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enhanced using acrylic paint.
“I’ve had a paintbrush in my hand on and off my whole
life,” he says.“And I always have my camera with me when I
am on my motorbike.”
Participating in the world around him — embracing
life, its opportunities and adventures — is all about balance
for Eric.
“When you want to have fun,you have to balance it with
your real life,” he says.
Risk and reward are balanced by responsibility and
resourcefulness. More than four decades as the creator of
fine jewellery has taught him to appreciate detail and fine
craftsmanship, wherever he might find it. In his hands, a
kite is a vehicle awash in both scientific principles and creative
energy.
Kiting, like motorbiking and photography, give Eric
Brackenbury’s life the texture he has always sought.And his
life is far from boring.
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