The magic of the Seaweed Stories exhibition launch 🌊

A beautiful evening full of creativity and connection. Catch it before April 11th at the Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon.

📍 Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon

Photos by Anete Jakoleva

#SeaweedStories #ArtExhibition #LighthouseProject

Seaweed Storiea Exhibition celebrating North Clare’s coastline, 4–11 April. 🌊

👉 More info about the exhibition here: tidalarts.eu/seaweed-stories-exhibiti...

#SeaweedStories #ArtExhibition #LighthouseProject

Seaweed Stories Exhibition at the Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon (4–11 April). 🌊

👉 More info about the exhibition here: tidalarts.eu/seaweed-stories-exhibiti...

#SeaweedStories #ArtExhibition #LighthouseProject

Advice for the sustainable harvesting of seaweed We offer the following general best practice advice that can help to form part of a sustainable harvesting strategy for seaweed.

☕ 'When treated for ten minutes in cold water in the proportion of half an ounce of Carrageen to three pints of water and then boiled and strained it yields with or without spices a pleasant drink...' #seaweedstories

🔗For advice on harvesting seaweed, see: shorturl.at/EWZHt

Image of pressed Carrageen seaweed with handwritten notes by George Ellison, dated 1929 and collected from Birsay, Orkney.

For Orcadian naturalist George Ellison the value of Carrageen (aka Irish Moss) 'seems to depend in its being a pleasant digestable article of food' for people and animals. He collected this specimen in Birsay in 1929. #seaweedstories

For advice on harvesting seaweed, see: shorturl.at/EWZHt

Image of pressed seaweed sample of desmarestia or acid weed. Collected in Orkney 1929.

Many seaweeds are edible and rather tasty. But one to avoid is desmarestia or acid weed, which has the remarkable ability to etch its own image onto rocks, like these ones in Birsay to be found at low tide. #seaweedstories

(For advice on harvesting seaweed, see: www.nature.scot/doc/advice-s...)

Specimen image of ‘Delesseria sanguinea’ pink seaweed from Stromness, collected and pressed in 1928.

Specimen image of Magnus Spence Herbarium sheet reference 330, ‘Bellis perennis L. Bellis perennis L. Daisy’.

Our Natural History Collections Curatorial Assistant Dr Gareth Squire and photographer Rebecca Marr have been busy digitising the catalogue of our herbarium and algarium recently, so we’ve a few #seaweedstories and #florafables for you in the pipeline!

🌊The third #SeaweedStories event led by Cracking Light Productions' Alex Gill.

A three-hour dive into macro photography, capturing the species that thrive along the intertidal zone at a brilliant spot called The Kelp Walk.

📹Cracking Light Productions

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Small wonders of Liscannor Bay. Seaweed, crabs, and anemones up close with the Seaweed Stories project. 🌿🦀

📸 Alex Gill

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Tiny life on Liscannor Bay’s shore 🌿

The Seaweed Stories project by Cracking Light Productions shows the magic of the coastline up close.

📸 Alex Gill

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🌊Lighthouse Project Spotlight: Seaweed Stories

Exploring coasts through art, storytelling, and seaweed, this project connects communities with marine life and inspires care for our shoreline.

Learn more: https://tidalarts.eu/projects/seaweed-stories/

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A #seaweedemoji for #SeaweedStories - only watched the trailer but hope to have the opportunity for the full picture soon! 🌊

Seaweed stories

#SeaweedStories is a great film that I was lucky to see at the #DublinInternationalFilmFestival - I recommending watching for all audiences www.seaweedstories.org#screenings