For All in Peril
I have had the pleasure of working with the budding artists in Primary 7 at Victoria Primary School this week on The Last Post project to make a fitting memorial for their community event on 11th November. Together with musician Jed Milroy and singer Lucy Metcalf we have taught the children and the Newhaven Community Choir to sing The Last Post for former pupils James L. Gordon and Garn Wood who died serving on the HMS Monmouth on November 1st ...
Winning Hats and Wild Sporrans
I recently won the Scottish section of the Dundee World of Wearable Art with my strangely wearable hats and wild sporrans. Dundee was glorious in the Autumn sunshine and had so much to offer in the way of culture! Many thanks to my volunteer models who all looked fantastic!
Coming Home and The Thrive Archive
The Coming Home project is a music commission funded by Enterprise Music Scotland. This pilot project for The Thrive Archive is nearing its mid point. We have had two amazing sessions at Summerhall with Mike Vass and Roxana Vilk who are working with the Edinburgh Youth Gaitherin Big Band to create a collaborative piece of music inspired by the photographic exhibition Leaving Home by Ian Paterson and John Maher and the 3 questions that we have ...
Community project in Falkirk
I have had the pleasure of working with a fantastic group of volunteers at Callendar House with Falkirk Community Trust's learning team over the past few weeks. Their 'Our Area in the First World War' project is funded by HLF and is an extension of the award winning work we did with Laurieston Primary earlier in the year. The groups' memory boxes will be on display at the wonderful Bo'ness Hippodrome on November 18th before touring schools and ...
The Last Post Project in Newhaven
I am excited to be taking part in The Last Post Project in my local community. Victoria Primary School in Newhaven has a fascinating story to tell about their part in The First World War and with the help of local historians and the Newhaven Community Choir we will be singing the Last Post on November 11th for former pupils James Gordon - aged 17- and Garn Wood - aged 20- who lost their lives in November 1914 on HMS Monmouth in the Battle of ...
Our Area in the First World War – Falkirk calling!
I will be starting work on the second phase of our Memory Box project with members of the community and the Learning Team at Falkirk Community Trust this week. Phase one with Laurieston Primary has just won the 'Falkirk Learning to Achieve Award' so many congratulations to all the team and the students. Here's a wee reminder of their work...
Coming Home at The Thrive Archive
'Coming Home' is a pilot project that has been funded by Enterprise Music Scotland. Mike Vass has been commissioned to write a new piece of music inspired by photographs taken by Ian Paterson and John Maher of abandoned croft houses in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. The commission is also sponsored by Edinburgh Youth Gaitherin enabling their Big Band to be part of the development of the commission and I am working with Charlotte Hathaway ...
Daisy departs!
The car is loaded and Daisy May is ready to speed south to the Dales Countryside Museum. The preparation and near completion of the Daisy Daisy project has been a busy time. However we hope that the exhibition that opens on June 13th and runs through to September will prompt more cycling tales so that our fascinating archive of stories and memories continues to grow. My short film features a story from talented artist Viv Mousdell- who is ...
Daisy Daisy burning rubber!
Well she's burning the midnight oil getting ready for editing. So many fabulous images have come to light from our postcard call-out. The stories are moving, funny, some memories are bitter sweet. Memorabilia on loan includes mugs, music, posters, poems and poetry. All will go into the mix. Last minute filming and exhibition planning thanks to Don French Signs of Seamer and Edinburgh Palatte. Serendipity always comes to call and today ...
An uphill struggle?
Poor Daisy, no one told her it was going to be easy! After a fabulous week in the Dales with my tandem Daisy May, looking at the Dales Countryside Museum archive and reading all the Cyclista love stories sent into the Daisy Daisy project to date, it is now time to knuckle down and interpret them in film and fabric for the Yorkshire Festival. Thanks to Len Shepherd who sent in photos from the Wensleydale Camera Archive.This Shot of the man ...
