Tag: Orkney

  • The Strawplaiters of Orkney

    The Strawplaiters of Orkney

    The Strawplaiters of Orkney, by Fiona Grahame. Available now from all good bookshops. Cover art by Orcadian artist Martin Laird.

  • Blackening

    Blackening

    I Once Loved A Lass (Orkney Blackening) The following images are video still-frames showing Orcadian weddings and blackenings taking place around the Merkit Cross and St Magnus Cathedral on Broad Street in Kirkwall. These events feature in a forthcoming music video produced for Sikkersnapper – an arrangement of the ancient ballad I Once Loved A…

  • Northlight Exhibition, now with added tractors

    Northlight Exhibition, now with added tractors

    Northlight Exhibition, now with added tractors! There are a few days remaining to see some recent work in the windows of Northlight gallery in Stromness. On show are a selection of paintings and drawings on a variety of themes – all inspired by Orcadian history and culture. Plus photographs of tractors. The work includes an…