QuartzThere was a wind blowing through the Crichton today. The fallen leaves were rustling, dried by a sunny day and drifting around the contours of the grass. Our attention was drawn to a dandelion, a last bloom of yellow on the green looking up at the yellow on the blue. There was a rhododendron in […]
When I am physically illuminating a text with ink, I use pigments like ground up soil, or oak galls and Iron salts. When I am digitally illuminating I use a colour pallet from a photograph of a place. Alison makes paper where the leaves become one with the page, and has a catalogue of colours […]
There are many words used for Love. Some of them hide the power of the emotion in the everyday, some are kept for special occasions to release the power of a moment. How many words do you know? (How many unspoken actions!) How many could you add to this video 🙂
The Third Quartz Forest Church Meeting We will meet again outside the front door of Crichton church for a 2pm start, (The Crichton, Dumfries DG1 4ZZ) Find it on google maps Please dress for the weather, and don’t rely on there being any indoor (or any other) facilities available. Once we meet we will walk to […]
There is an awful lot going on under the surface. It takes time to become aware of it. If your awareness is raised by one instance though, you become aware of an issue for a moment. Small as a mustard seed. Take time out to recognise the moments and your understanding deepens. A life of […]
Alison will be leading our CLC meeting on Monday the 15th of November at 7.30 She will use the text from 1 Samuel 1: 4-20 as a focus and we will have paper and pens etc. to respond as we listen to some music. She also suggests that the canticle for Sunday from 1 Samuel 2: 1-10 might be […]
Not a new technique for ironing hems in place! This will be a creative worship event in St Johns exploring Candlemas and symbols. Not sure what Candlemas is or what will this event will look like? No bother. More information will follow as we work it out. It is likely to involve things like candlemaking, […]
This Christmas Quartz is creating a large scale installation in the roof of St. Johns Church Building. In the run up to Christmas, we are going to fill the ceiling with a rainbow of Angels. Each one can be a response to Covid, a way to mark a memory, and a prayer carried in a […]
One of the reasons to set up this website, and move away from the facebook page Quartz has had since 2013, is Doomscrolling. The technology underlying social media is cutting edge. The long term effects are barely understood by the people using it, and ultimately whilst they exist because they provide a public service they […]
Here are some photos from today’s Forest Church meeting. More photos and a write up to follow.