Rope Flower

Rope Flower

knotted and bound, 14" high

from the sea

Found on the sea road at Stove, the knot, a form of Turks Head, has been crushed and flattened by vehicles driving over it.

 

Heart Urchin

Heart urchin

echinocardium cordatum

or sea potato, the empty shell, 2" across

occasionally washed ashore at Stove during the Autumn gales

from the sea

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The live urchin is covered in greyish brown spines and burrows beneath the sand of the sea bed. It feeds on dead plants and animals.

 

CHATEAU CELEBRATION

CHATEAU CELEBRATION

champagne bottle balloon, foil, 24" high

from the sea 

 

Cast Iron Machine Part

Cast Iron Part

probably early C20th from an agricultural engine, !2" high

found jammed between rocks,

Sanday

with Fishing Float and plastic Sugar Bowl from child's tea-set.

 

Mermaids Purses

Mermaids Purses

disused cases of the skate, 6" long, made of keratin

frequently found washed ashore on Stove Bay along the tideline

 

Gas Regulator

Gas Regulator

aluminium, rubber, steel pins, brass nut, 8" high

from the sea

 

Cork Fishing Floats

Cork Fishing Floats

the smallest 1" across, used by fisherman until the mid C20th

found emerging from the dunes at Cata Sands, Sanday

 

Cold Water Coral

Cold Water Coral

lophelia pertusa

from the sea

Found on a beach at Start point, a tidal island where the Sanday Lighthouse stands.

Coral reefs grow in deep fast flowing water in the sea around the North and West coast of Scotland.

 

Rabbit Head

Rabbit Head

14" high, cracked plastic, with electrical part and mesh packaging

from the sea

 

Sneck

Sneck

door latch, all the parts tied together with hemp binder twine

from Boloquoy, Sanday

Originating in C16th Suffolk, this type of thumb activated lever latch was invented bt William Twopenny.

 

Nudism in England

Nudism in England

by the REV C.E. Norwood M A

published by Noel Douglas Ltd, London 1933 price 1s. 6d

from Sanday Recycling Centre

The Author's description in Preface - "It is a movement singularly capable of being misunderstood, lying midway between conventional sunbathing and a return to Arcadian simplicity: this is a true account of Nudism and its benefits: psychological and physiological.

 

Mending Thread

Mending Thread

Wolf Brand, FAST COLOUR 51

approx, 12 yards, pull skein

from Sanday Recycling Centre

 

Spring Leaves

Spring Leaves

from the garden at Stove

 

Tractor

Tractor

6" long, die cast metal, plastic, rubber tyres, mid C20th

unearthed in a ruined building at Stove

 

Crushed can

Woodpecker

crushed aluminium can

from the sea

 

Knocking Stone

Knocking Stone

small red sandstone boulder with carved out cup

identified as Neolithis

from Newark Bay, Sanday

These stones were made in Scotland until the C20th and used for pounding and husking small amounts of grain.

 

Single

Single: 45 RPM

vinyl record

JUST WHEN I NEEDED YOU MOST

Randy Vanwarmer 1979, Bearsville Records

from Sanday Recycling Centre

 

Brass Geese Ornaments

Two Brass geese

4" high

from house clearance at Woodhouse. Sanday

 

Puffer Fish

Puffer Fish Christmas card

cut cardboard stencil, ink, 4" across

made by Tsz Man Chan, Papa Gyro Nights, Papa Westray, 2013

Gyro Nights was a unique festival on Orkney that took place on the small island of Papay on the first full moon in February with films shown from around the world, performance, the free university, international artists and musicians. The weather was often wild, films were shown in cold byres but there was always joy among those who made it and a procession with burning torches through the darkness to the Gyro Night Fire.