Birdyarns
Community participation.
Comar and Sea Change with Capefarewell
Bird Yarns is an art project responding to the changing migration patterns of seabirds caused by rising sea temperatures. In recent years, arctic terns have suffered devastating disruption to their breeding and migration cycles caused by food shortages in their usual stopovers on their journey south.
The project was initiated by Dawn Reade and Deirdre Nelson and as Comar artist in residence, Deirdre lead on this project . Birdyarns brought together local knitters from Comar's Woolly Wednesdays group with national and international knitters to create a flock of woolly arctic terns. These were been blown off course to sit in Tobermory Bay. The birds have been made using yarn from Ardalanish organic farm, on the Isle of Mull, and involve creative use of a range of recycled and found materials. Social media played a large part in the project through twitter and facebook.
A limited edition kit 'Birdyarns 0.5' was developed which has successfully sold at Comar.
The project was supported by Cape Farewell which aims to promote a cultural response to climate change issues
The terns have landed in a variety of locations such as The Lighthouse Glasgow , Dovecot Studios Edinburgh, Woodend Barn Aberdeenshire , Glad Cafe Glasgow , Royal Botanical Gardens Edinburgh and one lucky tern travelled to the arctic with World Wildlife Fund . Fine out more here
'Sea Change is a four year programe of research and art making across Scotland's Western and Northern Isles . Sea Change involves over 30 UK and international artists working collaboratively and independently to consider the relationships between people place and resources in the context of climate change
Yuu can follow Birdyarns on Twitter and Facebook and Sea Change blog
Birdyarns is featured in teh book Playing for Time; Making art as if the world mattered by Lucy Neal
Comar and Sea Change with Capefarewell
Bird Yarns is an art project responding to the changing migration patterns of seabirds caused by rising sea temperatures. In recent years, arctic terns have suffered devastating disruption to their breeding and migration cycles caused by food shortages in their usual stopovers on their journey south.
The project was initiated by Dawn Reade and Deirdre Nelson and as Comar artist in residence, Deirdre lead on this project . Birdyarns brought together local knitters from Comar's Woolly Wednesdays group with national and international knitters to create a flock of woolly arctic terns. These were been blown off course to sit in Tobermory Bay. The birds have been made using yarn from Ardalanish organic farm, on the Isle of Mull, and involve creative use of a range of recycled and found materials. Social media played a large part in the project through twitter and facebook.
A limited edition kit 'Birdyarns 0.5' was developed which has successfully sold at Comar.
The project was supported by Cape Farewell which aims to promote a cultural response to climate change issues
The terns have landed in a variety of locations such as The Lighthouse Glasgow , Dovecot Studios Edinburgh, Woodend Barn Aberdeenshire , Glad Cafe Glasgow , Royal Botanical Gardens Edinburgh and one lucky tern travelled to the arctic with World Wildlife Fund . Fine out more here
'Sea Change is a four year programe of research and art making across Scotland's Western and Northern Isles . Sea Change involves over 30 UK and international artists working collaboratively and independently to consider the relationships between people place and resources in the context of climate change
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Yuu can follow Birdyarns on Twitter and Facebook and Sea Change blog
Birdyarns is featured in teh book Playing for Time; Making art as if the world mattered by Lucy Neal
