Raw local honey Blaeberries (Vaccinium myrtillus)Brambles (Rubus fruticosus)Geans (Prunus avium)Ling Heather flowers (Calluna vulgaris)WaterWild yeasts from all of the above The alchemy of wild fermentation transforming and interweaving these wild ingredients into The Blood of LifeThe smell wafting from the airlock is promising, the outcome utterly unpredictable and unrepeatable… Only time will tell if this…
Category: Fine Art Textiles
Blaeberry Mead step 2
Straining off the must Fermentation is properly under way and I have strained the the juice out of the berries. It’s smelling good, looking good and bubbling through the airlock convincingly… First ferment with airlock
Blaeberry Mead
Fermentation slowly begins…Perhaps the wild yeast is shy? I will be patient, wait and watch, keep it warm and stir regularly.
Fine Art Foraging
Expanding on my exploration of primitive ways, a new aspect of my art practice this term is foraging. As I found last year, it’s the Process that is the Art, any object is just evidence of the Work. My plan is to make a Blaeberry mead, using wild yeast off the berries to start the…
Warp-weighted loom
My warp-weighted driftwood loom has been part of my practice for ages now, but has been rather in the background for some time. On bringing it back into my studio after the summer away I decided to finish weaving the length of fabric as I no longer need it part done in my installation. I…
New Highland Contemporaries 2
My loom and film installation is on view in the New Highland Contemporaries 2 exhibition in Nairn this week! For details of times and dates please see here
Good bye third year
Time to pack up and go home I took down, packed up and emptied out everything from my college studio today and took it all home into my wee house. I will miss the lovely space I’ve had this year. A Red Thread of Words Here’s a wee glimpse of how my studio looked all…
Make-do
It’s not just my jeans that are a little thread-bare after nearly two years of no chucking out and getting new. This morning as I selected colours I felt like wearing I noticed neck-lines and hem-lines in need of some rescue work. A job for the summer holidays I think. There is something unutterably tender…
Fibre Alchemy 