The most northern contemporary art show in the whole of the British Isles opened yesterday. Not a difficult claim to make here in Unst in Shetland - we have the most northern post office, shop, church, beach, in fact the most northern of almost everything on the most northern inhabited island of the whole UK.
Our show is running over the ten days of the UnstFest (Britain's most northern community festival, by the way) upstairs in the old medical wing of the Saxavord camp. Entrance through Foord's Chocolates (Britain's most northern confectioner not surprisingly).
Four artists - four very different styles - four media - but all the work with one thing in common. It was made on Unst.
Cheryl Jamieson is a glass artist who works in her portacabin next to her home in Uyeasound in the south of the island making amazing things out of flowing, translucent coloured glass. Frances Wilson is a potter and her vitrification of cobweb thin unst lace is astonishing. Tony Humbleyard lives in the old lighthouse shore station right at the north end and makes intriguing abstract sculptures from objects he finds and gathers. Then there's myself Ted Harrison contributing an eclectic range of 2-D ideas ranging from mystery to theology, history to humour.
The first visitor yesterday morning had come from Fair Isle. Not I should add deliberately to see us, but despite having lived in the northern isles for over 40 years it was his first visit to Unst and by chance he found us.
Opening times are today Saturday 11.30 - 4.30. Sunday 6 and 13 July from 1 - 4 and during next week Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 11.30 - 4.30.
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