Dawns Meyn sacred stones
From the air, the pathways humans use clearly visible and creating a semblance of a celtic cross
Microscopic image of quartz filled soil from a rabbit scrape at the site.
Crystal quartz chips and thousands of years of organic matter
Mitochondrial DNA survives in the soil. Whose ancestors left an invisible mark that they were here?
Modern covens use the Merry Maidens as a location for ritual.
A local coven set up inside the the stones for a rite of Jupiter
The coven working
After the rite the clear up begins so no trace is left behind
Inspired by Ithell Colquhouns drawings of the women in the stones we have reimagined it with photography
boundaries between body and stone blurred
Individual studies of each stone, black and white chosen for timelessness.
The curved one, shaped by human hand or the environment...
Lichen patches reminiscent of countries on a map.
Leaning in
sun cast shadows
Clouds darkening the stone
Shaped with the deep grooves of a tooth
The smallest and most oddly shaped stone
