QuartzThere was a wind blowing through the Crichton today. The fallen leaves were rustling, dried by a sunny day and drifting around the contours of the grass. Our attention was drawn to a dandelion, a last bloom of yellow on the green looking up at the yellow on the blue. There was a rhododendron in […]
When I am physically illuminating a text with ink, I use pigments like ground up soil, or oak galls and Iron salts. When I am digitally illuminating I use a colour pallet from a photograph of a place. Alison makes paper where the leaves become one with the page, and has a catalogue of colours […]
The Third Quartz Forest Church Meeting We will meet again outside the front door of Crichton church for a 2pm start, (The Crichton, Dumfries DG1 4ZZ) Find it on google maps Please dress for the weather, and don’t rely on there being any indoor (or any other) facilities available. Once we meet we will walk to […]
Not a new technique for ironing hems in place! This will be a creative worship event in St Johns exploring Candlemas and symbols. Not sure what Candlemas is or what will this event will look like? No bother. More information will follow as we work it out. It is likely to involve things like candlemaking, […]
Here are some photos from today’s Forest Church meeting. More photos and a write up to follow.
Forest Church No.2 (Halloween/Samhain) We will meet again outside the front door of Crichton church for a 2pm start, (The Crichton, Dumfries DG1 4ZZ) Find it on google maps Please dress for the weather, and don’t rely on there being any indoor (or any other) facilities available. Once we meet we will walk to an appropriate […]
Forest Church meeting, 2pm Chrichton Church Dumfries, Sunday the 31st The significance of this time has been recognised by humans from a time before writing. As Autumn moves towards winter the plants in the northern hemisphere start to die back. Harvests have been gathered in, and the Cailleach prepares to wash her plaid in the […]
Sunday the 26th of September, 4 to 5pm (Forest Church No. 1) Well, it isn’t the season for planting really, but we are finally getting round to testing out some Forest Church ideas. Meet at the Crichton church, (The Crichton, Dumfries DG1 4ZZ) Find it on google maps Please dress for the weather, and don’t […]
This post is a collection of the things which Quartz people have been sending in because they found them interesting. Creation time This year Eco-Congregation Scotland and Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT) combine to provide a bank of resources of real value to congregations, in a variety of current media, to facilitate ‘Creation Time/Creationtide/Season of […]
There is a much quoted insight gained by Jeremiah when he watched a potter working away making clay pots. This can be encountered in many ways. For a moment though, imagine what it is like to be the clay on a potters wheel. Your centre is hardly moving at all, but travelling outwards the speed […]