This installation is the wedding bower of the Prince Lindworm to his Fisher Bride.
It is influenced by Queen Cliodhna, Queen of the Irish Seas and the Celtic Isles. There is a saying that if you take a shell, whisper your wish into it, wrap it in seaweed and throw it into the ninth wave, if it returns to shore your wish will be granted. The ninth wave or the ninth kingdom is the sea in the Mabinogion.So it all fits in.
People coming into the Maker Space were asked if they would like to write their wishes onto cloth, choose a shell and a piece of rope that speaks to them. Then wrap the wish up and hang it onto the ghost net.
In creating their wishes, people have spent time not just writing their wish but choosing the perfect shell and piece of rope for them. They have also chosen the spot on the net itself with care. Some couples shared their wishes, others kept their wishes separate. Some families used rope which had many loose lengths to tie all their wishes onto making a family wish bundle! Friends placed their wishes close together.
Eventually the aim is to take all the wishes off the installation, quilt them and then throw the quilt into the ninth wave, filming it returning to shore when all the wishes hopefully will be granted!
The net is connected to a motor which makes it swing rhythmically while creating a background noise reminiscent of waves pounding the walls of a sea-cave. Sand, shells, seaweed and found objects complete the feeling of being beside the sea
Media - Ghost net washed up on a beach in Galway, sea rope, shells from beaches in Wales, Ireland and Scotland. cloth, rope, hooks, motor.
