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Jen Deschenes

@jendeschenes active 1 year, 2 months ago
So, March already! I was hoping to be able to post all my wonderful activity but everyhting is taking so much time to get going. At least my fabric is all prepared and my chair prints are almost finished. Also dyed my silk/viscose devore and love the colour, thankfully! And all my hand-drawn screen images are ready to be exposed, just need to […] View
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    Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, Digital Participation in Scotland, on the site Northings 4 days, 8 hours ago

    We are working online, networking online and promoting online more and more these days. Most of my work revolves around online marketing and audience development, partly because there is a learning curve involved […]

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    Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, Creative Blogging*, on the site Northings 1 month ago

    Creative Blogs

    Blogging has become quite the social media phenomenon in the last 2 years. They’re a fantastic tool to be using for both marketing and promoting yourself, your artwork, your organisation, […]

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    Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, From Lochaber to Manhattan, on the site Northings 1 month, 1 week ago

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    After all the preparation and planning we have finally arrived in New York after an early start, straightforward flight and taxi to the hotel. ‘We’ are a group of twelve Craft curators/officers who are […]

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    Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, First we take Manhattan!, on the site Northings 1 month, 1 week ago

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    Before I went on my travels, my son took it upon himself to organise my MP3 player – alphabetically, by genre and with a special section of music for New York! The one song that keeps playing through my […]

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    Avril Souter wrote a new post, Plannishing in Plockton, on the site Northings 1 month, 1 week ago

    ThumbnailThe best part of working in the Crafts Team at HI-Arts is that I get to know the work of so many great makers from throughout the Highlands and Islands.  

    Early on in my job we featured the work of Plockton […]

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    Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Craft overload?, on the site Northings 1 month, 1 week ago

    ThumbnailSeptember has been so jam packed with events, I felt it best to chart them from the beginning and work my way through!

    From Skye to London via Inverness, I have seen work that has ranged from community knitting […]

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    Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Travels through the Highlands (and beyond!), on the site Northings 1 month, 1 week ago

    ThumbnailOne of the many great plus points about my job as Craft Development Coordinator for the HI-Arts is that I get out and about throughout the Highlands and Islands to meet many inspiring and positive people.

    On […]

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    Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, I think I am having a dream!, on the site Northings 1 month, 1 week ago

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    After being overwhelmed by SOFA on Wednesday evening it was great to return yesterday and actually meet some of the makers and talk to people involved. We still came to the conclusion that the European and […]

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    Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, The Highlands in NYC, on the site Northings 1 month, 1 week ago

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    When I was a girl growing up in Arisaig, a friend of my mothers came to stay. Norma Morgan was an artist from NYC who was on a sabbatical to the UK as she was fascinated by moors and mountains and wanted to […]

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    Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, HI-Arts invasion of Mull, on the site Northings 1 month, 1 week ago

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    In the depth of winter, we planned a Makers Day with An Tobar on Mull.

    May would be lovely we agreed, as we battled against snow and gales and thought of spring, sunshine and calm seas! Little did we know […]

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    Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Collect at the Saatchi Gallery, on the site Northings 1 month, 1 week ago

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    I always look forward to visiting Collect – ‘the international art fair for contemporary objects’- in London. For the past 5 years it has been held at the V&A and at the beginning of the year, around the end of […]

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    Daniel Kavanagh wrote a new post, Profile Statement, on the site Northings 1 month, 1 week ago

    My work is created using both ceramic and bronze materials, work is either hand built or thrown using earthenware or porcelain clays, some pieces are formed using a selection of parts, which are then assembled by […]

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    laura west wrote a new post, Finally, I know how to BLOG!, on the site Northings 1 month, 1 week ago

    Wheweee! I now know that I wasn’t stupid about the blogging, just BLIND.

    The menu bar is right at the top of my screen, which being a Mac, all the tab lines and catagories are on a grey bar which is EXACTLY the […]

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    laura west wrote a new post, Making PROGRESS, on the site Northings 1 month, 1 week ago

    ThumbnailToday I am going to try to add a picture to my blog. This will be a challenge for me, but I do have a friend visiting (I hope) who will help me through this. But just on the off chance that she can’t make it, here goes!

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    Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Taking Time, on the site Northings 1 month, 1 week ago

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    Taking Time
     

    Taking the West Highland train home from Edinburgh takes around 6 hours compared to 3 ½ hours in the car. It is a spectacular journey in daylight and one I have done numerous times since […]

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    Avril Souter wrote a new post, Picture Perfect, on the site Northings 1 month, 1 week ago

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    I always love getting new images sent through to me, whether it is for the crafts newsletter which we send out every month, the online galleries or for Making Progress web pages on the HI-Arts website – it’s […]

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    laura west wrote a new post, Making Progress, Making Tools!, on the site Northings 1 month, 1 week ago

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    Producing new work is demanding. It requires investment in time, money, focus, inspiration, invention and hard work. The first two of these things, ‘time and money’ are usually in short supply. It is easy enough […]

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    Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Travelling Makers, on the site Northings 1 month, 1 week ago

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    Travelling Makers

    From Shetland, Westray, Iona, Lochaber and Inverness, we arrived by trains, ferries, buses, taxis, planes and in some cases, all five!

    Organising Highland invasions like this seems to be an […]

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    Avril Souter wrote a new post, Textile Fever in Stroud, on the site Northings 1 month, 1 week ago

    ThumbnailStroud International Textile Festival – May 2010

    Having read through the selection of events and talks in the Stroud International Textile Festival brochure, I was thoroughly looking forward to our visit to this […]

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    Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Collect, on the site Northings 1 month, 1 week ago

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    Collect

    Our group visit last week was for makers who aspire to participate at Collect in the future. It was good to have a group who, once more spent time together catching up, discussing their own practice […]

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