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A 338-metre-high, uninhabited island off the coast of Scotland; Ailsa Craig. Steeped in myth, a visit to this place reveals how legends are created. Sound of thousands of birds can be heard from hundreds of metres away. Connected to modern western society the island serves a different purpose. Its granite has become interconnected with the sport of curling, with many of the world’s highest leagues using stones sourced from the island.
Ailsa Craig is a photography project by Amsterdam based artist Elmer Driessen who’s work often focusses on man made objects in relationship to nature. This book explores these themes through the process of creating a Kay’s curling stone.
Elmer shot a large variety of pictures ranging from studio work focussing on the alien like rock polished and altered from it’s original form, to almost documentary style photographs of the island Ailsa Craig. To connect the final polished product to this ancient place we focussed on a strong edit and story line with minimal graphic/lay-out interference.
To pay respect to nature and the island the book follows a backwards narrative that starts with the finished product and works it's way back to it’s point of origin, the uninhabited island. In between chapters inside Kay’s factory and outside of it on the coast of Scotland. Large scale landscapes of the island divide these chapters. Together the photo’s and the edit show both the product and the island in the same light, as mythical, alien like subjects. Highlighting Elmer’s unique perspective on product and outdoor photography.
The book comes in two Scottish colours, printed with a silver photograph resembling the polished rock. A white dustjacket with punched in holes like the stones cut from granite reveales the island Ailsa Craig.
