The wall piece - ' 100 ropes / 50 plants' will be at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig with the accompanying film by Catherine Weir from Sat 4th Feb to Mon 16th April.
The building is open Mon to Sat 9am till10pm.
caroline dear
make a rope a day....100 ropes / 50 plants NEW - exhibited NOW for 2012 they will be at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig in Sleat on the Isle of Skye from Sat 4th Feb to Mon 16th April These ropes are an exploration of plants, of place, and of my personal responses to these through the making of them. 100 ropes/ 50 plants was exhibited in Inverness museum and art gallery in July/ August 2011 and at the SNH headquarters Great Glen house Inverness Sept/Oct 2011.
Thursday 26 January 2012
Wednesday 10 August 2011
Sunday 7 August 2011
Rope note 12
'To see if a woman was suitable to become a bride she was given a ball
of tangled to twine to untangle, seeing if she was patient enough to do
this task' Highland tradition
of tangled to twine to untangle, seeing if she was patient enough to do
this task' Highland tradition
still from looped film 'cho mearr rì ceann-sìomain' in the exhibition
Friday 5 August 2011
Rope note 11
' the rope to pull the plough was made of twisted root fibres or seal skin'
Having been aware of the extent of the traditional use of ropes, needing
ropes for everything I wrote this poem as part of the exhibition -
rope
Having been aware of the extent of the traditional use of ropes, needing
ropes for everything I wrote this poem as part of the exhibition -
rope
pull the plough
hold the haystack
fasten the thatch
lead the horse
tether the cow
bind the pannier
secure the fowler
snare the bird
lash the boat
bind
tie
make fast
connect
link
entwine
Monday 18 July 2011
Rope note 10
‘ A young man on St.Kilda was not supposed to marry until he had a horsehair fowling rope wherewith he could supply the needs of his family.’
Twisted into a thick cable, horsehair was used for letting fowlers down the cliffs.
Sunday 17 July 2011
Rope note 08 and 09
Horsehair rope was valuable because of its lightness and strength but the supply was limited.
‘I was told that if a man who had a pony with a fine tail stabled it at an inn while he attended market or other diversions, he was apt to find that all the hairs had been plucked out when he returned to fetch the beast.’
(Highland folk ways)
RN09. ‘In Martin Martin’s day the marriage portion of a St.Kilda woman was expected to bring her husband was 1lb. of horsehair for the purpose of making thin ropes to snare the seabirds.’
3 balls of twine from the entwined exhibition
Saturday 16 July 2011
100 ropes
I am back on Skye after the opening of the exhibition, the ropes were
shown as one big wall piece with the earlier ropes on the left, browns,
reds, whites moving through to the more recent ones on the right, greens,
yellows, flower and seed heads. They worked really well.
I am now aware of how I haven't been looking quite so closely for the
last few days. The grasses, sedges and flowering plants all change so
quickly, growing, flowering, changing colours each day. You really
need to keep your eyes in.
exhibition review http://northings.com/2011/07/12/caroline-dear-entwined-suainte/
Friday 8 July 2011
100 ropes
100 ropes
50 plants
This piece installed along with the rest of the work for entwined / suainte
at Inverness Museum and Art gallery
'cho mearr rì ceann-sìoman' 'as merry as a rope's end'
50 plants
This piece installed along with the rest of the work for entwined / suainte
at Inverness Museum and Art gallery
'cho mearr rì ceann-sìoman' 'as merry as a rope's end'
Thursday 7 July 2011
rope note 06
Installing the wall of ropes
rope note 06
'sìoman - rope of twisted straw or hay
rope of twisted heather
rope, cord
sìomanaiche - one who makes ropes of hay, straw or heather'
source Dwelly
rope note 06
'sìoman - rope of twisted straw or hay
rope of twisted heather
rope, cord
sìomanaiche - one who makes ropes of hay, straw or heather'
source Dwelly
Wednesday 6 July 2011
Rope note 05
I am taking the 100 ropes out of the freezer today, packing up and
going over to Inverness to start to install the work. They will need
a full 24 hours aclimatising before I can unpack them.
rope note 05
'In Lewis coir rope was known as Sìoman Thearlach (Charles' rope) because
it was supplied by Charles Morrison, a Stornoway merchant (Stornoway
gazette 27 July 1951)'
source Highland Folk Ways by I.F.Grant
this is grass rope on my studio floor
going over to Inverness to start to install the work. They will need
a full 24 hours aclimatising before I can unpack them.
rope note 05
'In Lewis coir rope was known as Sìoman Thearlach (Charles' rope) because
it was supplied by Charles Morrison, a Stornoway merchant (Stornoway
gazette 27 July 1951)'
source Highland Folk Ways by I.F.Grant
this is grass rope on my studio floor
Tuesday 5 July 2011
Rope note 04
I came across this in a folk museum in the North of Spain, not sure of its
exact use, it is made from willow with fairly thick stems about 1/2" across
rope note 04
'In the old days bridles were made of twisted twigs, or even honeysuckle'
source Highland Folk Ways by I.F.Grant
exact use, it is made from willow with fairly thick stems about 1/2" across
rope note 04
'In the old days bridles were made of twisted twigs, or even honeysuckle'
source Highland Folk Ways by I.F.Grant
Monday 4 July 2011
Rope note 03
St.Kilda continued -
rope note 03
' the birding ropes which were used to go down the cliffs were tested by
four men pulling on it whilst the other end was tied to a specific boulder
and you weren't allowed to use it until it had been passed by the
parliament'
source Am Baile website
rope note 03
' the birding ropes which were used to go down the cliffs were tested by
four men pulling on it whilst the other end was tied to a specific boulder
and you weren't allowed to use it until it had been passed by the
parliament'
source Am Baile website
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