Art in stornoway ferry terminal
Posted: Tuesday, 29 July 2008 |
Stornoway ferry terminal has had a revamp inside and the Stornoway quilt group was commissioned to make a quilt, so when in town today I went over to the ferry terminal to see it, it’s beautiful I like it very much,
I love the little stone house and man fishing on the loch shore, the rolling mountains are more Harris than Lewis, someone has embroidered the Harris tweed symbol and I love that underneath they have reminded us that Harris tweed is made in Lewis too…. I like the quilts clarity and simplicity, it lets the tweed shine through.
The other art work in the ferry terminal is all mosaics and I love them, using slips and pieces of stone to create a picture is not a long way from using pieces of fabric, my favourite is the Herring Girls, I apologise but I do not know who created them if you do please leave a comment saying,
So if you visit Stornoway by ferry please don’t just rush through the ferry terminal and miss these art works, if you are in a vehicle then pull in or come back before you leave, if you fly in them when in Stornoway take a little extra time to visit the ferry terminal, they have a good café too.
I love the little stone house and man fishing on the loch shore, the rolling mountains are more Harris than Lewis, someone has embroidered the Harris tweed symbol and I love that underneath they have reminded us that Harris tweed is made in Lewis too…. I like the quilts clarity and simplicity, it lets the tweed shine through.
The other art work in the ferry terminal is all mosaics and I love them, using slips and pieces of stone to create a picture is not a long way from using pieces of fabric, my favourite is the Herring Girls, I apologise but I do not know who created them if you do please leave a comment saying,
So if you visit Stornoway by ferry please don’t just rush through the ferry terminal and miss these art works, if you are in a vehicle then pull in or come back before you leave, if you fly in them when in Stornoway take a little extra time to visit the ferry terminal, they have a good café too.
Comments
Good for Stornoway, And thank you, IT, for taking the time to share with those of us not in your neck of the woods.
mjc from IN,USA
Are you sure the mosaics are made of stone IT? I only ask because there's a woman called Sheila Scott on Rousay who makes mosaic pictures from floor coverings. I think you have some at the airport, I know we do. The first time I saw one in the waterfront Gallery here, I thought it was stone.
Flying Cat from just asking like
mjc pleased you enjoyed, fc I don't know what they are made of I just thought something hard, my comment was aimed at the similarity of using pieces of something instead of paint, I wish there were details i.e. name of artist, title of work, materials, etc. but nothing,
island threads from lewis
Thank you for showing us all this beautiful work. The quilt and the mosaics are amazing.
Julie Mackinder from Lincolnshire UK
Yes, the mosaics were created by Sheila Scott - I met her when she came to organise the hanging of the silk screen prints and the mosaics which are made of sort of vinyl floor coverings - she also designed the airport revamp at Orkney
Pam from Flesherin
Thank you IT for showing us these very beautiful creations. Very eyecatching. My favourite is the one with the gull. I love the colours. Fantastic !!
Squidgy the Otter from Coll
So the comment I left at the weekend has been scrabbled by the beeb machines, Julie and Squidgy I am pleased you enjoyed the photos, Pam hello nice to see you come out of lurkdom and thanks for the info,
island threads from lewis
Especially the Calanais #2. Powerfull!
Barney from Swithiod super stuff
Sheila's pictures are indeed made of vinyl floor coverings, but the Kirkwall Airport job was not a 'revamp' it was a total demolition/newbuild project and an immense improvement on the old terminal, including the wonderful artwork.
Flying Cat from Orkney Mainland
Textile Artists Notebook, 
RSS Feed