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.
Category: Outside 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…
New Collective Spaces
The Collective gallery have just opened it’s doors to it’s new home on Calton hill on Edinburgh’s iconic City Observatory site. A few of us brave enough to battle the horizontal rains and winds on top of the hill that day went to go check it out. We chattered to Katie Reynolds the learning producer and…
Thinking & Taking inspiration from others
We often like to take inspiration from practicing artists, going to see exhibitions, and discussing our ideas about the artwork and how it relates to things going on around us that we’re interested in. Here we are at Emma Hart’s current show BANGER at The Fruitmarket Gallery. Emma Hart BANGER The Fruitmarket Gallery 27 October 2018…
Outdoor Sketching & Meeting like-minded Folk
We like to frequently take ourselves out of the studio to sketch outdoors, meet others and chat ideas while on walks in the great outdoors. Here’s one day’s adventures on Blackford Hill, The Royal Observatory and Hermitage of Braid Local Nature Reserve. We came across The Lodge Coffee House whose owners were super friendly, gave…
Sketching at Drift
Ellie, Alex, Lee, Adele, Franco, Maggie and Vic love drawing and wanted to get outside to sketch in the elements. We’d heard of new cafe venue Drift in East Lothian with amazing views of the Bass Rock and out to sea so we went to check it out for ourselves…
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,…
Ping-Ponging
Taking our hand crafted ping pong table on tour starts up unusual, unexpected conversations with curious folk…!
Open Air Theatre
Lee suggested visiting Braidburn open air theatre to check out the space perhaps as a venue we might look at for a public event, film screening, cooking etc. (Dave’s soups and blankets….) Lee has also been hoping to set up a Badminton game, Alex wanted to cook a Portuguese inspired rice dish for lunch he’s been…
Pool & Pentlands
Adele, David and Vic are wanting to pursue running in different locations in and outside of Edinburgh. Today, we decided to venture out of the city and head out to the Pentlands…on probably the coldest and wettest day in August. YES Great decision guys. Thank goodness for the Flottestone inn and it’s hot homemade soup,…
Ogling over outdoor Oven
We’ve been taking our outdoor cooking from location to location, this week Franco and the guys wanted to try out the wonderful clay stone pizza oven at Bridgend Allotments. Franco shared his recipe, from his old bakery, of his incredible Italian spaghetti cake and stoned baked handmade pizzas. While Alex and Alison made the dough the runners jogged…
River Run and Risotto
Adele took us to a spot she used to love going to along the Water of Leith. Adele and David have been talking about wanting to increase their health and fitness, so we decided to go for a jog along the Water of Leith and Colinton village. Warming up… Franco, Helen. Lee and Alison prepared…
Drawing with Adele
Adele showing us her beautiful and intricate drawings. Making Celtic knots glamorous. Helen, Laia, Kevin and Annabel were interested in Adele’s drawing technique, so she showed us how to re-create them. Breaking for lunch by the river. Tough times.
Favourite Fishing Finds
Alex is wild about fishing, he wanted to show us some of some of his favourite local spots to dangle his line in the water. So here we were in Crammond river. Food with the Francos…If Frank had a cookery show he’d call it “Half-Baked with Frank”. Total chaos but chuffing delicious.
Sea Life at Seacliff
Putting the benches into action. Alex and Franco suggested this spot to test out the benches, cook and look out for local sealife. Alex brought along his telescope to show us the gannet activity on the bass rock. incredible. Franco and Adele wildlife spotting. Both very avid animal spotters.
Pig Rock Bothy
After the previous week’s visit to the Yes camp we were talking and thinking about pop up shelters and temporary spaces. So visiting artist Bobby Niven’s Pig Rick Bothy in the grounds of the Gallery of Modern seemed a good place to discover. We were invited to take over the Bothy that day, cooked and had a…
YES Camp
Last week David suggested we cook up a storm for the Scottish Indie Yes Camp in exchange for some banter about their cause.
Out in the Wilds
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