Knockvologan Studies, Isle of Mull
For two weeks in June I spent time as artist in residence at Knockvologan Studies — a home for art, literature, design and nature studies on the Isle of Mull run by Miek Zwamborn and Rutger Emmelkamp.
As part of an Open Barn—a regular event inviting the Ross of Mull community along to Knockvologan to see what the visiting residents are up to—we pulled together a small collection of books which have been influencing the work being made these past two weeks. It was such an honour to be provided access to these books, and to share them with people who were so generous with their time, attention, kindness and curiosity. Please check out Knockvologan Studies and all of the great things they’re doing on Mull and beyond.
The list can be found below, and hopefully all of these in time will be added to the permanent collection at The Nature Library.
Book List
Nieuwe Feiten, Anne Greene
Art Forms from the Ocean, Ernst Haeckel
Art Forms in Nature, Ernst Haeckel
Everybody Needs a Rock, Sae Honda
The Pollen Loads of the Honey Bee, Dorothy Hodges
Agnes Martin, Dia Art Foundation
Cabinets of Curiosities, Patrick Maures
Sun Gardens: Victorian Photograms by Anna Atkins, Larry J Schaff
A Dictionary of Colour Combinations, Seigensha
The Sea Around Us, Rachel Carson
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Annie Dillard
Antlers of Water, Kathleen Jamie (Edited by)
The Living Mountain, Nan Shepherd
Steps to an Ecology of Mind, Gregory Bateson
Staying With the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene, Donna J. Haraway
Francis Ponge and the Nature of Things: From Ancient Atomism to a Modern Poetics, Patrick Meadows
Mute Objects of Expression, Francis Ponge
Fothermather, Gail McConnell
British Shells, F. Martin Duncan
The Ross of Mull Granite Quarries, Joan Faithful
The Observer’s Book of Sea and Seashore
Seashore Life and Patterns, T. A. Stephenson
Das kleine Buch der Meereskunde,
Climavore: On Tidal Zones Recipe Book, Cooking Sections
