A blast from the past
My work has recently been included in an art and experimental film show, celebrating the work of Orkney based artists. It's been on an...
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claregeeorkney
Nov 9, 20234 min read
Big ups, even bigger downs, and the life saver that is music
So I have worked out a thing. My second to last blog I talked about being in the depths of grief and shit. And in my last blog I was...
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claregeeorkney
Sep 17, 20235 min read
“What progress, you ask, have I made?…”
What a way to start a sunny Sunday. a new Backstitch episode of the Seamside podcast with Jennifer Mao, where she manages, with Zak...
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claregeeorkney
Aug 12, 20236 min read
Visible Repair - further thoughts
I’m not sure where to start this post, or indeed what I will end up saying here. What I do know is that over the last couple of weeks I...
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claregeeorkney
Jul 26, 20236 min read
Memories, good memories
In 2018, after Rik died, his sister offered to make me a memory quilt. I hadn’t heard of them before but it sounded like a lovely idea....
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claregeeorkney
Jun 30, 20235 min read
30 June
On 30 June 2012 I returned from Aberdeen to Orkney. It was a tortuous journey - there was a thick haar and the plane was cancelled, so we...
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claregeeorkney
May 20, 20234 min read
Friends & Family, Family & Friends
‘We can’t decide who our families are, but we can decide who we love.’ So says Jude in The Lodger, the final play by Robert Holman, which...
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claregeeorkney
Mar 24, 20233 min read
Art & Language
I am an Artist with a capital A. But there are many times in the last 30+ years that I haven’t felt able to call myself an Artist, mostly...
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claregeeorkney
Sep 5, 20222 min read
A year of making
In October 2021 I was awarded a Visual Artist and Craft Maker Award, funded by Orkney Islands Council, Creative Scotland and Highlands &...
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claregeeorkney
May 19, 20222 min read
Ghent thoughts part 2 - Noose bearers
I had no expectations of Ghent. The one focus I had was on the altarpiece and everything else has been a bonus. And what a bonus - the...
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claregeeorkney
May 16, 20222 min read
Ghent thoughts part 1
Ghent (16:47 Wednesday 11 May) via Kirkwall (23:45 Monday 9 May); Aberdeen (07:00 Tuesday 10 May); Edinburgh (11:38 Tuesday 10 May);...
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claregeeorkney
Apr 24, 20221 min read
18 years...
18 years ago today, I arrived in Orkney with my partner Rik, our 2 cats, a Vauxhall Corsa full of clothes, important documents and not...
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claregeeorkney
Apr 13, 20223 min read
Visible Repair
My front My back Scatter-gunned scars Tell two of my stories Part of my tale. They don't make me But they have shaped me. I was lucky...
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claregeeorkney
Apr 10, 20222 min read
Lambing snow and groatie buckies
The beginning of April is a special time in Orkney. Spring is coming, the daffodils are coming out, the soil is starting to warm up and...
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