6°WEST artist member David Faithfull on Iona posting a letter featuring one of the four unique postage stamps created by the collective following their residency on the Isle of Erraid.
Photograph: Mhairi Killin
AN ARTISTS collective called 6°West has released four unique postage stamps created to commemorate the life and work of Robert Louis Stevenson and his connection to the Isle of Erraid.
Formed in 2011, artists Anne Devine, David Faithfull, Alicia Hendrick and Mhairi Killin lived in the lighthouse- keepers’ cottages during their time on the Erraid, a tiny isle off the south-west of Mull. They individually pursued their own perspective on the history and topography of the island landscape. Incorporating Stevenson’s relationship with the island, where, in his youth, he contemplated his future as a writer and traveller.