Casting Light opens this Saturday 2nd November, 11 am at the Northlight Gallery, Stromness and focuses on a haul of labradorite boulders, brought to Orkney as ballast from northeast Canada in the late 19th century and now looked after by the Historic Boat Society.
Named for the coast on which it is found, labradorite has a spectacular iridescence, an effect that evokes the Aurora Borealis. These boulders invite connections: between land, sea and sky, and between people on either side of the Atlantic.
You can read more about it here:
The workshop doors are open to all, especially anyone who has a bit of Labradorite themselves.
The rocks came here in the 1880’s, and ever since then, Stromness folk have been gathering fragments along the shore, many pieces finding their way into the homes, and even the graves, of people around the town. Rough stone or jewellery, big or small, all are very welcome.
