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: Out and About
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Birdwatching
There are some passionate birdwatchers among us, Franco and Alex are our chief twitches and like to share their knowledge. Here we are in Loch Leven Kinross RSPB to spot some of the beauties in the wild.