Merkinch Circles

Merkinch Circles - Mary Bourne with Ken Cockburn and members of the local community.
Merkinch Circles
Merkinch Circles

2015
Lettered sandstone and postcards
Commissioned by Highland Council as part of River Connections
Collaborator: Ken Cockburn
Supporting organisations: Merkinch Arts and Breathe, Merkinch

Local people worked with poet, Ken Cockburn, to respond to the area at the mouth of the River Ness. Mary Bourne then taught them letter cutting, enabling them to carve their poems into stone to be incorporated into a seating area overlooking the mouth of the Ness.

Letter carving workshop with Mary Bourne.
Poetry workshop with Ken Cockburn.
Poetry workshop with Ken Cockburn.
Merkinch Circles