>My mate, Martin McWilliam, is a bit of a talent.

He’s a ceramic artist, based up close to Bremen.
Gets invited all over the world to exhibit his trompe l’oeil pieces and they really are quite exquisite.

Big, big pieces. And only 10 cm deep.

When I saw him a month or so ago in Höhr-Grenzhausen at an exhibition, he had some new work that involved displaying the front and the back of the piece on one plane.

We got talking about how he was going to start running out of ideas in about 6 years – back/front, front/back, left/right, right/left, top/bottom. bottom/top.

Retire. Nothing else to do.

But here’s a song that’ll give him ideas for at least 10 more years of productive and profitable work..

My commision will be reasonable…..

The Yardbirds – Over under sideways down

Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
Cars and girls are easy come by in this day and age,
Laughing, joking, drinking, smoking,
Till I’ve spent my wage.
When I was young people spoke of immorality,
All the things they said were wrong,
Are what I want to be.

(Hey)
Over under sideways down,
(Hey)
Backwards forwards square and round.
(Hey)
Over under sideways down,
(Hey)
Backwards forwards square and round.
When will it end, when will it end,
When will it end, when will it end.

Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
I find comment ’bout my looks irrelativity,
Think I’ll go and have some fun,
‘Cos it’s all for free.
I’m not searching for a reason to enjoy myself,
Seems it’s better done,
Than argued with somebody else.

(Hey)
Over under sideways down,
(Hey)
Backwards forwards square and round.
(Hey)
Over under sideways down,
(Hey)
Backwards forwards square and round.
When will it end, when will it end,
When will it end, when will it end.

Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
Over under sideways down…

Can’t find the mp3 for this one.

Ian Dury’ll have to do, then.

He probably says it best, anyway….