Pocket Prophecies: Ancient wisdom from Shetland Stones
From found pebbles into a tactile divination tool.

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Untitled, 2024
Newspaper, paper mache and wool.

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Untitled, 2024
Cardboard, acrylic paint, flowers, fallen leaves and Rowan berries.

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Untitled, 2024
Cardboard, mud, acrylic paint, leaves and dried weeds.

I made these masks as a part of a workshop I facilitated on a festival in Somerset, July 2024. I encouraged all participants to explore materials beyond the ones provided and find what spoke to them in the surrounding environment.

Other masks created during the workshop.

In Shetland, my friends and I participated in a beach cleaning event, Da Voar Redd Up. With the found materials, we made creations that ended up in the local news paper.

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Swan Hat, 2025
Beach clean trash

Trash and shells from Heylor beach

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Merman Mask, 2025
Plastic, shells and seaweed

I made over 40 sauna bench towels out of discarded cotton and linen fabrics. I also made a logo and two animated versions of it that work with the sauna theme.

Process

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Still Moving, 2024
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Process based on playing and experimenting -->

This project started during a
hike where I asked my
friends to all pick up a few
pebbles they were drawn to.

At home, I instructed everyone to paint their favourite rocks and collectively we gauged the tactile nature of these rocks. Based on these feelings, we wrote out a little oracle-card-like blurb for each of them.

Divination circle

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Shadow Clock, 2024
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Domestic crafts

Natural dye trials

Printing experimentation at home

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Untitled, 2025
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Outrun Quote Read by Joss, 2025
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Shetland Retreat/Residency, 2025
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