During October last year, I spent a large amount of time travelling and camping around northern Scotland. I made plans to explore the Pictish trail, a journey to find beautiful engraved stones which date back to the 6th Century AD. Over 20% of these stones were found throughout Aberdeenshire and as both historical and artistic objects, their history is shrouded in mystery.
I went on this journey after a different trip to Lindisfarne. Most of the work I was creating was inspired by the Lindisfarne Gospel, and during my stay in Northumberland I discovered huge amounts of the imagery in the gosepel were inspired from Pictish symbols. It seemed like a natural continuation of my investigation to travel to Aberdeenshire and see these symbols first hand.
Tiny Book is a collation of some of these symbols, patterns and zoomorphics. After completing the book, I sent it around the UK to individuals who expressed an interest in my work. After receiving the book, each individual posts it to the next, allowing the book to complete its own journey around the UK.
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- First Page – Beast
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- Pelta/ palmetter
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- Triskele pattern
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- Running scroll and confronted trumpets
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- Trumpet pattern and Spherical triangle
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- Double page Durrow spread
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- Ying Yang
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- Variation of bird from lindisfarne
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- Exploration of patterns
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- Beast and Crescent with V-rod
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- Double disc and Z-rod
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- Snake pattern
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- Variation of bird from Lindisfarne
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- Knot experiments
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- Knot and beast
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- Beast and running scroll
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- Bird variation and key pattern
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- Key pattern and arrow pattern
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- Key pattern
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- Complete book
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- Book, case and protective tissue
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