Bottle Caps, Dissidents, Big David, and Fresh Mountain Laurel

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Announcing the August exhibition at : six : shot : gallery

Betty Lloyd on ‘Loom of the Land’:

Who can walk along a beach and not pick up one of the interesting pebbles? Hold it up to the sky to study its crazed inclusions, or hold it up to an eye to look through an eroded hole. Wonder if perhaps the pattern is made by a fossil. Perhaps it’s tempting to take one home, even though there are fines for doing so and the colours will vanish as it dries. Seriously, we must look and leave — beaches are fragile environments...