After 10 years of publication, 'Northings' (the monthly arts e-magazine for the Highlands & Islands) closed down in 2013 and is archived here. High Life Highland is pleased to enable this extensive body of work to remain accessible to the public. Please note, though, that material will not be updated or added.
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    Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, HI-Arts Reflections: Gilly Langton, on the site Northings 12 years, 8 months ago

    ThumbnailPamela Conacher explains how jewellery designer Gilly Langton made her move to the Highlands & Islands.
    GILLY LANGTON is a highly regarded international contemporary jewellery designer living and working in […]

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    John Saich wrote a new post, HI-Arts Reflections: Maryann Frew, on the site Northings 12 years, 9 months ago

    ThumbnailIN the first of a series of HI~Arts Reflections, John Saich charts the achievements of Inverness based singer-songwriter Maryann Frew and asks her about the role of HI~Arts in her story
    MARYANN FREW is steadily […]

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    John Saich wrote a new post, Circle of Inspiration – Cloud Nine on the Ceilidh Trail, on the site Northings 13 years ago

    JOHN SAICH draws inspiration from the talented CLOUD NINE as he catches up with them on the 2003 Ceilidh Trail.
    It’s not that long ago that the concept of an all female traditional band was pretty radical. I […]

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    Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, From Lochaber to Manhattan, on the site Northings 13 years, 1 month 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 13 years, 1 month 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 13 years, 1 month 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 13 years, 1 month 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 13 years, 1 month 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 13 years, 1 month 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 13 years, 1 month 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 13 years, 1 month 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 13 years, 1 month 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 13 years, 1 month 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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    Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Taking Time, on the site Northings 13 years, 1 month 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 13 years, 1 month 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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    Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Travelling Makers, on the site Northings 13 years, 1 month 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 13 years, 1 month 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 13 years, 1 month 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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    Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Making Progress, on the site Northings 13 years, 1 month ago

    ThumbnailEileen Gatt, beaker

    On the 4th June we had our afternoon event to Celebrate Craft and our Mentoring Project, Making Progress. It also saw the opening of our exhibitions, Made It! and Laura West’s Spotlight.

     As […]

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    Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Assemble, on the site Northings 13 years, 1 month ago

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    On Tuesday I was in a very hot London for the Craft Council Conference, Assemble. Set in the lovely surroundings of LSO St Lukes, I had high expectations for the day, hoping to come home inspired and […]

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