Runehorizons, Orkney

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Two recent drawings relating to ancient and contemporary Orcadia.


            

                                                  Laura Watts, 2011




                                                     Alec Finlay, 2011


These were inspired by the runes at Maes Howe, said to have been carved by a party of Norse warriors sheltering from a terrible blizzard, Christmas, 1153. The graffiti mixes their own names with the names of women they wish to fuck and brags about their steersmanship.

 
Maes Howe

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