Tag: walking artists
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Exploring The Saints Way: A Pilgrimage in Cornwall
A pilgrimage along the Saints way from Padstow to Fowey.
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A Unique Pilgrimage Experience on Lundy
I am really thrilled to meet people enjoying the pilgrimage booklet. I wrote and printed it as part of my Masters in Fine Art. The little book is available in St Helen’s church. It includes sensory prompts, like discovering the temperature of the granite, walking barefoot, and smelling the yarrow. It has special written contributions…
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Checking out the Lundy Haikus
A morning walk to check out the haikus that are being typed at the Felix Gade hut
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Exploring Art and Nature at South West Point
The photograph of Peter Sharkey and Joe Parker at South West Point inspired reflections on art, recalling Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer above the Sea of Fog and Anthony Gormley’s Daze IV sculpture. The latter, positioned on Lundy, symbolizes a watchful figure over sailors. Daze IV’s temporary presence on Lundy remains a poignant memory.
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Created festival
It was a pleasure to represent Lundy at the first ever Created Festival at the Big Sheep, Lundy. As well as having a stand at the festival for two days, I was invited to participate in a Q&A session discussing how Lundy can open up creativity. I was also able to meet and chat with…
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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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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…
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The sight of the walker
A reflection on William Sharpes article – Part One This is the first part summary taken from William Sharpes paper in Walking Bodies (2020), on reading the paper, I started to find alignment with my work which Sharpe (2020) talked about. The first statement Sharpe ponders is whether; ‘walking art offers its proponents a choice;…
Jane Sharkey 