Bo Peep's Sheep
by Joan Davis
Title
Bo Peep's Sheep
Artist
Joan Davis
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Captured by award winning photographer Joan Davis of Flatlandsfoto during the summer solstice in 2014 during her trip to Iceland. The modern Icelandic Sheep is a direct descendant of the sheep brought to the island by the early Viking settlers, in the ninth and tenth century. The breed, with fine-grained meat and a wooly coat that is both light-as-air and rugged, has retained one of the purest bloodlines in the agricultural world and carries a romantic and wild history. In Iceland they are raised primarily for their meat, but the wool is a valuable byproduct. The inner layer, or thel, is insulating, superlight and very airy, while the outer layer, or tog, is long, strong and water repellent. Carded together, these two layers make lopi, versatile wool used to knit lopapeysa, the distinctive traditional Icelandic sweater of concentric rings.
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March 3rd, 2017
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