What a grand feeling to finish a work; and for it to work out as planned. This unbound metal artists' book, in brief, tells the story of the injustice of the removal of Scottish Highland farmers from their farms and how they were manipulated into becoming fishermen resulting in much hardship, poverty and death.
I love the light and shadows in the opening photo - natural light on the workbench.
The words that appear on the seven pages of the book are as follows:
coerced by an inhumane experiment
farmers unaccustomed to the sea
tried to draw subsistence from a destructive sea
on a rocky and perilous shore
forced to purchase unsafe boats
served a deadly apprenticeship to the sea
a multitude found a watery grave
A couple of process photos follow.
love how the reflections of the spine on the sails look like the offset masts of scaffies ... and yes, your construction got me looking into Scottish sailing boats, where I also found fifies and zulus ... the Scots have such interesting words!
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DeleteAnon (LA?) - don't you just love the names for various sized and rigged fishing boats from the different ages. I too like the movement of the sails on the curved stand.. Thanks. Go well. B
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