Weathered Edge
Exhibition at Essen und Trinken im Museum, Berlin, Germany, 2016
Uig Sands Texts
by Elsie Mitchell
A map of Uig, Isle of Lewis marked with the locations of the beaches in Uig Sands Texts, a series of (approx A4 size) prints using sand from each of the sandy beaches in the Uig peninsula (Isle of Lewis) combined with texts exploring the Norse and Gaelic origins of the beach names and the ancient relationships between people and place which the names reveal.
Exhibition at Essen und Trinken im Museum, Berlin, Germany, 2016
Uig Sands Texts
by Elsie Mitchell
A map of Uig, Isle of Lewis marked with the locations of the beaches in Uig Sands Texts, a series of (approx A4 size) prints using sand from each of the sandy beaches in the Uig peninsula (Isle of Lewis) combined with texts exploring the Norse and Gaelic origins of the beach names and the ancient relationships between people and place which the names reveal.