Here is a photo essay of my week in Reykjavik in June 2022. Please listen to the audio below for my reflections on the experience.
I presented a paper of my research into Ella Mary Leather (1874 -1928) a Herefordshire folklore collector and the results of my pilot project working with forty-two community (mainly amateur) stitchers over 12 weeks, responding to the heritage of the ecologically threatened River Lugg.
I am very grateful for funding assistance from Manchester Met’s Graduate Research Support Award and PAHC’s PGR Research Fund. This helped to pay for conference fees and travel and accommodation costs.
The shock of a different landscape
Outside of Hallgrimskirkja Cathedral 
Inside of Hallgrimskirkja Cathedral 
Meeting the President of Iceland, Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson 
Pool party held as a welcome to the conference 
A short bus trip to help plant a forest, uncommon in Iceland. 
Planting trees to offset carbon emissions from travelling to Iceland 
National Iceland Day Ceremony, 17 June 2022 
Reykjavik Art Museum and the exhibition of work by Erró 
Harbour, pre whale watching trip 
Stitches and Threads exhibition visited of fourteen embroidery artists who are impacting the Iceland art scene 
‘Harpa’ concert hall and conference centre 
‘Himinglaeva’ or ‘Wind Harp’ by Elín Hansdóttir 
My favourite building and overgrown garden in the city 
The garden (and museum) dedicated to the sculptor Einar Jónsson, last stop before returning to Manchester.
