Sign
hand carved, wood, rusty nails, traces of paint, 12" across
made by John Scott
found in his workshop
Tuesday, 30 June 2020
Poppy petals
Poppy Petals
From a clearing in Helen Scott's small woodland where bring of red poppies surround a single ash tree. Perhaps when she planted them she was thinking of the 48 boys from Sanday she grew up with who died in WW1. She writes of one friend Billie." Billie like so many Brave men was Killed in France in 1916 October and so ended the life of a well built strong young man".
Collection of Electrical Wire
Collection of Electrical wire
found hanging in John Scott's workshop in the stables at Stove
Although the house at Stove where John and Helen lived had no electricity or running water throughout the C20th, like most of the crofters on Sanday, John Scott would have had a small tractor to work the land.
Indian Sun
Sun
brass, 6" across
from Lucknow, India
Surya the Hindu sun god who travels across the sky in a golden chariot, drawn by 7 white horses & driven by the dawn, red Aruna.
Four Quartets
Four Quartets
T. S. Elliot
published by Faber & Faber
linen cover, paper dust jacket, 11th edition
hand written inscription on flyleaf
September 7th '61 To Pauline from Mary - with love
from Sanday Recycling Centre
There is a time for the evening under starlight,
There is a time for the evening under lamplight
(The evening with the photograph album).
Love is most nearly itself
When here and now cease to matter.
T.S.Elliot - East Coker
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Peonies
Windblown Peonies
paeonia
from Stove
Many of the houses on the South end of Sanday have these crimson peonies growing near the door.
Control Levers
Control Levers
rusty steel, bakelite knobs, 28" long
from disused dump at Hegglie Ber, Sanday
Until the early C21st unwanted objects, including farm machinery were traditionally thrown over the cliff or dumped on the shore at specific locations.
Empty Crab Carapaces
Empty Crab Carapaces
the largest 4.5" across, sunbaked,
delicately cleaned & left by seabirds
found along the cliff top at Loth, Sanday
Bog Cotton
Bog Cotton
eriophorum angustifilium
from the Atlantic Heath above Stove
Formerly used for candle wicks, stuffing pillows and wound dressings during WW1.
Smart Girl on a Tightroper
Smart girl on a Tightrope
1960's printing block, steel, hardwood back, 7" high
from Scarth Centre warehouse among a forgotten boxful
It's easy to be smart
and balance your budget if you
wear Aritoc's full fashioned
30 denier stockings
that fit to perfection
ARISTOC
Rhinestone Necklace
Rhinestone Necklace
mid C20th, heavy silver type metal, crystal stones
from Sanday Recycling Centre
Tuesday, 9 June 2020
Printing Block
Printing Block - woman sewing
steel plate nailed to hardwood backing, 1950's, 2.5" across
from warehouse of the Scarth Centre
a Kirkwall ironmonger (closing down)
Fronds of Red Algae
Fronds of Red Algae
pressed, rhodophyta (rose plant),
from the sea
An ancient family of red seaweed, fossils of which have been discovered dating back 1.2 billion years
Tuesday, 2 June 2020
Garden Fork
Garden Fork
belonging to Helen Scott of Stove, 9"long
steel prongs, brass ferrule, mended handle
still in use
Daisies
Daisies 2020
from Stove
" Thanks for daisies " Roger Hilton
Helen Scott, born 1901 writes in her Childhood Memories " To me the South End of Sanday was a beautiful place where Field poppies, violets in many shades, and Daisies all grew in abundance "
Japanese Waterwheel
Japanese waterwheel
central spokes, enamelled tin, 28" across
from a Temple Market in Osaka
Lace Collection
Lace Collection
found in a shoe box containing sewing materials
from Sanday Recycling Centre
Embroidered Patches
Embroidered Patches
C20th, U.S.A., thick cotton, machine embroidered
from Sanday Recycling Centre
Sea Urchin Fossil
Sea Urchin Fossil
flint, 1" across. Jurassic
( approximately 150 million years old )
found on Brighton beach
Russian Jerry Can
Russian Jerry Can
10 litre capacity
faint Cyrillic script in centre panel
from the sea
Glimpses of Norway
Glimpses of Norway
scenic black and white photos
published in 1935 by NW Damm & Son, OLSO
cover illustration by Harald Damsleth
from Sanday Recycling Centre
From !940 - 1945 Harald Damsleth worked as a was reporter for the Germans during their occupation of Norway and produced propaganda posters for which he was sentenced to 5 years hard labour after the war. In his later years he became interested in psychedelic art.
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