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: Creativity
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
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…
Macramé Making
Yvonne’s Granddad used to work as a fisherman at sea and she talks fondly of his incredibly weathered face and all the different knots and knot making skills that were necessary to his trade. She has always been interested in the various craft based textiles such as knitting, crochet, weaving and embroidery using more traditional…
Women’s Group & PROCESSIONS
Women from Artlink’s Curious Routes and Artlink’s Glasshouses arts for mental health projects came together to design and make banners in celebration of 100 years of women voting in the UK in collaboration with Processions public art project. PROCESSIONS was a once-in-a-lifetime mass participation artwork which celebrated one hundred years of votes for women. Processions was…