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Northings | lucywoodley | Friends Activity http://northings.com/members/lucywoodley/activity/friends/ Activity feed for lucywoodley's friends. Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:00:11 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=2.2.5 en-US 30 hourly 2 4a0b355dfbbaf1ddfa7d605a49b1819f Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, HI-Arts Reflections: Gilly Langton, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/09/01/hi-arts-reflections-gilly-langton/ Mon, 03 Sep 2012 09:04:16 +0000 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 […]

]]> 0 a9b6d5776a5592f341de193b25252bc2 Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, From Lochaber to Manhattan, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2009/04/15/lochaber-to-manhattan/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:05:32 +0000 Thumbnail

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 […]

]]> 0 15e7690389861896837f79e5162a654b Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, First we take Manhattan!, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2009/04/16/pamela-conacher-7/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:04:39 +0000 Thumbnail

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 […]

]]> 0 284c7b6929aaf8b8442b72d89f1dada6 Avril Souter wrote a new post, Plannishing in Plockton, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2010/07/26/plannishing-in-plockton/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:00:04 +0000 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 […]

]]> 0 a752fe468065046e9376ecba092fcd70 Patricia Niemann wrote a new post, A trip report, karbunkels and more goings-on ..., on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/02/14/a-trip-report-karbunkels-and-more-goings-on/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:57:35 +0000 ThumbnailIn this post I will relate about my recent trip down to the Scottish Central Belt – and some progress in the “karbunkel” department (please note the “k”s – this is on purpose: such my “boils” reference the […]

]]> 0 bc79784c4c078e312587766256ced087 Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Craft overload?, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/10/06/craft-overload/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:50:11 +0000 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 […]

]]> 0 ad22afaab137310ef1f72de56e509027 Patricia Niemann wrote a new post, Lost in Wax, Glass and Bones, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/02/11/613/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:47:44 +0000 ThumbnailLately I have been getting engrossed with kiln casting in glass. Aye, this is unusual for a goldsmith. Alas, our kind is known for getting obsessive about detail, due to doing work on a very small scale and with […]

]]> 0 edaa99f19d5683c01af9780e1bfdeb60 Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Travels through the Highlands (and beyond!), on the site Northings http://northings.com/2009/04/07/travels-through-the-highlands/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:40:49 +0000 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 […]

]]> 0 8c87ca6e1e5442bdb88522069590a45a Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, I think I am having a dream!, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2009/04/17/having-a-dream/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:39:57 +0000 Thumbnail

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 […]

]]> 0 450875a3a1f6a500159c6f789284cf3d Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, The Highlands in NYC, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2009/04/21/highlands-in-ny/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:39:41 +0000 Thumbnail

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 […]

]]> 0 5d956890abf477e3fd3f4c4b92957321 Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, HI-Arts invasion of Mull, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2009/05/08/hi-arts-invasion-of-mull/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:39:25 +0000 Thumbnail

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 […]

]]> 0 ecdd83c736b675acd23dc2346ece883b Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Collect at the Saatchi Gallery, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2009/05/19/collect-saatchi-gallery/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:39:11 +0000 Thumbnail

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 […]

]]> 0 6d1b84c627f600665d54657c20ad8316 Daniel Kavanagh wrote a new post, Profile Statement, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2010/01/30/profile-statement/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:38:55 +0000 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 […]

]]> 0 e038d879e2cae9c119c45111ccea2291 Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Taking Time, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2010/02/19/taking-time/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:38:07 +0000 Thumbnail

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 […]

]]> 0 3dffaddfdb5145975a44dd069b834b1d Avril Souter wrote a new post, Picture Perfect, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2010/03/09/making-plans-for-the-future/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:37:39 +0000 Thumbnail

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 […]

]]> 0 2c014f9492641f2a3b273c5a486190d5 Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Travelling Makers, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2010/05/04/travelling-makers/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:37:15 +0000 Thumbnail

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 […]

]]> 0 517d909e6cdd8c81b4bd082ea5b3146b Avril Souter wrote a new post, Textile Fever in Stroud, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2010/05/06/textile-fever-in-stroud/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:36:57 +0000 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 […]

]]> 0 0c52b34535767c0eec507fa7f0249698 Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Collect, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2010/05/19/collect-2/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:36:43 +0000 Thumbnail 

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 […]

]]> 0 a60ee595811678e98746d9424eb87a5b Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Making Progress, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2010/06/11/making-progress-2/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:36:27 +0000 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 […]

]]> 0 0f452960ff200a49c6424934522d5356 Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Assemble, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2010/06/24/assemble/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:36:11 +0000 ThumbnailAssemble

 

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 […]

]]> 0 d2657f2541b201384ed5a205ed345b60 Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Time Out, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2010/07/07/time-out/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:35:56 +0000 Thumbnail 

Time Out

This is the time of year when many of us try to take a break and escape from our usual routine by relaxing with family and friends, hoping to return refreshed and inspired.

How many of us devote […]

]]> 0 2d5da23309aecd916c34ac2176fa7803 Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Crafting Together, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2010/11/29/crafting-together-2/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:35:05 +0000 ThumbnailCrafting Together

Many of our projects address the need for our makers to get together; sometimes in a formal way through events such as Makers Days and at other times it just happens that the people involved […]

]]> 0 90b92530eb67d1867086c6e50d70d5c1 Patricia Niemann wrote a new post, Lichens and fungi..., on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/01/24/lichen-and-fungi/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:34:32 +0000 Thumbnail

Boy, Caithness got its hooks in me! I am just back from an afternoon walk along cliffs, with dramatic light plus some getting lost in micro lichen vegetation and almost “losing the plot” over dizzying […]

]]> 0 7bde2053c7410a2e928f47821b71961c Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, We need Exhibitions!, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/02/18/we-need-exhibitions/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:33:46 +0000 ThumbnailOn Wednesday I spent the day in Edinburgh with a group of colleagues discussing, amongst other issues, curating craft exhibitions.

Amongst all the doom and gloom of funding cuts and the difficulties of making […]

]]> 0 002246197b678292be592c9faa857067 Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Selling the Sizzle, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/06/08/559/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:31:20 +0000 Thumbnail On the first hot and sunny day for several weeks makers came from far and wide to listen to inspirational speakers for our summer event in Inverness.

‘Selling the Sizzle’ was Tina Rose’s suggestion for a […]

]]> 0 8020f2ef5e13ff487f45956d419113b4 Patricia Niemann posted an update: Solo exhibition ‘Blood & Bones’ at Broadfield House Glass […] http://northings.com/activity/p/6995/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:22:40 +0000 Solo exhibition ‘Blood & Bones’ at Broadfield House Glass Museum, Kingswinford (West Midlands) 3rd March – 5th August 2012
http://www.dudley.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/museums-galleries/glass-museum/whats-on/

]]> 0 1c24fe45e941f89f423f04aa29801582 Patricia Niemann and Joanne B Kaar are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/6871/ Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:06:50 +0000 0 1ef92e858a1d82a28e57bfc3e5d14100 Patricia Niemann and Deanne Jones are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/5739/ Mon, 12 Sep 2011 08:56:17 +0000 0 4e0dd7fb7a11fa9855716698848f0b21 Patricia Niemann and John Cairns are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/5477/ Wed, 10 Aug 2011 05:49:31 +0000 0 c834628ba781cf223eccff4a68e65242 Patricia Niemann posted an update: And now, Macbeth has been put to sleep, after having […] http://northings.com/activity/p/5475/ Tue, 09 Aug 2011 23:18:13 +0000 And now, Macbeth has been put to sleep, after having travelled the Highlands to rave reviews, being seen by some 1400 people and having been an overall amazing experience and ongoing inspiration to my work! This goldsmith is now addicted to theatre.

]]> 0 c5547556f73e240283a4de1f157675ab Patricia Niemann posted an update: The hot phase of Open Book's Macbeth, which I am involved […] http://northings.com/activity/p/5295/ Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:42:46 +0000 The hot phase of Open Book’s Macbeth, which I am involved in as ‘concept designer’, maker and draftsperson has started. The play is premiering at Portree, but will be on tour until the 6th August (Eden Court): Info at http://www.facebook.com/macbethpw and http://macbethpw.tumblr.com/ and continuous updates are available on Twittter using the tag #macbethpw YAY.

]]> 0 8ce008e3ec36c6fd3360546ac6a8f881 Patricia Niemann commented on the post, I'm a Shakespearean Character! ... Get Me Out of Here!, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/06/04/im-a-shakespearean-character-get-me-out-of-here/comment-page-1/#comment-1007 Sat, 04 Jun 2011 22:16:54 +0000 Aye, Rowan, I have just seen the play at Lyth Arts Centre in Caithness – what an excellent, energetic and hilarious crew – and must strongly agree with you (and recommend it). Apart from this, any effort to bring Shakespeare’s timeless magic to audiences of all kinds, must be commended. And may I add, that […]

]]> d7df0e76f302e66345cef146a6e5f30b Patricia Niemann posted an update: The exhibition has now finished, but information about it […] http://northings.com/activity/p/4950/ Mon, 30 May 2011 22:22:09 +0000 The exhibition has now finished, but information about it with links and a new project are online here http://www.patbat.com/new_work_bones_beasts.htm
I’ll be sure to add more images as soon as possible.

]]> 0 eefa3b04a5ff90f306ddbd96a49a6cf0 Patricia Niemann posted an update: Northings blogposts about my exhibtion Bones&Beasts, which […] http://northings.com/activity/p/4860/ Thu, 19 May 2011 14:08:14 +0000 Northings blogposts about my exhibtion Bones&Beasts, which is open until the 28th May http://northings.com/2011/04/26/bones-beasts-by-patricia-niemann-opens-at-imag-this-weekend/ and http://northings.com/2011/05/17/turned-and-twisted-2/

]]> 0 acb2416d033bc92fd40f81800abf7a53 Patricia Niemann posted an update: @georginacoburn How nice to meet you again at Eden Court - […] http://northings.com/activity/p/4859/ Thu, 19 May 2011 14:03:59 +0000 @georginacoburn How nice to meet you again at Eden Court – and I much enjoyed reading your insightful and encouraging review of the Bones & Beasts exhibition (and the Crafts Council’s). Thank you.

]]> 0 d28740ec4b3e44843eaac853b5ae4321 Patricia Niemann and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/3558/ Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:28:33 +0000 0 8235f9144cf30a9db67426b04610acf0 Pamela Conacher and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/3452/ Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:14:19 +0000 0 3822351169daf4df0b232e64d4c38403 Patricia Niemann and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/3366/ Sun, 06 Mar 2011 18:35:14 +0000 0 d98417f98a94a541f5e325159beddfda Patricia Niemann posted an update: trawling through mortuary archaeology research blogs and […] http://northings.com/activity/p/3365/ Sun, 06 Mar 2011 14:19:25 +0000 trawling through mortuary archaeology research blogs and busily making away: The spotlight show at Inverness Museum is nigh!

]]> 0 3b935250a08f5d83769072bf2f35201d Pamela Conacher and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/2812/ Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:26:16 +0000 0 5618cea758cec45a53dec661f091bfbc Pamela Conacher and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/2788/ Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:19:32 +0000 0 5433adad7b85beac75164629cda41948 Pamela Conacher and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/2786/ Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:34:16 +0000 0 8664309dd835eb681fd6d1da9ee07116 Patricia Niemann and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/2692/ Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:46:43 +0000 0 b82de82d61718ab2e41f8b93c5eba7a2 Patricia Niemann posted an update: in research mode for new work and Making Progress @hi-arts : […] http://northings.com/activity/p/2626/ Sat, 22 Jan 2011 19:27:57 +0000 in research mode for new work and Making Progress @hi-arts : blogs, twitter, facebook, archaeological digs, neolithic burial sites … & exhibition design

]]> 0 474addadc26bafc787d2b7915e678973 Pamela Conacher and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/2405/ Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:37:43 +0000 0 fddbe8868f98224ebd6219af6891cfe9 Pamela Conacher and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/2335/ Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:21:07 +0000 0 a9202cb9c43ea9e22942a788b60ff9e5 Pamela Conacher and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/2323/ Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:30:21 +0000 0 19f318aa68192814d0b0c4e2fe5cfdf7 Avril Souter and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/2305/ Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:57:49 +0000 0 678166db24ad97e6033da6bfae3dcfcd Patricia Niemann and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/2301/ Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:16:30 +0000 0 c352ec1231eeb7fc3ef4b0b55118f36c Pamela Conacher and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/2277/ Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:56:19 +0000 0