plant lines

noticed these daisies forming a live rope along the edge of a
sheep track.....

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

still from looped film 'cho mearr rì ceann-sìomain' in the exhibition

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
              

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