Skotsko: An ongoing project 2017/18  ;- illustrations to accompany stories about Scotland written for publication in Prague by Czech author Dr Paul Millar

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"Clochmerle": 

clochmerle

CHAPTER ONE: Bloody Borders:-

Below:- The Declaration of Arbroath 1320 a.d. with one Seal missing

Decl Arbroath
Scan 3 copy

CHAPTER TWO : The Potter:-

Piglet

Wemyss Bovey Tracey Piglet painted by Joseph Nekola with red clover script mark in green Wemyss Ware

wemyss cat

The daily bread - Braided Challah Bread popular in Jewish communities

hannah bread

The Daily Bread - British sliced loaf

The daily bread - French baguette

DRINK du vin,boursin
brit bread

Avia B 534  :- early Bi-Plane WW2 manufactured in Czech Republic

AVIA B534 lo
james McLevy lo

(above) James McLevy Edinburgh’s first detective took up his post in 1833

King Robert the Bruce (above) and St Martin’s celtic Cross on Iona (below)

Loony Dooks on Hogmanay each year when crowds brave the cold waters of the Firth of Forth

Lewis Chessmen

The Lewis Chessmen (ABOVE)

Paper Book Sculptures mysteriously deposited at the National Library of Scotland (BELOW)

paper scuptures
Kelpies sketch

Above: The Kelpies by Andy Scott 

Below:-  Scottish Rugby - rough and tumble

Rugby

Below :- Wemyss Cat

RUGBY TEAM


puffins rev

Scotland’s Puffins 

selkie

Selkies :- Male and female 'seal people' who can thro off their seal skins and adopt human form

Seal People male

HIGHLAND FLING  - HIGHLAND DANCER  (BELOW)

dancer
Iron Age Broch Dun Troddan GLENELG

Iron Age Broch Dun Troddan - Construction is Unique to Scotland

Vestonice Venus
RYBrittania

The Royal Yacht Britannia now moored in Leith

Below:- Orkney Venus 10000BC and  Vestonice Venus dating from 25,000 BC

Orkney Venus
Loch doon Spitfire copy
Lysander
Bi-plane

Edible fungi around Scotlands woodlands

Mushroom 1
Hebrides

Fingal’s Cave on the Isle of Staffa - The Hebrides

Fingals Cave 2
ness of Brodgar

© stuart campbell 2023