Hebridean huts and houses

Tuesday, 3 May 2011

Just got back from a lovely holiday in the Scottish Hebrides. I wanted to share with you some of the little huts that are sparingly sprinkled around the remote islands.  Most of them would have been used as weavers huts, as nearly all of the crofters would weave Harris Tweed in any spare time they had.
Some of the huts are now quite run down and derelict, but that made them even more intriguing to me. The little tin roofs and painted windows, look almost like tired little faces, with cracks as their wrinkles!


 I love the little tin baths inside this one

 what an amazing colour!
 some were so small against the fantastic backdrop of the hills

Jonathon Meades did a fantastic documentary on the isle of Lewis called Isle of rust for BBC4  showing abandoned vehicles rusting away in the middle of the peat bogs. 


I love the contrast of the net curtains against the corrugated iron.  Hope you like these. I think you will be seeing some of these themes creeping into my work soon!

15 comments:

  1. Katie wall3 May 2011 at 13:36

    Love these pics - am planning a Hebridean trip myself at some point as Ive never got any further than Skye but love that whole area. This has inspired me to get making some plans! :-)

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  2. mydeerfriend3 May 2011 at 13:37

    You should definitely draw a series of these!!

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  3. emma lewis3 May 2011 at 14:29

    ohh i love these! i want to visit scotland so very much

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  4. Donna Wilson3 May 2011 at 14:37

    I'd definitely recommend a visit, we were so lucky as we had fantastic sunshine, and no midges. So April May is a good time to go I think!.I'll post some more of the landscape soon too.

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  5. Anonymous4 May 2011 at 03:35

    Lovely pics! I take it not many of them are actually lived in?!

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  6. boo vake4 May 2011 at 04:39

    Aah Lovely. Have family ties to North Uist but also love Harris - and have trip planned to Barra later in year. Just hope we get your weather!

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  7. Erin McIntyre4 May 2011 at 12:16

    I love the top one. He looks like he's had a dodgy haircut! xx

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  8. Patrice A.4 May 2011 at 22:25

    oooh....
    love these!!
    never been to Scotland
    but it looks great

    thank you!

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  9. Pothys5 May 2011 at 22:04

    thats greatBy- pothys

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  10. wood & wool stool6 May 2011 at 14:53

    i've a crush on these kind of huts & houses :)
    they just look like perfect gardenhouses i think, just the way they are...

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  11. do you mind if i knit19 May 2011 at 03:47

    Aren't they a JOY! I love the simplicity of them, and in that dramatic landscape they look rather poetic. Vanessa x

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  12. Bali huts30 May 2011 at 18:31

    Lovely! Now you can add all the comfort and style you need in a hut. Huts today give you comfort and style you need.

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  13. Wilf11 August 2011 at 04:06

    I just love tiny huts as well as Bali huts. One can just lose ones self in them.

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  14. Kosuke Ajiro26 August 2011 at 03:21

    ohh love these ! i want to visit scotland some time ...

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  15. kateofark10 July 2012 at 13:22

    I'd love to revamp one of these

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