Fair Isle Inspirations: Tiny worlds and Ancient Walls

Tiny Worlds and Ancient Walls

This is one of a growing series of Landscape Patches that explores and plays with texture memories of landscape

When walking in the landscape I often think the most beautiful views are those down at your feet, ancient lichens and beautifully patterned rocks, wet seaweed, strange pods, tide pools. Watching the Turnstones scurrying around in their busy little groups I wonder what the world looks like from their vantage. As they rummage through the grasses, hop onto the rocks and scatter delicately over the seaweed they must be seeing an alien world full of textures and, to us, bright colours. I like peering into the lichens. I took my camera with me to capture these curious forms in the sunshine.

Rocks which have been disturbed are often bald of lichen but this rope must have lain here undisturbed for years, Forgotten it has gradually become a part of the landscape, reclaimed by the wind and salt spray.