PhotoMarathon Borders
Hawick, Scottish Borders, July 2015 12 Hours – 12 Topics – 12 Photos, a challenge I could not resist. I have to admit that I was very excited but also […]
Drawing Lessons in Teguise, Lanzarote
I have always felt that I couldn’t draw if my life depended on it and that this would never change. I have had times when I felt I made some […]
Scottish Constitution – An Altered Book
Last year I was asked by writer Aimee Chalmers whether I would contribute to ‘Hear The Nation’, an event organised by Women for Independence. Would I alter a book in […]
Celebrating Vintage Sewing
A few months ago the new Galloway Textiles Collective ‘Intertwine’ got together for the first time with their first show opening this week at the Nail Factory Gallery in Dalbeattie. […]
Highland Dress
2 weeks ago I found out I would ‘have’ to wear something tartan for a weekend in the Highlands. For a change: “I have nothing to wear” was true, not […]
Altered Books: Christmas Style
Wow, I just got a few photos sent through from one of the staff members at the Duloch Library in Dunfermline, showing the results of altered books that were made […]
Altered Book Challenge
A while back I was at Duloch Library in Dunfermline for a meeting and was given a terribly sad looking paperback that had just been returned by a customer. The […]
New Altered Books
I have been busy making a few new Altered Books in preparation of more workshops in Aberdeenshire and Fife over the next 3 months. Plenty of folding and playing around […]
Singer Sewing Machines
I recently went to the Clydebank Museum and Art Gallery in the old Clydebank Townhall to see the Singer exhibition and be there when Museums Galleries Scotland awarded the title […]
My Moffat Ram
You might know that Moffat’s symbol is a ram, representing the history of the town’s wool trade. Last year the first Moffat Sheep Race took place, sheep and their knitted […]
