Over recent weeks I’ve been whale watching on the cliffs of Cape Solander. It’s a windswept, fairly barren, area with walks high up along the coastline.
No, that’s not me in the image above. It’s someone a little more daring than I care to be on a blowy day!
Prior to these last couple of months I hadn’t been there for a long time, in fact since I went SCUBA diving in the area over 20 years ago. Anyway, my husband and I were lucky enough to see whales travelling north, and we took a walk south along the cliffs photographing the amazing striations and crevices created in the rocky surfaces. Such fantastic inspiration for future printing projects.
The ground is very uneven, appearing multilayered in places with huge boulders, but there are also large areas of subtle undulations in the rock surfaces.
Constant wind has formed holes and textural surfaces.
I’ve chosen the image below as inspiration for my next project – a handmade book entitled Marks in Nature.
I’ll show some of the pages and explain my process over coming posts.
Tactual Textiles by Claire 
Lovely spot. I’ve thought about patterns in the rocks there too, and taken photos, but haven’t used them.
Don’t the whales look as if they are playing when they leap effortlessly out of the water?
I am looking forward to see what you do with the image.
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We were so lucky, Mary, and saw loads of whales coming past us. They were shy about coming very far out of the water but still gave everyone a good show.
I’m having fun with the photos and will post something soon.
What fabulous inspiration from Nature for mark making. Great photos.
Thanks Dinah, the terrain is amazing out there – so much texture and colour.