina book) that features work on both sides. It also has a dust jacket or sleeve that you can see above that has facts on it. I found this a nice feature as the concertina itself doesn't have any worded information on it and relies on visuals. I think this was a great move as text would have detracted rather than added, there is already so much going on. 

On one side it starts from be neither the ground and on the other it goes way up into the clouds. Before seeing this I had thought about doing a similar thing for a snowboard but this is beyond what I had in mind! It is so detailed, there is a lot of information going on with a lot of back stories. 

Bellow are some photos I took after ripping some card and I thought the rips looked like layers of mountain ranges so I put them against a few backgrounds.