Harris Tweed

Cloud break - Tolsta, Isle of Lewis.

"I’ve discovered that in winter the Hebrides can still be generous, though she hides her secrets well. Last night, I went to bed in one world and woke up in another. When I ventured out of my lodgings this morning, the beach was frozen down to the high-tide mark. Every rimed shell, pebble and rock was accentuated with long dark shadows. Between a turquoise winter sea and the white frosted beach, a stretch of inter-tidal sand lay perfect and golden." - Dalbeg, Isle of Lewis, Winter.

"Today, the skies above Luskentyre read just like the story of Morag’s byre: a flock running before the wind then gathering on the horizon; fleeces being teased out against a backdrop of blue." - Holding Fast, July 2008 Image © Ian Lawson. All Rights Reserved www.ianlawson.com

A world of elemental beauty brought vividly to life, this gorgeous book weaves a personal journey of discovery into the story of Harris Tweed from land to loom. Photographer Ian Lawson’s masterwork is released May 1st 2013. http://www.ianlawson.com/

"Below the harbour wall, Johnnie is already waiting in the Coit. ‘Good morning Ian,’ he calls up to me, ‘a good flat day for ferrying.’ As he prepares to load his stock, Johnnie tells me that the Coit was a sailing boat before his time, fast, with a white sail, ‘A beauty when she was newly tarred and painted’ and this jetty was his childhood playground. Very few summer days passed without the opportunity for sailing, swimming or fishing. It was the ideal place to catch cuddies and crabs. For a boy like Johnnie, it was the best place to learn the rhythm of the sea. He is proud and happy that Calum George has chosen a crofting life like his father and grandfather before him." - A Woolly Cargo, Valtos, Uig, Isle of Lewis. From the book:Harris Tweed: From the Land Comes the Cloth http://www.facebook.com/fromthelandbook

Evening sun, Luskentyre, Isle of Harris. From http://www.facebook.com/fromthelandbook

A bright day dawns in the Outer Hebrides. Callanish, Isle of Lewis. from: http://www.facebook.com/fromthelandbook