showing at grinneabhat cultural centre, bragar (nov 21st 2025 - january 29th 2026)
Let me see the bones of things; the organs, the nerves, the sockets, the skin.
The component parts
that hinge where meaning moves
Let me see them
Let me hold them
I’ll demonstrate their use.
An Cnàimh-Deoghail / The Suckling Bone brings together motifs of industry with visceral impressions of birth to explore notions of utility in the maternal body and the land.
Experimental ceramic sculptures (umbilical cord snakes, gripped clay birthed, foetal forms, close ups of sockets and cracked pelvic tendons) are cradled by rusted engine parts and corroded steel, alongside a series of drawings and textiles.
Materials: Steel, stoneware clay, glazes made from earthenware clay dug from the moor, peat ash, wood ash, breast milk, Lewisian Gneiss, Siabost Quartz and residual sand, sheeps’ fleece, red woollen thread, 250gm cold pressed paper, pencil, cotton and nylon silk
Developed on residency at the Scottish Sculpture Workshop. Supported by The Eaton Fund.
With special thanks to: Grinneabhat, Annie Maynard, Lucy Skaer, Robbie Thomson, Nancy Nicolson, Jon Macleod, Anne Campbell, Alex Hackett, Fes Simmonds, Macaulay College, Richard Greenslade, Elly Fletcher, Mike Andrews and Jamie Ellis.
