Yesterday again the weather was rainy and I stayed close to
the studio. However a visit to the small historic house in town proved how
ingenious the Icelandic people are. The solution to mending a broken plate is brilliant
especially considering the absence of effective glue. Apparently they put the
stitched pottery in boiling milk to soften the string and help it adhere to the
form of the plate.
A long walk on the shore by the studio yielded plenty
of good looking stones. My favorite are the translucent ones, called “ghost
stones” by the locals.
While there are lots of fenced areas for livestock, land is
open here and you are able to go on any property. To make things easy, farmers
construct these accommodating ladders for fence crossing.
The arctic terns were very angry at my presence and they tried
to scare me with high pitched screeching and dive bombing tactics.
Ornithologists wear special hats with spikes on the top to protect them from
these terns, so I put my hoodie up. Along the shore was a colony of washed up jelly fish. Like aging
grandes dames, they were still very elegant.
Some new work in progress-
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