14 x 36″ (40 x 40 x 4 cm) Original painting in acrylic on a linen canvas, framed. Inspired by my visits to the Stoneworks Early Archetecture Project in Caithness, where community members and archaeologists worked to recreate sections of replica ancient broch tower wall. Inspiration for this piece came from colour sketches made on site. …
Article about the STONEworks experiemental archaeology project, reproducing a life-size section of an Iron Age broch at Spittal Quarry, Caithness in 2011. I was a visiting artist at the project, and blogged about my experience here. Link to newspaper article here.
On Friday I headed back up the road to the STONEworks Early Architecture Project at Spittal, Caithness to lend a hand with the broch building ( you can read more about brochs and the project here in a previous post). I must say again what a absolutely lovely team there are on site, and thanks …
Last Thursday I was lucky enough to be able to take a trip an hour and a half up the road to Caithness to drop in on an exciting experimental archaeology project. Members of the Caithness Archaeological Trust (CAT), experts from AOC Archaeology, the Archie Sinclair Fossil Centre, and volunteers from the community and further afield are working …