It was still and sunny when Buttercup the Beetle and I parked up. We positioned ourselves so that I could see everything clearly, and within minutes the heavens opened and Buttercup was being rocked gently by a not-so-gentle gust. Looking […]
It’s a day of witnessing the sky and water in intense communication. One pouring forth and the other accommodating the outpouring. The land and islands around Whiteness Voe bearing witness to pure nature. Whiteness Voe, Shetland Charcoal on handmade paper […]
So that’s a sketchbook filled! A wintry wander round the docks, steps and slipways of Scalloway, Shetland. You’ll find the blogposts for the drawings if you select either Shetland Residency or Sketchbook Project in the topics menu above, and here’s […]
These are my final Scalloway drawings as I continued round the harbour, out of the village centre and towards the marina: The view over the harbour towards East Voe and Trondra from a slipway between West Shore and Scalloway marina. […]
Turning our attention towards Scalloway village centre now, we return past The Booth and down the steps and round what I initially thought was a water tower (it’s actually the sewerage plant!): There are steps down to the sea just […]
Continuing our meander round to Blacksness Docks, here are the next three drawings from Scalloway: I can see this rather sizeable boat tethered to the corner of the dockyard from my window. It marks the entrance point of the docks […]
I’ve been staying on the harbourside in Scalloway, Shetland during this art residency, with the winter tides splashing up to the windows. Walking around what was once the capital of Shetland, I noticed that access to the water through nooks […]
Heading back down the A970 after exploring the Nesting area on mainland Shetland, these contours caught my eye and so I pulled over to draw them. Not so much of an official parking place as much as one of the […]
The rather fabulously named Mavis Grind is a narrow joining piece of land that links the mainland of north-west Shetland to the Northmavine peninsula. I didn’t know that this was where I was until afterwards, I’d just found a place that I […]
Getting into the feel of the island by taking Buttercup the Beetle (that’s my car) on an exploration of the west coast here on mainland Shetland. I drove to the end of one of the roads and chanced upon Melby, […]
I’m writing in the middle of a brisk rain and wind episode that makes the waves outside my window look like they’re about to hop up and step in for tea. Yes, it’s January in Scalloway harbour on Shetland, so […]
Charcoal drawings from Shetland
Live work creative space.
Mainly I am thinking – what on earth to write in this blog today? A band of rain is passing westwards at the moment, and I really do not fancy going out, not even to draw in the Foul Weather […]
Ted Harrison’s notes from Britain’s most northern art studio
<post by Joseph> Into the final week… I’ve been holed up in my studio for the last few weeks trying to figure out how to organise my large archive of recorded material to make the final piece(s) of work. It’s […]
Post by Kay It’s been full on in the studio for weeks now. Therefore zero time for blogging! But I have been documenting the making process. It’s got to that critical time: one week to go! Can hardly believe it. […]
My first thought is that I have already broken my self-imposed rule for blogging every day. The good news is we gained an extra 3 (significant) pledges yesterday and are now up to 8 % of our target – which […]
I’ve decided we’re going to blog every day whilst our crowdfunding campaign is running on indiegogo. So the latest update is we have reached 4% of our funding goal in the first day. If we keep going at that […]
We are delighted to announce that our first ever crowdfunding campaign has gone live today on indiegogo (trumpets and drum roll please…) We are offering some fantastic rewards (or “perks” as they are called) to our backers and we urge […]
(Joseph) My memento mori for the trip – recorded out of the window late last night at high tide. I’ve applied a lo-cut filter to minimise the sound of the nearby harbour boats and the constant generator hum that comes from them. Goodbye Shetland […]
