Posts Tagged ‘Vessel’
Earth Library
05/08/2016
Earth Library is a collection of over 100 labelled jars containing soils from all over the world, collected over 35 years. The jars are displayed on glass shelves within a steel frame. 86 cm x 20 cm x 206 cm high.
2016 | Mapping, Vessels | Media: earth, glass, steel | Tags: earth, sculpture, Vessel
Salmon Paddle
18/03/2010
Canoe paddle wrapped in salmon skins. 135 x 15 x 3.5 cm
2010 | Mapping, Vessels | Media: salmon skins, wood | Tags: sculpture, Vessel
Land Water Vessel
02/03/2010
This is a 14’ long open woven canoe made on site at Taigh Chearsabhagh Arts Centre, North Uist, from willow, hazel, heather and salmon skins which are wrapped around the gunwales, struts, keel and paddle. The work was part of a one person show called Land Water and Language, made after the experience of a […]
2010 | Mapping, Vessels | Media: hazel, heather, salmon skins, willow | Tags: environmental, installation, plants, sculpture, Vessel, woven
Five Sisters
02/03/1994
Willow and cow dung. Largest – 58 x 81 cm. Smallest- 40 x 33 cm. collection artist
1994 | Mapping, Vessels | Media: cow dung, willow | Tags: cow dung, environmental, installation, plants, sculpture, Vessel, willow, woven
Kayak Bundles
02/03/1994
Willow and willow bark – 198 x 15 x 10 cm – private collection
1994 | Mapping, Vessels | Media: bark, willow | Tags: environmental, plants, sculpture, Vessel, woven
Air Vessel
02/03/1994
Willow, suspended on nylon thread – 518 x 56 x 30 cm – collection artist
1994 | Mapping, Vessels | Media: hazel, willow | Tags: environmental, installation, plants, sculpture, Vessel, woven
Whale Bone
02/03/1993
Etched Whale bone and ochre. – 25 x 28 x 10 cm – collection artist
1993 | Mapping, Vessels | Media: ochre, Whale bone | Tags: Bone, Bundle, earth, environmental, found object, Vessel
Canvas Lavo
27/07/1988
Lapland – This was the cover to a small tipi, similar to ones used by the Sami people. I spent 5 days by a lake in it. A small fire inside caused the soot deposit, while around the edge are collected objects and the shadow of the antlers is rubbed into the soot deposit. – […]
1988 | Mapping, Vessels | Media: antlers, bone, canvas, feathers, soot, sticks | Tags: found object, tent, Vessel
Twenty Places, twenty herbs, twenty stones
27/01/1986
Basket made containing a stone from twenty places and made of plants collected from those places. Giants Causeway, Northern Ireland – silverweed. Mount Caburn, Sussex – Salad Burnet. Glastonbury, Somerset – Yarrow. Auvernes, France – Ginseng. Cevennes, France – Broom. Friston Forest, Sussex – Wayfaring tree. High Rocks, Kent – Yew. Ben Alder, Scotland […]
1986 | Mapping, Vessels | Media: plants, stones | Tags: environmental, plants, Vessel, woven
Basket for the moment between Life and Death
27/02/1985
This coil basket with two sheep’s horns interlocked at the top was made for that moment of anticipation in the year between winter and Spring, where the Earth seems to hold its breath. – 36 x 46 x 46 cm