As I examine and investigate the things I tried to do in Scotland, the places we went, the things we saw; I have loved so many of them.
I did those rubbings of the cottage walls on a variety of papers and they made it back here safely. I flattened them for a few days, then sprayed a workable fixative onto them to stop the graphite simply transferring onto anything and everything.
So lovely just resting on the table!
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I think they offer so much.
And then there is this thread I bought in Wick, at The Printers Rest cafe, where Karen also knits and sells fibres.
These colours sing to me of Scotland, and I am excited to think about what they might get involved in.
This lichen on a standing stone at Clava Cairns near Inverness, looks like an ancient map to me, and the colours like the threads a bit.
those are wondrous pebbles holding down the papers ... the threads look so very tempting ... and the next to last image of the rock lichen looks cartographic, the darker lines tracing what might be counties or countries ...
ReplyDeleteThat lichen looked like a map of fields or counties or shires...and the threads look like it will match up with some colours of the countryside I hope. Lots to ponder when I can get my mind in the zone. Go well.
DeleteDid you do the rubbings with just a plain pencil? And 'sing to me of Scotland' should be the title of a poetry book!
ReplyDeleteHi Kim I used a stick of graphite which you can hopefully see here...https://paperponderings.blogspot.com/2022/04/rubbing.html
DeleteThe rubbings turned out so lovely, didn't they? And the threads are simply glorious!
ReplyDeleteThe threads sang to me as soon as I saw them; and the rubbings worked out beautifully - all different and their own character - but marks that remind me of the cottage. Go well.
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