Category: Crafting
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Adapting to Island Life: Embracing Winter
A reflective account of coming back to Lundy as winter approaches, shaped by cold-water swimming, storms, harvest food, and the island’s changing pace.
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Behind the Scenes of Lundy Island’s Filming Experience
A behind-the-scenes account of filming Channel 4’s Our Tiny Islands on Lundy, sharing island work, community life, and the experience of being on camera.
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Representing Lundy at the Created Festival, The Big Sheep
Representing Lundy Island at the Created Festival at The Big Sheep. This is a North Devon craft and art event. It celebrates creativity, landscape, and local makers.
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Lundy Postcard Project: Exhibition and PDF Book
Many Lundy visitors participated in the Postcard project, resulting in 80 responses. The postcards were exhibited at St Helens Church Lundy, and compiled into a PDF book accessible to all. The book allows viewers to revisit the postcards and potentially find their own contribution.
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PostSense
An exhibition of postcards as part of a MA project at University Arts Plymouth and Lundy island.
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Lundy’s Granite Quarries: Walking Through a Changed Landscape
Explore the history of the Lundy Granite Company and walk through the quarry landscape, where industry, nature, and creative practice meet.
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Weaving in Millcombe Valley, Lundy
Experience Lundy Island in May through a walk in Millcombe Valley, where wildflowers, birdsong, and weaving connect landscape, season, and making.
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Wild Weaving
Although I have woven on twigs/branches at home, with an aim to feel more connected to the environment I headed outdoors. My goal was to get out into nature, walk and weave within the trees. The only problem with this is that Lundy is a granite rock and doesn’t have many trees. However as we…
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Seascape inspired crochet
I wanted an easy crochet project, so I chose this simple granny square pattern and chose the colours from the stylecraft range. The colours were inspired by the seascape and the many colours that the sea presents, on days when I swim off lundy. Living on an island only 3 miles long and half a…