ABERDEEN uses Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) imagery of a sand sample collected at Aberdeen Beachfront. This amazing piece of technology can view sand grains at one thousandth of a millimetre. April combined the monochrome SEM images with a colour palette from the day she collected the sand to create this beautiful moody blue and sandy beige textile.
Don’t you hate it when you are reading a good book at the beach and you get sand in the pages? This bookmark will be a help rather than an annoyance! It slides over the corner of any size of book so you won’t lose your place and also acts as protection for the pages of your book. Handmade by April in Glasgow from a beautiful cotton printed in the UK.
The corner bookmark measures approximately 9x9cm.
ABERDEEN - Cotton Corner Bookmark
This textile is part of the Tall Ships Collection, a project inspired by sand samples from the stops along the Tall Ship Race Route. April was one of 6 makers selected by Aberdeen Art Gallery to develop a body of work celebrating the Tall Ships Race returning to Aberdeen. Each Tall Ships Collection piece comes with its own limited edition label explaining the collection, and is currently only available through Aberdeen Art Gallery or in limited numbers from the Agate & Ayre webstore. Take a piece of the beach home!