Artist and musician Sarah McWhinney led a life drawing session at Basic Mountain studio. We engaged in short and long exercises to capture shape and movement, experimenting with graphite, charcoal and ink as mediums.
Category: Curious Routes
Bookbinding session #2 with Cassandra Barron
We returned to the Edinburgh Botanic Gardens Cottage for a second bookbinding session. Armed with our tools, and suppied with a tantalising array of materials, we learned some binding techniques to make custom sketchbooks and booklets.
Paper marbling and Monoprinting
To complement our bookbinding sessions, we tried our hand at paper marbling at Basic Mountain Studio. The prints are achieved by using oil based ink in a tray with water; the design floats on the water and covers the paper dipped in the tray. It was interesting to see how many different designs can come…
Felted portraits
Ellie introduced us to needle felting- and we thought it would be great to felt our own portraits with it!Franco proved to be a popular subject- he made his own portrait and another one was made with love by Yvonne- whisk and all. Felt-a-thon at Basic Mountain studio
A visit to Tramway
We travelled to Tramway in Glasgow to see Pia Camil and Robert Anton’s Exhibitions. While Camil’s show was an immersive installation inviting viewers to physically engage with it- Anton’s work was more enigmatic and intimate: Both exhibitions were interesting in terms of how the artists used ready made, disposed of material and up cycled it…
Fishing in Cramond 13 May 2019
We were out and about on a beautiful sunny day to try our luck fishing in Cramond. While some of us chose to stay on the shore-Others got their waders on and ventured into the river! Alex was in his element as usual. So was Franco who even managed a catch! We enjoyed the beautiful…
First Green Court event, 16th June 2019
Green Court was initiated by Luke Padfield and has been developed with support from Artlink, UN House Scotland and Scottish Environment Link. The Green Court is an improvised, interactive, moot environmental court. We discuss fictional examples of environmental issues based on real-life situations in a mock courtroom setting. This first session of the Green Court…
Bookbinding session #1 with Cassandra Barron
In Curious Routes, we always start a creative process by sharing ideas, having conversations and drawing inspiration from each member’s unique style and interests. having a go at bookbinding allowed us to experiment with different techniques we would like to utilise to engage in some self-publishing! We invited Cassandra Barron, an Edinburgh-based artist who arrived…
Crochet taster session
We were joined by designer Cyd from Needlemaker UK to get our hands around the basics of crochet. We are keen to use this technique to create a large collaborative sculpture. As we shared that we are interested in crochet as a sculpture technique, Cyd introduced us to the work of OLEK (Agata Oleksiak), a…
Eco Print Workshop at Bridgend Allotments
We joined forces with Eco Printer Elisabeth Viguie Culshaw to create dress and props for our “Green Court” event in Edinburgh. Eco printing refers to the act of directly applying plants to textiles to alter colour, apply colour and create interesting designs. “ Natural dyeing” is a component, as everything used is natural, such as…
Soul Food Sisters collaboration
As part of our women’s group; Yvonne, Adele, Vic, Chelley, Archane, Dorothy, Anna, Maggie, Fiona, Sue, Anne and Annabel wanted to come together around their shared interest in expanding their culinary knowledge, keenness to share skills and interesting stories in social and relaxed settings. We approached Soul Food Sisters in Glasgow as their ethos matched…
Broxburn United Sports Club Collab
We wanted to take our Common interests on tour!.. so here we are at Broxburn United Sports Club with their over 50s group Alive and Kickin’. We shared our passions for birdwatching and walks with Franco & Alex, mono printing with Ellie, Songwriting with Lee & Peter, Cooking with Franco & Kevin, Textiles with Dorothy,…
Common Play with Seasons
Season’s Project, a mental health and support organisation came along to our Common Play Exhibition at Edinburgh College of Art and loved what we were doing. They share similar interests, so we asked them to join us in our studio to get a flavour of what we get up to. We experimented with cyanotype photography…
Ping-Ponging
Taking our hand crafted ping pong table on tour starts up unusual, unexpected conversations with curious folk…!