now we have the sea, the hills and the mast of St.Columba's ship in position
WALL - HANGING No.3
The wall-hanging is now finished as can be seen in theGaelic college, Bowmore
A. Ailm/Elm (Leamhan)
one of the tree's of Wisdom in Celtic mythology.
Represented by a Letter.
C. Coll/Hazel (Calltainn)
the third tree of Wisdom on our wall-hanging
D. Dair/Oak (Darroch)
the forth tree of wisdom on our wall-hanging (picture to follow)
E. Eadha/Aspen (Critheann)
the fifth of our tree's of Wisdom
F. Fearn/Alder (Fearna)
the sixth of the tree's of Wisdom
CELTIC STONES
The stones have been made by scanning the pictures of Celtic stones, and then printing the pictures onto special paper which allows us to transfer the images onto cloth when they are ironed.
The stones are then quilted using a variety of threads.
Here is an image of the horsemen showing the various coloured threads being used.
This time the picture shows an image of a piece of jewellery, again coloured threads were used to add life to the stone.
You can also see the wadding used to help give a three-D effect.
In each of the letters a mixture of machine and hand sewing has been used. You will be able to view closely the change of threads and materials used.
Double click on each image to enlarge them.
Up-date on the wall-hanging
Here you can see the waves and the hills finished, with St. Colomba's boat in position.
The sky in in the making, and still a long way to go.
But getting there.
I hope you don't feel tooo sea-sick looking at the waves
just imagine how St. Columba felt
S. Willow
the last of our trees of wisdom
Nearly finished, with the letters and the stones in position under the waves.
the mast of the boat now becomes the roots of a tree and the letters and stones are intertwined, look closely and you will find bones and shells.
Bratach deilbhte le Sine Nic an Tailleir agus air a dheanamh le Buidheann Cuibhrigidh Ile ann an 2001/2002 airson Ionad Chaluim Chille Ile, Ionad Gaidhlig Ile. Chithear ann turas Chaluim Chille gu Eilean I seachad air Ile ann an 563 nuair a thug e leis Criosdalachd bho Eirinn gu Alba.
Wall-hanging designed by Jane Taylor and created by Islay Quilters in 2001/2002 for the St.Columba Centre, Islay's Gaelic College. It depicts St.Columba's voyage to Iona via Islay in 563, when he brought Christianity to Scotland from Ireland.
the finished photo will take a little time to load but it is worth waiting for
B. Beech
the second tree of Wisdom on our wall-hanging
double click on any of the pictures to see an enlargement
I hope you have enjoyed your walk through our wall-hanging, in the background of the picture you can see the standing stones which represent the old religion and way of life, the mast of the boat holds the cross of Christ bringing in the new religion and knowledge. As with many things the old and the new meet in the middle and as the mast of the boat becomes the roots of the tree, we see the old wisdom and knowledge mixing in with new.
look closely and you will see bones and shells helping to decorate this part of the wall-hanging.
14th February 2004, an important date in the calendar of Ionad Chaluim Chille Ile, today saw the first Language Awards Ceremony or Cuirteas Teisteanaes Canain,
presenting the awards was Brian MacUileim MP (R)
centre is Donald MacLellan manager of Ionaid, and guest speaker on the left is Iain MacLeod from Sabhal Mor Ostaig, Skye.
in the background is our very first wall hanging - looking at Island Life through the eyes of Children.
two of the children from Bhun-sgoil a' Bhogh Mor, who sang a duet in Gaelic
for information on the trees please visit this interesting site
