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A Blast from the Past Has it been 28 years, I was surprised to hear from Catherine asking if I still had an original copy of the swan print that has been used as the UAA logo as they only had a low res scan. Hmm, I\u2019ll have a look and there it was, buried in a portfolio the poster that we designed for our Suil Uibhist exhibition in Portree with Fiona Pearson, Jo Salter and Norman Macleod in 1992.<\/p>\n I seem to remember that it was a joint effort and my part the swan cut out and print. Taigh Chearsabhagh was still an idea and I was pregnant with my daughter Jasmine, life was to change as a new mum and an involvement in the growing art scene in Uist. It was a wonderful journey to see the art centre and museum grow andflourish, I had the opportunity to meet artists, poets and islanders, so many good memories, Rhodas caf\u00e9 and salmon sandwiches being up there among the highlights.<\/p>\n I think the swan print caught something I felt about the island, home of lapwings, curlews and whooper swans migrating from Iceland and the sense of exposure, openness, sky and freedom, I\u2019m delighted it still represents the UAA.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_button button_url=”http:\/\/annadavisstudio.co.uk” button_text=”More from Anna Davis at annadavisstudio.co.uk” button_alignment=”right” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”14px” button_text_color=”#ffffff” button_bg_color=”#000000″ button_border_width=”0px” button_border_radius=”0px” button_font=”|700|||||||” custom_margin_tablet=”0px|0px||” custom_margin_phone=”|0px||” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|desktop” custom_padding=”14px|48px|14px|48px|true|true” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Blast from the Pastby Anna Davis Has it been 28 years, I was surprised to hear from Catherine asking if I still had an original copy of the swan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"twitterCardType":"","cardImageID":0,"cardImage":"","cardTitle":"","cardDesc":"","cardImageAlt":"","cardPlayer":"","cardPlayerWidth":0,"cardPlayerHeight":0,"cardPlayerStream":"","cardPlayerCodec":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
<\/strong>by Anna Davis<\/strong><\/p>\n