gman

walking in windy shetland weather looking at your knees

sat nav screen strategically placed on the knees of a sock?

glow in the dark embroidered map for walking on dark evenings?

GMan: contemporary craft made in response to the Gunnister Man Story.

gman craft: a new take on heritage product...

To coincide with the Gunnistermans artefacts returning to Shetland Museum, 10 contemporary shetland makers, a journalist, graphic designer and a retired policeman researched the Gunnister man find and his story. Makers working in textiles, wood and jewellery are exhibiting their new range at Shetland Museum October 2009-February 2010. Makers explored the theme of identity which has led to ideas surrounding contemporary identity and using social networking sites such as twitter, facebook and blogging .

The makers are cecil tait, donna smith, emma blain, claire henry, shona millar, suzanne shearer, andrea williamson, anne eunson and textile students jennifer tait and hilary seatter.

There is a commissioned audio piece by Mary Blance (local shetland journalist and broadcaster) involving makers talking about the process of forming and exchanging ideas in response to the subject
http://shetlopedia.com/Mary_Blance

hazel hughson shetland arts
deirdre nelson artist

http://twitter.com/gunnisterman

designing for gman
'in most cases noone on the design team has talked directly to users to find out who they are, so designers come up with an idea of a user type. The resulting personas are like the designers imaginary friends.'
persona non grata . dan saffer

gunnisterman @ the shetland museum

on 12th may 1951 two Shetlanders were cutting peat near Gunnister, Northmavine when they came across the remains of a body buried in peat . While the acidic conditons in the peat has ensured there was little left of the man other than some hair , fingernails and bone fragments , it kept his clothes and other items well-preserved. His death was dated to around 1700 and the artefacts have provided many clues about the life of the unidentified man. However over 50 years after his discovery, mystery still surrounds the Gunnister Man: who was he? How did he die? Shetland museum.

www.Shetland-museum.org.uk/exhibitions/200909_GunnisterMan.html

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21.9.09

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GMan: contemporary craft made in response to the Gunnister Man Story.

gunnisterman @ the shetland museum

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