Kelp instruments

Emily Sheppard

I had the great pleasure this week of meeting up with violinist Emily Sheppard and one of her amazing kelp violins!

Roger Bodley and Chris Henderson from North-West Tasmania have succeeded in making violins from kelp - see previous blog post or read more about it here.

Emily has also made an assortment of percussion instruments from kelp.

Read more about Emily on her website https://emily.cloud/

Assorted kelp creations

I have now committed to my next major seaweed challenge - to create a wearable garment for Emily from my kelp paper!!! I’m still working this one out, but I hope it will be ready for Emily to wear when she presents the kelp violins at an art gallery in Burnie in October. 

Event details: https://events.humanitix.com/kelp-music.