A series of beautiful blankets currently on display in our Ocean Terminal space were designed and made in a collaborative project between Artlink, Care for Carers, Robert Gillan and the six participants. The six people who took part all have lived experience of caring for someone within their family. While each of their caring experiences…
Category: Workshops
Creative Textile Workshop
Our Wednesday evening textile workshops have continued as participants focus on their designs for digital printing and finishing embroidering their collaborative screenprinted panels.
Creative Textile Workshop
In collaboration with local community group Mwamba, a group has been meeting on Wednesday afternoons in the Curious Routes space at Ocean Terminal to explore the processes of creative textile design, screen printing, embroidery, sewing and applique techniques. The group is currently working on a collaborative project to explore techniques and will move on to…
Care for Carers Workshop at Suntrap
Through our Curious Routes journey we have encountered many people and organisations along the way. Franco, one of our participants, got involved with Curious Routes a few years back while he was caring for his wife. As part of his support, Care for Carers became really important through his time. We invited them to an…
Textiles along the Canal
This month we collaborated with the Fountainbridge Canal Trust to run a textile workshop on their barge along the Union Canal. Participants designed and created their own tote bags using fabric applique techniques, embroidery, stencils and spray paint.
Ceramics along the Canal – Glazing
For the second session of our collaboration with Fountainbridge Canal Trust and the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Mahboob and Amy taught workshop participants how to use glazes and oxides to decorate the fired pieces that had been created in the first session. Everyone had a great time working on their ceramic designs and are excited to…
Ceramics along the Canal
In November one of our members had a chance to collaborate with the Fountainbridge Canal Trust to share his knowledge of ceramics and clay work with patients from the Royal Edinburgh Hospital. In the first session, Mahboob showed the group how to create pattern through impressions of various found materials while sailing along the canal….