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Challenge

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challengeAs part of the Crafts Bursary we are encouraged to take risks to push our practice.  On Thursday 17th Feb, myself Louise Kirby (surface pattern designer), Gilly Langton (jewellery) and Fiona Thompson (ceramicist) were briefed from Prof Georgina Follett and Dr Louise Valentine in the board room at DJCAD.  We had till 9pm to come up with a product in collaboration with each other using our specialist skills.  From this experience it taught us that we have strong creative skills as well as the other roles we work well in. Louise Kirby (designer, project manager and positive encourager), Gilly Langton (designer, summariser, marketing and pitcher), Fiona Thomson (artist and thinker).  I throughly enjoyed being part of a collaboration and work well with others in an enthusiastic, positive manner and see this as one of the ways forward for my business.

Dundee Craft Fair

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Kirby scarves

Just to let you know I’m doing a Craft Fair in Bonnie Dundee at the Caird Hall on Saturday 1st August from 10.30 – 4.30.

I’ll have a range of my Summer Collection of silk scarves and some silk cards too.  To check out the exhibitors  please follow the link

http://www.craftfairsscotland.co.uk/Exhibitors-DundeeAugustCraftFair.htm

Hope you can come along!

Louise

Visit to Perth

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Buth BheagI

I took myself to Perth for the afternoon to take some silk scarves and silk cards to Buth Bheag (Boo Vake) on 5 Watergate.  It ‘s such a funky little craft shop with scottish designer, check out the website www.boovake.co.uk.  If you’re in Perth it’s worth a look! I went to see the exhibition at the Museum and Art Gallery called ‘a passion for painting pattern’ by Raymond Honeyman, it’s great to see him still using a brush to design – keep those hand crafted skills going!  I also visited the new Tayberry gallery and Frames both excellent.  A lovely afternoon away for the studio.