Garden Archaeology
My friend Ian gave me this book. Here are a few passages: This post is dedicated to Chris Currie who wrote this book but died in 1993 before it was … Continue reading Garden Archaeology
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To feel the wider life of Art
This was filmed at Barbreck, Argyll. It is about the friendship between James Archibald Campbell and Patrick Geddes. To feel the wider life of Art: To play this short film … Continue reading To feel the wider life of Art
According to Orders
The auld hoose of Turnalt in Argyll is now semi-ruinous. However it still carries grace in its symmetry and proportions. It had ‘Adam style’ before there was Adam. Turnalt hoose … Continue reading According to Orders
A Monument of War
Gallanachmore Minefield Control Tower was a World War II Extended Defence Officers Post (XDO) It is situated at Gallanachmore above the Sound of Kerrera. It is a large concrete tower … Continue reading A Monument of War
somewhere between:
This poem is for Ian Collins
HMS Proserpine
HMS Proserpine. A photo essay by Ian Collins June 2018 Military structures from both world wars punctuate the Orkney landscape; amongst them is this building from WW2 at Lyness on … Continue reading HMS Proserpine
Transient and unexpected beauty
This 2018 exhibition is by Ian Collins at the Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling University:
Orchardhead, Bothkennar
This 17th century Laird’s House had its own tower. It sat by the edge of the Forth where the river Carron enters the estuary. In its grounds it had a … Continue reading Orchardhead, Bothkennar