Skagaströnd, Iceland | 2019

Open Huis, Nes Artist residency

In October 2019 I travelled to Iceland for an artist residency at Skagaströnd.

While there I made paper influenced by the images of lava fields, glaciers and icebergs. Skagaströnd is a fishing village and there I found an abandoned net on the black sand beach. This became the start of a body of work with paper pulp, net, rope and seaweed paper.

These works were exhibited in the Nes artist studio at the end of the residency for the artists Open Huis (open house) event.

Skagaströnd village

Houses in the snow with Mt. Spákonufell. (the prophetess mountain) behind.

Glacier Melt

In September 2019, there was a funeral for the OK glacier which had lost its glacier status. I saw first hand the effects of glacier melt and made this work.

66 degrees north

I made a series of collaged postcards using papers from the local gas station. Iceland’s latitude is 66 degrees north and many shops and clothing feature this motif.

Ululating

Inspired by the ululating seaweed along the harbour wall at Skagaströnd.

Snow Flower

I made paper with melted snow and added ink to remind me of the street lights shining through the snow.

Offerings from the Sea

A collection of seaweed and paper pulp offerings. This paper pulp included coffee grounds and coffee filters used by the artists as well as beach grass pulp I had brought from Australia collected during the king tides.and embedded into found fishing net.