Chasing the Harestail

A social project exploring migration, ecology and commerce, via the Jersey handicraft of ‘harestailing’—commissioned in 2019/20 by Morning Boat / Jersey Heritage

A harestailer at work. Photograph by artist, Lucy Wright
Making seed bombs at Jersey Museum and Art Gallery. Photograph by artist, Lucy Wright
Photograph of the artist Lucy Wright gathering horsetails along the Five Mile Road. Photograph by Kaspar Wimberley.
A bag of freshly picked harestails. Photograph by artist, Lucy Wright
Harestailing workshop and demonstration at Jersey Museum and Art Gallery. Photograph by artist, Lucy Wright
Chasing the Harestail book, by Photograph by artist, Lucy Wright
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