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Point & Sandwick wind turbines, 2018

By John MacLean, 15/01/2020

 

On this date two years ago I was photographing the Point and Sandwick Trust wind turbines (Beinn Ghrideag) on the outskirts of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, for The Guardian. In contrast to the current wet and windy weather in Lewis, conditions then were extremely cold and crisp, with occasional heavy hail showers ripping across the landscape.

Point and Sandwick Trust was named 2018 UK Social Enterprise of the Year and uses income from the community wind project to help fund community projects across the island.
 

Point and Sandwick wind turbines, Stornoway, by John MacLean Photography.
Point and Sandwick wind turbines, Stornoway, by John MacLean Photography.
Point and Sandwick wind turbines, Stornoway, by John MacLean Photography.
Point and Sandwick wind turbines, Stornoway, by John MacLean Photography.
Point and Sandwick wind turbines, Stornoway, by John MacLean Photography.

 

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Artwork framing – Elaine Murray

A set of two screenprints of St Kilda scenes by Lewis artist Elaine Murray, overlaid with double thickness mountboard and framed in deep rebate limed wood moulding with glass.

I specialise in making frames to customers’ individual requirements: excellent art should have excellent presentation. Wherever possible, frame mouldings used are approved by the Forest Stewardship Council, which certifies woods sourced from responsibly-managed forests.

Please get in touch if you have artwork you want framed to the highest standard, whether it’s for exhibition, for your own walls or for giving as a gift.
 

Two works on St Kilda by artist Elaine Murray, Isle of Lewis

 

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The Darkest Dawn: the Iolaire disaster

By John MacLean, 03/11/18:

 

A new book on the sinking of the Iolaire has been launched at Faclan Book Festival in Stornoway.

The Darkest Dawn tells the story of all those on board the Iolaire and the shattering effect on the community after the sinking occurred on the morning of 1st January 1919, at the Beasts of Holm by the entrance to Stornoway harbour.

Author Malcolm Macdonald (pictured here on the right, with Roddy Murray, head of visual arts and literature at An Lanntair) worked on completion of the book for four years after the untimely death of co-author, local historian Donald John Macleod.
 

The Darkest Dawn: the Iolaire disaster, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis

 

Framing prints

Framing services

 

Very busy on framing work the past couple of weeks. The latest one off the bench is to be a wedding present: a lovely panoramic James Smith print of a Ness sunset, framed in a wide deep-rebate obeche frame finished with three coats of Danish oil.

If you’re looking to have anything framed, whether for yourself or as a distinctive and unique gift for someone else, just get in touch. Services range from mounting only of prints to contract framing and bespoke framing of large works.

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Year of Natural Scotland 2013

By John MacLean, 26/07/13

 

Callanish Stones in snow, Lewis

 

One of my panoramic photos of the Callanish Stones in snow has been included in Our Dynamic Earth’s current photographic exhibition on Scotland’s natural environment, showing in Edinburgh until Christmas.
[Photo: Our Dynamic Earth]
 

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