Art & Craft Exhibitionn and Fair

The Artisans will once again be occupying a shop unit within the St Giles Shopping centre this weekend.

The Pop-up Exhibition and Craft Fair will be open 10am - 4pm, Friday 7 October - Monday 10 October (Sunday 11am-4pm).

There will be a mix of arts and crafts with some new exhibitors; Claggan Soaps, Louise Hall Silversmith, Shaded Faces (portraits) and more.

You will find us in the old Evans unit (next to Orange Phone shop).

Look forward to seeing you there.

Art and Craft Exhibition, Elgin

An art and craft exhibition will be taking place in St Giles Shopping Centre, Elgin on Saturday 20 August - Wednesday 24 August from 10am - 4pm (Sunday 11am - 4pm). The exhibition will be sited in the old Evans Shop Unit.

Demonstrations will be taking place throughout the event and we also have guest artists; Rachel Ashton. Rachel is a local artist from Huntly, is self-taught and produces beautiful soft landscape paintings.

Free entry and we are also fundraising for Help for Heroes.

Exhibition at Glenfiddich Distillery

Speyside Artisans had a good start to the art and craft exhibition at Glenfiddich Distillery. The Distillery are so accommodating and helpful too. We had a good variety of visitors from locals to those from afar; USA, New Zealand, India, Switzerland and more. We have received good positive feedback from them too from looking through our visitors book.

Sally Williams of Ewe Can Too has been busy spinning away, giving visitors the opportunity to 'have a go'. She makes the most wonderful hand spun, hand dyed wools - so colourful.

Gary Lowe, our wood turner has been demonstrating his craft - as you can see above, he has had an enthusiastic audience. People are enjoying the demonstrations.

Sally offers workshop in the traditional craft of spinning too - one visitor expressing their interest in participating in a workshop.

The exhibition finishes today, but we have had a wonderful time at Glenfiddich Distillery. Our thanks goes to the wonderful friendly staff.

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Grampian Transport Museum & Arena Concert

The Artisans will be displaying their work at the Grampian Transport Museum in Alford this Saturday, 21 August. There will be arts and crafts from all over Scotland attending the Arena from 1pm, followed by music - Clachan Yell, Willie G Trio, The Brothers Reid and special guest appearance from Sandi Thom.

It sounds like a hoot, so come along and enjoy all the arts and crafts as well as great music.

Artisans Busy at Work - Aberlour

There have been a good few people visiting the Artisans at the Scout Hall in Aberlour. Among the visitors we have seen Americans, Swedish, Irish and Belgians, as well as local folk. I was told that the Americans have been loving the Clootie Dumpling, made by Joy Mann of Twisted Kilts.

The display boards showing photographic images of Speyside and Integlio Prints:

Joy of Twisted Kilts have been entertaining visitors with her clan research - if you want to know what your tartan is, she can look it up on her laptop.

Speyside Artisans will be back at the Scout Hall in Aberlour this Thursday 5th - Saturday 7th August, opening at 12pm-7pm on Thursday and 10am - 4pm Friday and Saturday. This is your last chance to see some of the Artisans at work, as it is the last weekend in Aberlour.

Free admission and homebakes.

Craft Demonstrations - Aberlour

Speyside Artisans will be exhibiting at the Scout Hall in Aberlour on Thursday, Friday and Saturdays for the next two weekends (29th - 31st July and 5th - 7th August). Thursday opens 12pm-7pm and Friday and Saturdays are 10am-4pm.

Not only can be buy the wonderful arts and crafts at the Hall, but there are demonstrations taking place too.

Lesley has been demonstrating the art of silk painting (as shown in the photos). She applied silk paint to the fabric (above) and then added some salt to draw out the paint:

As you can see from these photos, the salt draws in the paint and creates trails in the colours - it really is a fascinating process to watch.

Please pop along - you can even have a tasty cake and cup of tea.

Strathisla Distillery - last day

Our last day at Strathisla was a little quieter than the weekend, but the Artisans were busy at work (Joyce Edwards, beading, above)

Joy Mann, Twisted Kilts, working on kilt orders (above)

Peter Harvey, Speyside Images' display at the distillery. Peter was in the Regal room - what a beautiful room.

Lindsay Watt, ceramicist, has been working away at the Strathisla Distillery building (above). She has now added texture to the outside walls and cut out windows.

Speyside Artisans are now preparing for North East Open Studios, which takes place in September. In the meantime, we are also taking part in some local events. Will update once details have been finalised.

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Strathisla Distillery Project Update

Lindsay Watt's project is coming along - the distillery tops have now been added (above). They took all day to sculpt and put together, but looking great.

It's been a lovely sunny day today - lots of foreign visitors coming along for the whisky tour. The exhibition has been encouraging with lots of people coming to see us - which means there have been more visitors to the centre. All positive stuff!

Here is some more of Lindsay's work:

Last day tomorrow, so if you haven't already been, pop along and say hi.

Exhibition at Strathisla Distillery

Our exhibition at Strathisla Distillery started today. It's a beautiful distillery - as you can see above. The rooms within the distillery are very traditional and again beautifully kept. We are dotted around the distillery so visitors get a chance to see the rooms - including their boardroom.

Peter Harvey - Speyside Images (above)

Joy Mann - Twisted Kilts (above)

Lesley Boyd - Printmaking (above)

Lindsay Watt - Architectural Ceramics (above)

Lindsay, above, has started a new project - a sculpture of the Strathisla Distillery. She will be working away at this sculpture over the next four days, so will keep you posted of its progress. She's able to create your property from a photograph - quite unique.

From all of us at Speyside Artisans xx

Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival

Speyside Artisans will be exhibiting at Strathisla Distillery during the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival. The exhibition will be open from Friday 30 May - Monday 3 May, 10am - 4pm.

The artisans draw inspiration from their surroundings in Speyside, the heart of the whisky country. Our work includes a mix of traditional and contemporary skills embracing print making, spinning, kilt making, architectural ceramics, fused glass, jewellery, mixed media art, and photography. Free admission to the exhibition.

We are grateful to Chivas Bros for hosting our four day event in their visitor centre at the Strathisla Distillery. All exhibitors will be in attendance during the event, with a few artisans demonstrating their skills. All exhibited work will be available to purchase.

Why not combine a visit to the exhibition with a tour of the historic and ancient Strathisla Distillery, the spiritual home of Chivas Regal. The guided tour includes a visit to the traditional warehouse and a wee dram in the cosy Dram Room. You can get further information about Strathisla Distillery here.

A warm welcome awaits all whisky lovers, families and friends.

NEOS Exhibition

Our group recently exhibited at Boharm Hall in Mulben - part of the North East Open Studios (NEOS) annual event. Here are some of the individuals:

Lesley Boyd - Integlio Prints (above)

Joyce Wiseman - Multi media (above)

Peter Harvey - photography (above)

Joy Mann - Kiltmaker (above)

Highland Hoots - (above)

Sally Williams - spinning (above)

This was the 2nd exhibition at Boharm Hall and hopefully will be running again next year.

Speyside Artisans x