Doggerland (Stage 2)

Work produced during a commission from Waveney and Blyth Arts, presented at a public event November 2015 at The Cut in Halesworth. The brief asked a group of artists to produce a creative response to the concept of Doggerland. Some 8500 years BC it was possible to walk from the east coast of England right into the heart of Northern Europe. Settlers here had always foraged and hunted, set up camps, and lived in small communities. Then, very rapidly the sea levels began to rise and this warming period coincided with a tsunami off the Norwegian coastline to completely submerge this once bountiful land. Populations were forced to drift further and further inland in an attempt to escape the rapidly-rising sea levels. Eventually the land was claimed completely and it lies underneath what is now the North Sea that separates the UK from the rest of the landmass of Northern Europe. Trawler men in the 1930’s found strange animal tusks and axe heads in their nets. Geologists and scientists began to look into the ancient history of this real-life Atlantis with deep curiosity. http://jeremywebbphotography.com/gallery/38/160/Development-stage-2