Tag: fiddle
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Meet the artist at the Ship of Fools
Printmaking at the Ship of Fools Summer exhibition I am delighted to have been given the opportunity to show some of my recent printmaking work alongside many other talented artists from Orkney and elsewhere at the 2025 Summer exhibition at the Ship of Fools gallery on Bridge Street in Kirkwall. The exhibition preview is on…
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The Fairy Dance animation release
The Fairy Dance animation release In this, Scotland’s Year of Stories 2022, I am proud to announce the release of my second animated short film, The Fairy Dance. Watch The Fairy Dance now. Click here! The Fairy Dance is adapted from a folk tale, recorded by the writer Ernest Marwick, about a fiddle-player who entertains…
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The Fairy Dance – a forthcoming animation
The Fairy Dance – a forthcoming animation The Fairy Dance is a forthcoming animation inspired by the traditional Scottish fiddle tune of the same name. It tells a cautionary tale from Orcadian folklore regarding the dangers of dealing with the “peerie folk“, also known as Trows or fairies. (‘Peerie‘ is an older form of ‘peedie’,…
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