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I am just getting ready for two special shopping events that are coming up so I'm busy busy busy! Arienas Collective open day Saturday 1st December, 12-7pm Free entry 2 Dublin Meuse, Edinburgh, EH3 I'd love to see you at the Arienas Collective this Saturday (1st December). Drop in any time between 12 and 7pm. I'll be alongside other artists for the Collective chatting about workshops and sampling some mulled wine. I'll also be doing a silver clay jewellery making demo (before I start on the mulled wine!) and I'll have some of my jewellery available to buy. There will be other demos including soap making and lino printing and I think it'll be a great way to spend a Saturday! We're just 5 minutes walk from St Andrews Square so really centrally located. You can find out more here > Independent Zebra Thursday 6th December  Raeburn Place, Stockbridge, Edinburgh Many shops in Stockbridge are opening until 8pm for a special shopping evening. I ...

Make your own silver christmas pudding charms at Arienas Collective  It’s exciting to see a change in the way we look at Christmas and how much we consume. So I wanted to share with you some of the fun things you can do to prepare for a handmade Christmas at the Arienas Collective in Edinburgh. I am one of the artists that is part of the collective and we run creative workshops in Edinburgh. We love sharing our art and craft with you so here’s what you can learn to do to make your Christmas unique! Make decorations 🎁 Join Panna to learn some calligraphy skills and then hand decorate your own glass baubles. What a lovely thing to create for your own tree or as a gift. Christmas cards 🎄 Make your own unique lino print christmas cards and gift tags with local artist Suzanne. Handmade presents 🎁 There are a few options for handmaking thoughtful gifts with us this christmas Festive soap and skincare 🎄 Join Jenny from the Scottish So...

Sketches I did on the course with the Edinburgh sketcher at Arienas Collective As a tutor at the Arienas Collective I’ve been looking at the other courses available and deciding which to do first! Although I do a little sketching as a jeweller to get ideas down on paper I haven’t done any drawing or painting for quite a while so I decided to do the speed sketching taster class with Mark Kirkham aka the Edinburgh Sketcher . I really love his sketching style and the ability to do quick sketches of different scenes appealed to me. First things first - tea! I had a lovely cup of tea and a chance to chat and get to know the other members of our group. Our host Lynn was very welcoming and the creative space is gorgeous so it was a very relaxed start to the day. When everyone had arrived Mark did a brief introduction and passed around some of his sketchbooks to give us an idea of what was to come. We then went straight out for a walk and did three short sketch projects in Edinburgh...

I've decided to blog periodically about my creative week as I know I find an insight into creative people's processes and activities really interesting! Monday 13th November 2017 (I travelled down to London on 8th November. As part of my work for the London Jewellery School I need to spend two days a month in the office there and when I go I usually do some teaching too.) Stone setting in metal clay samples from class at the London Jewellery School Today I taught Stone setting in metal clay to one of the Diploma in Creative Jewellery groups at the London Jewellery School. It was good fun, we set glass, bezel set a stone and dry set a fireable stone. Then I was off on the train back home! The train from London to Edinburgh takes around 4 hours 20 minutes and when there's an offer on I travel first class! I went first class today and had a lovely veggie risotto on board! Tuesday 14th November 2017 I needed a bit of a rest day but in the evening I was working ...