Cold.

 

It has gotten down to -18 C this week, and has been snowing for some time now. It stays below – 10 C consistently.  The whole environment has changed. The sea has frozen close to shore, with the Baltic sea’s salt percentage being low. I hadn’t walked on sea ice before today. The amount of icicles in some places is quite surreal. Everything is beautifully crisp, and it is somewhat of a relief for the Estonian winter to be back after the complete absence of snow last winter.

My dissertation has been submitted and I have had the chance to read more for new research and new work. Wetland archaeology may become the focus. Bog archaeology, underwater archaeology. Estonia’s relationship to its bogs. The presence of clay in wetland areas. The traces of old bodies of water. Peats relationship to preserving artefacts. Changes in water levels. Our relationship to preserving our environment. Discovery through digging of peat. Paludification. The ending up of evidence at the bottom of lakes and riverbeds.

 

 

Images of the stillness and quiet of snow. It seems to cushion all of the sound and of the visual.

The sharpness of lines.

 

             

Pirita beach and harbour:

 

   

Frozen waves, layered up and covered in snow:

 

 

On the sea ice there were large beautiful ice crystals. I could see the delicate structure. I will be investigating the surface patterns on Neolithic pottery, how these differ between communities and play key roles in their holding of identity. I recently took some macro photos of the skin patterns of my hands. Considering finger prints left in the surface of pots by the maker (and microscopic pieces of skin left in the surface). These crystals have a similar delicacy. There seems to be a possible overlay somewhere. Maybe to do with the structure of water, and it’s roll in the making, disintegration and preservation of things.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

             

The studio:

 

A post box without a door, on the walk to the bus stop from my house, nobody lives in this house. I have considered using this postbox as a small exhibition installation space as many people walk along this residential road:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some video links of the movements at the shore:

 

Frozen docks:

https://youtu.be/l7wHYBKV468

Sea ice moving:

https://youtu.be/llmUV8xdrKQ

Frozen waves amassing:

https://youtu.be/UjMdniaH5dM

 

 

 

 

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