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Clare Qualmann
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Artist, walker, lecturer, library-lover, urban forager, drawing every day. Co-editor Lines of Desire at Living Maps, co-founder walking artists network
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Beautiful moonrise over the Regent's canal tonight. January's super moon is looking 💫
A view of a canal with a pink sky reflected in it, buildings to either side and an almost full moon rising. Birds sit on the water, and people are walking on a towpath to the left.
January 1, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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In the words of the drawing I made in 2008 (part of a series that put together texts from pizza flyers and religious leaflets) It is time to rewrite our destiny...
A pencil drawing of the words 'it is time to rewrite our destiny' in Gothic script
January 1, 2026 at 11:35 AM
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An old drawing from my studio, part of a 2008 series that combined texts from pizza flyers with religious leaflets. The message holds though! #ItIsTimeToRewriteOurDestiny
A pencil drawing of the text 'it is time to rewrite our destiny' in Gothic script
January 1, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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Well that took longer than expected... But glad to repurpose favourite old #komodo linen trousers to patch and line with. #MendingSpree #repair #sewing
A royal blue dressing gown repaired with a patterned linen added as a trim around the neck and sleeves, and in panels over the shoulders
December 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Time for my annual #MendingSpree ! Instead of buying stuff in the post holiday sales, why not spend some time repairing things you already own? I got the sewing machine out and started with this beloved dressing gown today. #MakeDoAndMend #repair
A sewing machine foot with light grey stitching patching a hole on blue threadbare fabric.
December 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Something about winter woods always conjures up @conniewillisdotnet.bsky.social Doomsday book, especially the green of holly in amongst the bare trees.
A view across a wooded valley with a few orange beech leaves still on the lower branches and the green of holly in the background.
December 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Son's set up in the cellar at my partner's parents is a bit #DuvetKnowItsChristmas... There is a small window, and plenty of tools/DIY equipment hand. Disappointed by the lack of taxidermy....
An airbed set up in a cellar surrounded by storage shelves and cupboards.
December 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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What a privilege to visit the #KolbHalle artist community in Koeln before it's forced move in the new year. Since 1989 it's been running as an artist led initiative in this extraordinary former factory space. Thanks to #MaschaRodigina for the tour.
A double height industrial space with a balcony running across it, steel beams and glass paneled roof. Large plants on the floor and balcony, and a foam sculpture of a house. Paintings in the background.
December 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Enjoying this sign encouraging children to walk to school in Haan, Germany. But also finding the walking experience slightly challenging with some narrow pavements, pavement parking and what feels like high speed driving. Few pedestrians out & about (but it is Christmas). 🚶‍♀️🏙️🚸
A large sign with the text 'wir wollen gehen! Zu fuß statt elterntaxi ' which roughly translates as 'we want to go on for not by parent taxi ' with a picture of two children walking to school. The kids t shirts have the text 'ich bin schon groß' and 'wir schaffen das alleine' translates as 'i am already big' and 'we can do it ourselves'.
December 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Had a beautiful walk around UEL's Stratford campus yesterday, exploring plants and chalking their names. Strong animal the coming through with bristly oxtongue, horse weed, chick weed, colts foot and sow thistle. #CreativeWalking #UrbanNature
Horse weed growing out of a wall with it's name chalked below it Bristly oxtongue A group of people holding up red copies of the walk book with a fern and yellow corydalis in the background A groundsel plant growing in the crack between a tiled wall and hard pavement
November 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Dug a hole, planted a little tree in it. So warm for November, but hoping it settles in well over the winter (it's a mulberry, will prune to keep it bushy)
A large hole in a small garden with a hedge of jasmine and honeysuckle behind it. A spade with a blue handle is stuck in a heap of soil
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Love my borough, #hackney and it's flag waving response. Celebrating black history season, and standing against racism, hate and division. #UnityinDiversity #BlackHistoryMonth @hackneycvs.bsky.social
A tree full of the flags of African and Caribbean nations
October 29, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Beautiful haul of peaches from the free shop* yesterday. #LoveFoodHateWaste #Hackney #UrbanGleaning #BinDipping #DumpsterDiving *bin
A rectangular white sink full of peaches floating in water.
October 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Laughing out loud with my kids seeing this sign 'amendment'. Building 'plot' for sale £700k +... (It's a tiny scrap of land in between two houses). Welcome to London E8 🥴
A sign that said building plot for sale where the word plot has been edited to say plop instead, and a poo emoji has been drawn next to it. It also says with planning consent for 3 bedroom house, principles only. Offers over £700k all enquiries email Navarinoe8@gmail.com
September 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Today's car free adventure, taking a load of stuff to sell on the neighbourhood jumble sale trail #carfree #hackney #cycling #urbantravel 🚶‍♀️🌇🚴
A bike trailer loaded up full of boxes, bags and with a tray of plants on top
September 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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London folks! 2 upcoming walks on 5th and 6th September as part of #UEL's creative industries festival (check out the whole programme) in collaboration with youth guides from #TheLine both free, but book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-i...
A green left background with yellow text that says walk/create along the long. Art, heritage and nature, Saturday 6th September 10am free a picture of the walkbook with a red cover and logos for uel, the line and Newham heritage month An image of docks with high rise buildings in the background and the text walk/create dockside from uel to art in the docks Friday 5th September at 12.30pm free and the logos of the line, uel and Newham heritage month
August 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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A beautiful day of plums: picking them, eating them, pickling them, jamming them communally. #hackney #UrbanForaging #communitygarden #EastEndJam 🚶‍♀️🌇🌱
Three large bowls of plums, yellow, red and purple
July 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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No fruit in the flat this morning, so I nipped out and gathered some plums! That's how brilliant living in hackney (pretty central-ish London) is #UrbanForaging #FreeFood #Hackney 🚶‍♀️🌇🍎🌱
A plum tree with green foliage and small purple plums A purple plum on the ground A tub with little red plums and plum stones
July 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Brilliant introductory day with #TheLine youth guides, introducing #WalkingArt and #CreativeWalking along the public sculpture trail through royal docks and Greenwich. Can't wait to work with them again tomorrow, & through the summer 🚶‍♀️🌇
A table with a copy of the walkbook, recipes for walking and wellbeing, and the line map, along with small squares of paper with texture rubbings on them A person writing in chalk on a wooden balustrade with the London cable car and the river Thames in the background
July 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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The 'encounters' are hosted by the University of Western Macedonia, who have an artistic research station in the village of Psarades. With Clementine Butler-Gallie and Athanasia Tziona I curated a strand of the encounters with & for children.
Children gathered around a table drawing and painting bear related imagery after a walk exploring human-bear relations, and a visit to see a bear skeleton found in the forest near the village.
July 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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An extraordinary place; bears, wolves & lynx in the forests, Dalmatian pelicans on the lake. Medieval cave churches dotted around the lake with beautiful painted interiors, reachable only by boat. borders with Albania & North Macedonia are hard, with locals careful not to cross the water boundaries.
The painted interior of a cave church, with Byzantine style figure of Christ surrounded by angels
July 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Such a privilege to spend time by lake Prespa last week, taking part in the international #WalkingArt encounters. Shocking to see how much the lake has receded since my first visit in 2019.
A lake scene with forested hills in the background and a boat on the water with a giant puppet in it. In the foreground the lake shore with white rocks and green plants.
July 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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The poly tunnel at the community garden is looking amazing. The tomatoes grew a foot last week 🌱🌇🌞 #UrbanFood #CommunityGrowing #GardenOfEarthlyDelights
A poly tunnel with tomato plants growing almost to the top, lush green with red and yellow nasturtium flowers
June 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Solstice greetings from the sunrise gathering on hackney marshes #WeDon'tKnowWhatThisIs
People gathered on a grassy field with the sun rising behind trees, long shadows cast by the light
June 21, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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Brilliant to experience #JeremyDeller's #AcidBrass at earth hackney last night. I've loved this art work since I first heard about it 25 years ago. Particularly joyful as I was a teen who both played in a brass band AND danced to acid house 💫 reenactment by #thelisteningproject
A brass band on stage at earth hackney with Jeremy deleted hand drawn diagram connecting acid house and brass bands protected on a screen behind them
June 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM