Christine Morrison; Artist

Work

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'Immeasurably Deep'

Paper, pigment, PVA

'Line, Stone, Line'

stone, wood, acrylic paint, paint pen

'7 Days: 13 Tides'

driftwood, glass wax, mono filament.

'A week of Highs and Lows'

Oxwich Beach, South Wales, March 2010: A 7 day project mapping the decreasing/increasing high tide mark of the daytime tide, utilising only materials found on the beach, with each day's colour bindings being decided by the first coloured object found each day and placing stones between each marker. Go to the drawings page to view sand drawings.

'The shape of daylight'

Acrylic, LED lights, mdf.

'Yer'll catch yer death!'

Lauriston Castle, Edinburgh. September - December 2009: This work came about after researching the tree index of Lauriston Castle grounds. I noticed that these young trees were clasified as 'Juvenile'. When I was young, my Grandmother, on realising that I wasn't wearing a vest, always used to say "Yer'll catch yer death!".

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Autumn leaves, collected from the castle grounds, were preserved and attached to a scarf knitted out of natural twine. During the first snow of winter the juvenile trees were wrapped.

'Solstice to Solstice'

This was an experiment which ran from June 21st - Dec 21st, 2009. Pinhole cameras were installed in four locations; two in Edinburgh and two in the Highlands.

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I was attempting to track the movement of the Sun, from East to West and from it's highest to lowest points, over a six month period from the Summer Solstice to the Winter Solstice. At the end of the six months, the cameras were opened and developed.

To view the locations on Google maps, click here

'Solstice to Solstice' UPDATE!

This experiment certainly had a mixed result! The camera installed at eca disappeared over the summer holiday and when I went to collect the two cameras (extra one installed as a back up) from the bridge over the Findhorn river on the A9, they had both disappeared as well!

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Luckily, thanks to the help of Chris, the gardener at Lauriston Castle and the very remote sighting of two cameras at Docharn in the Highlands, I have some results! To view the six month traces of the sun click on the thumbnail. Due to the curve of the canisters, the images have an element of distortion, especially the Lauriston castle image these points will be addressed in the second experiment. Watch this space!

'365 days of daylight'

paper scroll, ink

'First Frost'

The first heavy frost of the winter of 2009. I melted the frost with my bare feet, the imprints of my presence clearly indicated on the soft mossy lawn. I also traced the shadows cast by the fence posts on an hourly basis, therby creating a three hour sundial before the sun melted the frost.

'Chess Set'

This work came about after a walk alongside the River Spey, there had been a prolonged period of sub-zero temperatures and the falling river level created small ice sculptures. I constructed a chess set using the ice by selecting those that resembled chess pieces; a chess board was stamped out into the snow on top of a picnic table beside the river.

What I wasn't expecting was when I went back the next day, someone had been there and moved the pieces. I was delighted that someone had interacted with the work and had left evidence of them being there. This work existed for six days.