Tag: walking
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Lundy Pilgrimage: Your Complete Guide and Pilgrim Passport
It is Lundy’s quietness and remoteness that make it idea for a Pilgrimage. You can either travel over for the day or stay for a few days. Which ever you chose make sure you read this little book before you go. The book also serves as a Passport for the special stamp you can get…
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Pocket drawings – Lundy visitors
I invited visitors to embark on their own walking journey with a pencil and paper tucked into their pockets. As they wandered the island, the movements of their body guided the pencil, creating a set of marks representing their journey. The drawings create a set of responses to walks where although the mind is attuned…
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Lundy walking scores
As part of my MA in Fine Art, I’m delving into the sensory connections we form with places through the simple act of walking. This project, in particular, revolves around the concept of following “scores” – participatory instructions designed to offer fresh perspectives on engaging with Lundy. Even if you’re a regular visitor to Lundy,…
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Exploring Phenomenological Drawing
Lundy Walking – Jane Sharkey Exploring Phenomenological Drawing: A Walk with William Anastasi Whilst researching Artistic Walking pracrtive, I found myself drawn to the work of William Anastasi, particularly his intriguing pocket drawing method. Anastasi’s approach, as mentioned in Mueller (2023), offers a unique way of engaging and connecting with landscape. Embarking on my own…
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Granite Track
One sligtly foggy and soggy day, of which Lundy has quite a few, I chose to walk from the village to the North End. A journey of just over 2 miles representing 3/4 of the length of the Island. This was not one of my usual wanderings off the beaten track, but a defined route…
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PostSense
Introduction Post Sense, is a personal project ignited by an interest in Mail Art and represents part of my MA Fine Art research, which explores how we can become more emobodied in landscape through our senses, as a way of discovering a greater sense of connection. Mail Art was a popular art movement which centered…
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The soay fleece
My Lundy woven wall hangings contain a mix of the domestic and wild flocks on Lundy. Whilst the domestic animals are sheared, the wild ones molt on the move. I could obtain fleece from other means but i like to source it from its natural habitat. This process of walking and collecting is quite a…
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A pilgrimage through Ancient woodlands
I would like to take you on part of a route followed in June known as the Jerusalem’ Pilgrimage, from Haslemere to Chichester. Dismounting from the train in Haslemere you head out of the town, past the large gated houses. After about 15 minutes you leave the busy road and enter the ancient woodland. First…
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Lundy: a Pigrimage
The road to a Lundy pilgrimage
Jane Sharkey 