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.

Articles tagged ‘joanne b kaar’

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Portable Museum of Curiosity

21 Feb 2013 in Features, Highland, Showcase, Visual Arts & Crafts

Joanne B. Kaar's Portable Museum of Curiosity

Dunnet-based artist Joanne B. Kaar has created a portable museum of curiosity, inspired by Robert Dick.

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Look out for the Paper Shoes

4 Jun 2012 in Features, Heritage, Highland, Showcase, Visual Arts & Crafts

Joanne's first batch of paper shoes

Artist Joanne B. Kaar has been preparing surprises for the sharp-eyed in Strathnaver.

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Cracking The Grass Code

23 Nov 2011 in Features, Highland, Showcase, Visual Arts & Crafts

Time to admire her handiwork

Joanne Kaar explains how she succeeded in unravelling the mystery of Angus McPhee’s grass garments.

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Joanne B. Kaar: Paper Wrappers and Herbarium Sheets

25 Oct 2011 in Highland, Reviews, Showcase, Visual Arts & Crafts

Joanne B. Kaar's Paper Wrappers and Herbarium Sheets

Caithness Horizons, Thurso, until 11 December 2011.

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Papermaking With Seaweed In Caithness

11 Aug 2011 in Features, Highland, Showcase, Visual Arts & Crafts

A creation of found objects from the beach

HELEN O’CONNOR from the Yukon reflects on the international papermakers gathering in Caithness.

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Fleet, Westland and Jason Hicklin

12 Jul 2011 in Highland, Reviews, Showcase, Visual Arts & Crafts

Westland

An Talla Solais, Ullapool, until 31 July 2011

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Keep It Under Your Hat

18 May 2011 in Features, Highland, Showcase, Visual Arts & Crafts

A hat from the project

Artist Joanne B. Kaar and pupils from Thurso were inspired to make their own hats in honour of local naturalist Robert Dick.

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Craft Feature: Joanne B Kaar

31 Oct 2010 in Features, Highland, Visual Arts & Crafts

Joanne Kaar sketching in South Korea (Photo - Helene Tschacher)

This October 2010 we talk to Joanne B Kaar, a paper artist who lives and works in Caithness. She tells us about her recent visit to South Korea and her attendance at the International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists Congress which took place in September 2010.

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JOANNE B. KAAR AND LYNN TAYLOR: PAPERBOATS / WESTLAND (Caithness Horizons, Thurso, until 24 September 2009)

14 Sep 2009 in Highland, Reviews, Visual Arts & Crafts

GEORGE GUNN welcomes a creative collaboration that is an eloquent testimony to survival.

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Journeys

1 Dec 2006 in Highland, Reviews, Visual Arts & Crafts

Joanne B Kaar, No 1 Bard Terrace, Durness, until 10 December 2006

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