Grinneabhat Artist Residency February 20242024

In this week-long residency on the Isle of Lewis I worked in the gallery and along the shores of Bragar to develop new paintings and writing, and to explore new building techniques to create a large seaweed sculptural installation. I gathered dead willow from along the shoreline and tied together bundles with twine to create a ring-shaped structure which I suspended from the ceiling of the gallery space and draped in oarweed and kelp gathered from North Bragar beach.

Four rocks weighed down the sculpture, holding it steady and are reminiscent of the rocks weighing down the thatch on the traditional black houses on Lewis. Standing or lying underneath its shelter, you are filled with the smell of seaweed and showered in its golden green light.


©2024 Jemima Hall