Sea and Shore Cornwall
Common and Curious Findings
$59.81
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
19 April 2013
Summary
WINNER HOLYER AN GOF PUBLISHERS’ AWARD 2014. A beautiful collection of photographs, discoveries and natural history that is by turn atmospheric, quirky and fascinating. Many of the photographs are glimpses of the mercurial sea around Cornwall’s shores, in all its moods: from sunlit shallows to exhilarating waves powering into cliffs. Woven in with these is Lisa’s haphazard museum of finds - the often strangely beautiful things she has picked up on Cornwall’s shores, along with any curious or interesting findings from her subsequent research. There are wonderful names - by-the-wind sailors, the warty venus - and some extraordinary creatures in this inter-tidal world, their lives at times violent, charming and bizarre. There is much of the evocative and often mysterious language of the sea, with some beautiful old Cornish words: many portents of bad weather - the sun-dog, graving clouds - and a telling number to describe a fine misty drizzle. There is, too, the odd maritime legend, and some wonderful oceanographers’ research: a science of washed up trainers, bath ducks and fishermen’s boots lost at sea.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780957490208 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0957490208 |
| Author: | Lisa Woollett |
| Publisher: | Zart Books |
| Imprint: | Zart Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Edition: | 4th |
| Release Date: | 19 April 2013 |
| Weight: | 524g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 210mm |
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Critics Review
‘Quite simply the closest I have ever seen anyone come to describing the seashore in the way I feel the seashore.’ Tim Smit, founder of the Eden Project ‘This wonderful book is like a two-dimensional cabinet of curiosities. Sometimes it’s unclear whether we’re admiring an artifact or a thought, and that is the point.’ BBC Coast presenter Nicholas Crane ‘Manages to combine art with science and produce real magic. The photographs - for this is a highly visual book - are stunning.’ The Marine Quarterly ‘Beautifully and simply written, illustrated and designed. Her writing swings between personal, accessible and poetic narrative and informative natural history detail. Her passion shines from every page.’ Western Morning News ‘This incredibly beautiful book does a wonderful job of opening up the magnificent world of our marine environment, enabling people to learn and appreciate its beauty and importance.’ Cornwall Wildlife Trust ‘This quirky book is guaranteed to surprise, enlighten and inspire.’ Surfgirl
Lisa Woollett
Lisa Woollett is from a long line of scavengers. Her grandfather was from a South London family in the ‘scavenging professions’ and she grew up on cliffs on the Isle of Sheppey, spending much of her childhood collecting and fossicking along the shore.After a degree in Psychology she studied Documentary Photography and from 1993 worked as a photographer - past clients include The Independent on Sunday, The Observer and Great Ormond Street Hospital. Since 2004 she has lived with her family on the south coast of Cornwall, in a house shared with buckets and boxes of beach finds.Her first book, Sea and Shore Cornwall: common and curious findings, won a Holyer an Gof Publishers’ Award 2014. Current photographic work sells through galleries and exhibitions, and prints from the books are available at:
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