As discussed, I feel the print should be on fabric; the weaving of peat into language, culture and tradition, the appearance of peat fields - man made marks with repeating patterns almost like the weft of a fabric, and the high vaulted shape of the exhibition space with the large windows suggest a long sweep … Continue reading Printing on fabric
Panorama photographs
I've been working on graphics for the exhibition and have edited two photographs that I think communicate the vastness of the space, the flatness of the peat field with the parallel lines of the former peat cutting. The genius loci maybe? It was difficult to communicate with single photographs, these are panoramas.
More concrete poetry: moss flora fauna
This form is echoing the baulks and ditches of the peat banks, I transcribed a list of all the native flora and fauna I found in Lenzie Moss Management 2009-2014 Plan: http://www.friendsoflenziemoss.org.uk/docs/managementplan.pdf and History of Lenzie Moss: http://www.friendsoflenziemoss.org.uk/docs/History%20of%20Lenzie%20Moss.pdf. Amazingly I didn't know that there are many rare species that survive here in the nutrient poor environment. … Continue reading More concrete poetry: moss flora fauna
Concrete poetry
Conor suggested I try to incorporate some of the text I have into concrete poetry, where the structure of the typography is more important than the content /meaning of the words. Also to start to think about what I might be putting together for the exhibition image wise. I started to think about how the … Continue reading Concrete poetry
Map of peat railway c1960
The line of the peat railway fits with the location of the traces of old rails and nails I've found when walking in the birch woodland and over to the peat bogs. Also the ruins of the peat storage shed. https://commons.wikimedia.org Source wikipedia Lenzie Peat Railway was a narrow-gauge railway which ran on Lenzie Moss, which is situated to … Continue reading Map of peat railway c1960
Historical information
http://www.friendsoflenziemoss.org.uk/docs/History%20of%20Lenzie%20Moss.pdf 1 History of Lenzie Moss Lenzie Moss is made up of three quite separate nature domains: raised peat bog, birch woodland and unimproved grassland, covering in all some 40 hectares. It is located eight miles northeast of Glasgow, on the south-western edge of the Burgh of Kirkintilloch in the East Dunbartonshire District. The main … Continue reading Historical information
Summary so far
The peat slices I made by taking clay on to the Moss (I'll refer to the site and the peat bog by it's local name from now on) and slicing it and leaving on a heather bank to dry. It picked up lots of dead bits of heather, moss and leaves. I sliced a couple … Continue reading Summary so far
Elemental
After a jet lagged sleepless night I was thinking about the site - peat bog - how it was starting to unfold into earth fire and water. Could I mould/cast 3 different materials:- Earth - raw clay with elements from the site leaves moss grasses Water - cast glass Fire - ash glazed saggar fired … Continue reading Elemental
Peat and clay
My bags of peat arrived today, I photographed some in the studio and I'm considering casting some pieces, or suspending them in glass/resin. I have 4 sacks of peat I can use for a pit firing, saggar firing or raku, burning and trying to make a glaze type medium to brush onto bisqued clay (similar to … Continue reading Peat and clay
