Lindsey Gallacher

A new big piece if work that has involved 5 different thicknesses of wire, steel and copper. I have used forging in this work to create a variation in the thickness of wire, giving an interesting linear quality. Using different twisting techniques also achieves this. This piece is A1 in size and I also have a variety of sketches of this size too!

I've done a number of sketches of stone piles at the quarry and now transferring one into a fine wire picture. There isn't much of the roll left so I'm enjoying the last moments of working with this lovely wire...

A new pen and ink sketch of trawlers at Scrabster, the plan is to enlarge it and make a large scale forged wire piece, perhaps including rusted beach finds.

Hand pierced,  rollprinted and hand finished pendants of seabirds all of which are seen from my living room window. The sailing boat was drawn while watching it come into Scrabster harbour in the summer.

Today I am making shinty jewellery and work for the RNLI fayre this weekend. Wish I'd done it earlier now, having to stand out in the workshop during a storm isn't very cosy!

    A selection of my work and the work of others who sold work at The Black Rock Gallery in Newtonmore is now on sale on https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheBlackRockGallery?ref=l2-shopheader-name     If there is something you are looking for that isn't there please send me a message via their website and I'll do my best to answer your question  

I've been drawing at Scrabster quarry for a few days now.  I'd love to know more about this disused quarry that sits on the edge of a 200 foot cliff on the very north of Scotland, it must have been a harsh environment to work in in winter! Today though has been beautifully sunny and warm enough to finish a sketch before the sun dropped below the horizon. I love the solidity of the caithness stone and irregularity of the mounts of discards pieces.

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Today's weather is so bad today, I've been sitting at the kitchen table trying out yet more techniques. I love using ordinary household bleach, watered down to lighten Quink Ink. The line drawing is initially drawn using fine line permanent pen which isn't affected by the bleach. Best to water it down first to give different variations in shades.

A wide variety of techniques being tried out in the last few days, mixed media, watercolour and pen and ink.

Still not completely happy with this picture, always wanting to add more mixed media but not far away from the finished idea. I've been looking at quotes to go with harbours, boats, sailing and lifeboats; the same few keep coming up but none appropriate for what I'm trying to say! Suggestions would be gratefully received.

There are a few glaring mistakes in yet another quick watercolour sketch, tomorrow I shall commit to drawing one that takes longer than an hour! Perched on the grassy cliff top sketching with pen to get the proportions right before the wind gets too much. It's important to draw from real whenever possible to get a lively feel. The difference in this picture us the way the watercolour has been absorbed by the cartridge paper - very different from watercolour paper...

My boys have discovered the love of fishing off the pier and now we are blessed with fresh fish most days.  I just need them to learn how to gut, fillet and cook them and carefully dispose of the stinky entrails!

Planning on creating some artwork to make into coasters etc for fund raising for Scrabster RNLI This is the first quick sketch and colour in ...

A quick watercolour sketch of the rosehips in my garden and underneath a development of that drawing using handmade paper and pinhole tracing the outlines