Last weekend I, at last, got the chance to see the exhibition 'Small is Beautiful' a lichen inspired art at the Botanics in Edinburgh.
'North' was a project started as a response to 'Fabric of place' a Chrysalis Arts Project by Joanne B Kaar. North is an embossed, stitched linen paper coat inspired by coastal lichens, Black- sea tar, Tan, sea star, White, crabs eye (crottle), Shaggy hood -sea ivory.
Crottle or crotal in Gaelic is a Scottish term for lichens that were traditionally used to make dye.
Crottle, according to local folklore, seeks its native rocks, this means that fishermen should never wear clothes that have been made using wool dyed with crottle, for if they do, they will be pulled back to the rocks or drowned.
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