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The creation of the 'Gardens'
The tale of creating our 'Gardens'
Mar 3, 20221 min read
My Values - Promoting Positive Wellbeing.
I covered this one a wee bit earlier with my Community post, but I hope I can help others in finding some positive wellbeing, whether...
Mar 3, 20222 min read
My Values - Circularity.
The circular economy, or circularity, is an economic model that follows the three Rs: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. It’s a concept that...
Mar 3, 20222 min read
My Values - Community & Sharing Knowledge.
When I started Camban Studio I was doing it for me. I was at a point in my life I had been focussed on mothering my kids as they were...
Feb 27, 20222 min read
My Values - Process.
I am involved in the processes that create my work. I don’t know if this is always obvious or not? If you’re getting something from...
Feb 27, 20221 min read
My Values - Sustainability.
The UN World Commission on Environment and Development states: “sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the...
Feb 27, 20221 min read
A mini series exploring MY VALUES. First - Locality.
This wee series of journal posts hope to explain a little bit more about the values behind Camban Studio and what influences are behind...
Feb 8, 20211 min read
Visual Artist Craft Maker Award - 2021
I'm delighted to have received a second bursary Award from Creative Scotland and Creative Learning Aberdeen to fund a new period of...
May 16, 20203 min read
Crafting Futures - The collaborating Process (Part 3)
END OF RESIDENCY REFLECTIONS At the end of the residency I noted my own reflections on my time and what I had discovered about myself: My...
May 16, 20205 min read
Crafting Futures - The Residency (Part 2)
This is the second of my posts talking about my Scottish Textiles Crafting Futures residency.
May 15, 20203 min read
Crafting Futures - The Beginning (Part 1)
First in a series of posts about my Scottish Textiles Residency for Crafting Futures.
Apr 17, 20194 min read
Our Family Bothy Adventure celebrating National Parks Fortnight.
Discover National Parks fortnight runs this year from 6 – 21 April, what better time then, to have our first family bothy adventure,...
Apr 16, 20193 min read
Best of #MarchMeettheMaker
For the whole of March this year I was participating in Joanne Hawker's 'March Meet the Maker'. It's always a fun month to follow along...
Mar 22, 20193 min read
#the100dayproject – Camban Studio Field Guide
The 2nd of April marks the start of this year’s #the100dayproject #The100DayProject is a *free*, global art project. The idea is simple:...
Mar 14, 20195 min read
Inspirational Walks in Aberdeenshire.
At the weekends we love to get outdoors and do some exploring. There are so many beautiful walks on our doorstep but here are my top...
Mar 1, 20193 min read
Bringing the outdoors in!
Following on from my latest post The benefits of getting outdoors what can you do if you can’t always get outdoors, and you are...
Feb 28, 20193 min read
The benefits of getting outdoors.
A post about getting outdoors, simple ways to get a bit of nature into your day to day life and scaling up to woodland adventures.
Nov 25, 20182 min read
Update! The end / start of Life as a Creative!
We've now finished the Sustaining Life as a Creative experience and it was such an amazing one! It was such a privilege to spend the time...
Mar 23, 20182 min read
Creative Scotland Craft Maker Award!
Following review by an Independent Selection Panel from Creative Scotland and Creative Learning Aberdeen I am delighted to have been...
Mar 2, 20182 min read
Life as a Creative
I was delighted recently to be selected for this year’s Creative Learning Aberdeen’s ‘Sustaining Life as a Creative’ (or SLAAC)...
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