‘On Falling Tide: Artistic responses to Cramond Island’ was a multi-disciplinary exhibition brought together by Forest Publications and the Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network PhD Lab 16-17 May 2026 at Whitespace Gallery, Edinburgh

A 19-acre tidal island off the coast of Edinburgh in the Firth of Forth, Cramond is a space of countless stories, moulded by rock and shaped by human fingers. Over a few months, a group of artists, makers and practitioners made visits to the island, allowing the dynamic textures of the landscape to lead an exploratory response, focused on process, play and interdisciplinarity. The following was my installation to this collaborative exhibition:

Lunar Passage: Three Walks Around Cramond

Materials: Polaroid film, ink and watercolour on inherited mixed media paper, found objects

The moon must invite you onto Cramond. It pulls back the Earthly waters and lowers the tide to reveal a footpath. Traversing the lunar passageway to Cramond Island requires patience, planning and curiosity. The reward is an atmospheric encounter with the island. Lunar Passage: Three Walks Around Cramond captures such atmospheric encounters. These three walks were accompanied by the highly sensitive practice of Polaroid photography. Rather than following the recommended process of covering each film until it develops, I immediately exposed each to the atmosphere. With only eight films per cartridge per walk, the practice was purposeful, unpredictable, and reflective of a relational exchange between the island and me. Just as the atmosphere impacted my experience when I navigated uneven terrain in different weather conditions, so, too, did it effect the film. Damaged edges and colour sets unique to each encounter occurred. Mapping, photography, written reflections, and found objects (bracken stuck to a sock, a shell, and a mylar balloon) on each walk raises the question: what does the moon reveal about change through an atmospheric encounter?