Behind The Scenes, VACMA - Natural PrintingMhairi Allan6 March 2024Paper Houses DesignNatural dyes, Natural printing, Ceres Studio, Brixton, Brixton Market, London, Workshops, Creative Workshops, Eco Printing, VACMA, Visual Arts and Craft Makers Award, Creative Scotland, Funding, Arts Funding, Textile Hub, Textile Studio, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeenshire council, Creative Aberdeen, Whats on Aberdeen, Lara Mantell, Florence Hawkins, Flo Hawkins, Print Designers, Print Studio, screen printing, Scottish Design, Scottish designer, surface pattern design, Pattern designer, contemporary Scottish Design, contemporary textile design, sustainable design, Eco design, Future of textiles, Dyers and colouristsComment

Stay See Share /// The Video

As part of the Stay See Share we sum up our project with a video by Glasgow based photographer + videographer Kris Kesiak.

Stay See ShareMhairi Allan19 December 2021Stay See Share, Textile Hub, Textiles, Textile Studio, Creative VideoComment

Stay See Share /// Clay Coven

For the last interview with Stay See Share series I chat with Kirsty, Lillian + Aimie from Clay Coven based in Leith, Edinburgh. When lockdown hit and they couldn’t get access to the open access workshop they had been using. So the coven jumped into action creating a makeshift workshop with one wheel in a family members shed! I love a shedio (shed/studio),

Stay See Share /// Print Clan

I had a great chat with Arianna from Print Clan in Glasgow as part of our Stay See Share project. Print Clan is an inclusive printing studio in the heart of Glasgow helping grow creativity in people from any ability.

Stay See ShareMhairi Allan1 November 2021Stay See Share, Creative Scotland, Textile Hub, Textiles, Printing, screen printingComment

Stay See Share /// What is Stay See Share + What Are We Doing?

In the run up to autumn I have been working on a really exciting project via Creative Scotland’s Stay See Share looking at if opening an open textiles studio in Aberdeenshire would work. What is Stay See Share: It’s a fund that offers applications the opportunity to work on a body of research for a creative idea that they have then share the learning back.