Northings | Patricia Niemann | Friends Activity http://northings.com/members/patty/activity/friends/ Activity feed for Patricia Niemann's friends. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 04:04:10 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=2.2.5 en-US 30 hourly 2 45da294e50635634584eb70cb97e70bb Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, How do people engage with culture in Scotland?, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/08/31/how-do-people-engage-with-culture-in-scotland/ Wed, 29 May 2013 07:58:40 +0000 Thumbnail

Each year the Scottish government conduct a Scottish Household Survey that gives us an insight into the composition, characteristics, attitudes and behaviours of Scottish households and individuals. The […]

]]> 0 781da65feb1c109f61c9c0f9baab3e12 Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, sound Festival shortlisted for prestigious RPS Music Award, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2013/04/19/sound-festival-shortlisted-for-prestigious-rps-music-award/ Wed, 08 May 2013 08:31:51 +0000 “sound’s 2012 edition opened up the world of music theatre to creators and audiences who feel inhibited by opera’s institutional conventions and gave us a whiff of the creative zeitgeist”
opera magazine
sound, […]

]]> 0 87bed649dcf069ff5bdfaff6b0ed33e0 Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, Invitation for New and Emerging Deaf & Disabled Scottish Film Talent, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2013/04/12/invitation-for-new-and-emerging-deaf-disabled-scottish-film-talent/ Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:00:26 +0000 Invitation for New and Emerging Deaf & Disabled Scottish Film Talent to a 2 Day Film Workshop
At the Edinburgh International Film Festival 
Delivered by 104 Films in partnership with Edinburgh International Film […]

]]> 0 1393bb8e7e4b609699c0ef54e2060024 Bogbain Farm and Barry Gordon are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/15684/ Sun, 03 Feb 2013 20:15:41 +0000 0 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 a44ea26ac5f4a46256fb76cb98010697 Bogbain Farm and Eleanor Carlingford are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/10065/ Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:27:44 +0000 0 8fbf37dd71f72977fd816e8c6f7e970a Bogbain Farm and Alice Strange are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/9619/ Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:53:30 +0000 0 d98e9a1fd4c6195d377b99ddc3294a5d Bogbain Farm and Mayanne MacGregor are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/8986/ Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:34:20 +0000 0 038618a88f3fe13fab2a1cfa645ff7a5 Bogbain Farm and Moira Aitken are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/8804/ Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:21:18 +0000 0 688c8616b1501dbfb7cb4321d11e8411 Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, Looking for ways to boost your online sales?, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/06/15/looking-for-ways-to-boost-your-online-sales/ Fri, 15 Jun 2012 15:36:18 +0000 Improve your online sales with these 21 Tips

If you are selling directly from your website as an artist or crafts maker then you might be wondering how you can increase your traffic, improve your website […]

]]> 0 9b51ac6badfcd51219cadf756bc25d94 Rowan Macfie wrote a new post, RockNess 2012, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/06/12/rockness-2012/ Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:53:54 +0000 ThumbnailDores, Loch Ness, 8-10 June 2012
NOW in its 7th year, and attracting more than 20,000 revellers, RockNess has fast become a major landmark on the map of British music festivals.

WHILE other festivals may boast […]

]]> 0 691d0581824816c94618e344cbfe9499 Rowan Macfie wrote a new post, Breakin' Convention, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/05/23/breakin-convention/ Wed, 23 May 2012 14:05:17 +0000 ThumbnailEmpire Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 22 May 2012
EDEN COURT held its first ever break-dancing event last night as part of Breakin’ Convention; one of the biggest international festivals of hip-hop theatre. […]

]]> 0 204fb02fc4e8576b6e33c4d67939903d Rowan Macfie wrote a new post, A Sporting Chance, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/05/22/a-sporting-chance/ Tue, 22 May 2012 09:46:18 +0000 ThumbnailCraigmonie Centre, Drumnadrochit, 21 May 2012, and touring
CARTOON Theatre’s latest production brings the company’s trademark blend of live performance and animation together in tribute to this year’s big event: […]

]]> 0 023f14c6029777444d133138fa75aac1 Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, Digital Participation in Scotland, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/05/18/digital-participation-in-scotland/ Fri, 18 May 2012 11:04:48 +0000 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 […]

]]> 0 e4cf7b9d647e7efa44a9d5c7825c6d82 Rowan Macfie wrote a new post, Four Corners, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/05/16/four-corners/ Wed, 16 May 2012 13:03:30 +0000 ThumbnailGlen Urquhart Hall, Drumnadrochit, 15 May 2012
RENOWNED ensemble Mr McFall’s Chamber are well-known for taking their audience on far-reaching  journeys, and their current tour is no exception.

THIS month, four […]

]]> 0 5e15042d211d41ec06e069747580e292 Rowan Macfie wrote a new post, Wee Jamp, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/05/06/wee-jamp/ Mon, 07 May 2012 11:24:02 +0000 ThumbnailCannich Hall, 4 May 2012, and touring
MOST of us think of parkour being performed on expansive cityscapes and buildings; not under the roof of the local village hall.

BRIGHT Night International and Glasgow […]

]]> 0 c0da2ec72098fd8ca8630f4a3af6556d Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, Creative Blogging*, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/04/16/creative-blogging/ Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:18:38 +0000 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, […]

]]> 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 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 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 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 2a949ebe558e395645bbf6f306a422f3 caroline dear wrote a new post, Plants and forms, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/01/26/plants-and-forms/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:34:19 +0000 Thumbnailhi all good to have meeting on monday

enclose picture of my studio wall with combinations of plants, peat

and experimental structures – creating forms which engage with the plants…

I am interested in the […]

]]> 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 fb5d87bf6302eaaefe682fe4a401726c caroline dear wrote a new post, rope, string and thread....making progress, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/03/14/rope-string-and-thread-making-progress/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:33:17 +0000 ThumbnailI really enjoyed reading nick’s report, thank you. I have been working away and have done nearly 40 ropes so far,I am planning to make 101 and to have one large display in the gallery.

I have now also got a […]

]]> 0 629c4dad14c574a0e188c38987a4b861 catherine weir wrote a new post, First Making Progress makers' films visit: Patricia Niemann in Caithness, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/03/20/first-making-progress-makers-films-visit-patricia-niemann-in-caithness/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:33:06 +0000 ThumbnailThis month,  having recently been taken on board by Screen HI to make films about the artists showcased in the HI-Arts Making Progress mentoring scheme, I’ve been really keen to get stuck into the project and am […]

]]> 0 5bc9cfd8a7c329139563a7efb6c3ef8e catherine weir wrote a new post, Second Making Progress makers’ films visit: Nick Ross in Aberdeen, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/04/03/second-making-progress-makers%e2%80%99-films-visit-nick-ross-in-aberdeen/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:32:26 +0000 ThumbnailLast Friday I made my way to Aberdeen to meet with Nick Ross and chat about his maker’s video. He’s currently the artist in residence and a tutor in Gray’s School of Art and, having only graduated in 2008, I was […]

]]> 0 634583cf6bb20e3e65290c78c5cfc371 catherine weir wrote a new post, Third Making Progress makers’ films visit: Caroline Dear in Skye, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/05/02/third-making-progress-makers%e2%80%99-films-visit-caroline-dear-in-skye/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:32:06 +0000 Thumbnail

My third visit was to Caroline Dear, in Fangan which is a wee collection of houses a few miles on the other side of Portree if you come from the direction I did. The run to Skye from Fort William was as […]

]]> 0 c13be44ce0e1eb3c3fa61e7f3b3d209a catherine weir wrote a new post, Making Progress Makers' Films: Filming with Patricia in Caithness, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/05/02/making-progress-makers-films-filming-with-patricia-in-caithness/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:31:49 +0000 Ok, so stupidly this will be a photoless blog entry. I got so carried away with the moving pictures I completely forgot to get any not moving ones. Lesson officially learned. Although this is very much in keeping […]

]]> 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 dd6d62a28ef77ab61ffef325c167d42b catherine weir wrote a new post, Making Progress makers films: Filming with Nick Ross, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/06/24/making-progress-makers-films-filming-with-nick-ross/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:31:02 +0000 Thumbnail!– p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px} –Another slightly late blog entry although if truth be known […]

]]> 0 a15a0f7fa7e1ce2bd4eb3d4e695a214d catherine weir wrote a new post, Making Progress maker's films: Filming with Jennifer Cantwell, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/08/20/making-progress-makers-films-filming-with-jennifer-cantwell/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:30:48 +0000 ThumbnailIn the run up to starting on my fourth and final Making Progress maker’s film I was pretty excited for a variety of reasons, not least because finally I was to be working on my home turf! Throughout this project I […]

]]> 0 34744e0c89c2a85f7d48a75434f36969 Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, What is the Impact of Facebook Timeline?, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/04/05/what-is-the-impact-of-facebook-timeline/ Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:15:32 +0000 Thumbnail

 

At the end of last month Facebook users saw one of the biggest refurbishments to the social network there has been, since it went global. The introduction of the Facebook Timeline has created a lot of […]

]]> 0 2d67b7cf470323eeb20f59a491697eb1 Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, Social Media: Some Helpful Advice, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/03/21/social-media-some-helpful-advice/ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:21:50 +0000 Social Media and Social Networking is not only becoming an essential way of marketing and promoting but also for networking and raising awareness of your online profile. However, there is still alot of concerns and fear around using social media. So I’ve pulled together all the information that I have to hand that has helped […]

]]> 0 67329e18d662c5be8ca75efe2b67b4c4 Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, What do you know about your audience?, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/02/20/what-do-you-know-about-your-audience/ Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:54:31 +0000 My name is Sian and I like to hoard information. Often or not people are surprised at how excited I get about statistics, data and research information. It’s a genuine excitement as well, I often refer to myself as a bit of an information geek. The reason why I love cold hard statistical evidence is […]

]]> 0 6bbf4297ff3c8524a2262c6636ec734a Bogbain Farm and Judi Sutherland are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/6947/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:01:54 +0000 0 347f3e94748228f3574d740f0d63b180 Esther Ferry-Kennington and Sian Jamieson are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/6939/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:48:28 +0000 0