Dunnet artist s TEXTile garments inspired by wartime tablecloth and the coronavirus By Gordon Calder Published: 16:00, 07 March 2021
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A CAITHNESS artist is creating two unique garments which have been inspired by the coronavirus and a wartime tablecloth which became a poignant memento of servicemen in World War II.
Joanne B. Kaar, who is one of the Lyth Arts Centre artists in residence, is to hand stitch the names of carers from across the county onto a care-worker s uniform. A second garment will feature the names of anyone in Caithness community who has felt increasingly isolated throughout the pandemic. The items will feature in her new TEXTiles project.
Castletown wartime memento to feature in Highland-wide podcast By Gordon Calder
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Updated: 15:33, 18 February 2021
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The Custer tablecloth made by Isobel Custer features the signatures of 125 airmen. Picture: Neil Buchan / Castletown Heritage Society
A unique and poignant wartime memento containing the signatures of 125 airmen who were based at RAF Castletown during World War II is to be featured on a podcast as part of a Highland-wide initiative.
The memento â a tablecloth created by Isobel Custer â was loaned to the Castletown Heritage Society several years ago by her family and is often on view during wartime exhibitions at the groupâs heritage centre at Castlehill.