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Current news and Exhibitions:

. SSW-2011 Winter Exhibition

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Location: Scottish Sculpture Workshop
                    1 Main Street, Lumsden Aberdeenshire.
                  Friday 9th - 31st January 2012
                      *date extended for this exhibition*


'The work presented is a culmination of all participants of the SSW programme this year and includes metal and glass casting, video, photography, painting and mixed media.

http://www.ssw.org.uk



'High Art from the Highlands - Scottish artists at the PMA Craft Show'
Thank you to Marilyn MacGregor for featuring my work in her blog which was on show at the fantastic Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft show :)
http://www.artsmarttalk.com/3/post/2011/11/high-art-from-the-highlands-scottish-artists-at-the-pma-craft-show.html
or at
http://artsmarttalk.blogspot.com

.Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show 2011

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Artist's talks @ The Craft Scotland Stand
Join me in conversation with Emma Walker Chief Executive of Craft Scotland.
We will be discussing the ideas behind my work and my working process.         
Friday 11th Nov @ 1:30pm


.  Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show 2011

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Location: Philadelphia Museum of Art
10th November - 13th November

Craftscotland will be taking up the role of invited guest country at this years
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show and I am really excited to be one of 25 makers selected to represent Scotland. *follow the links below for full line up :)
'Organised by the Womens committee and Craft Show Committee, the selling event is
                                                   arguably the most successful show of its kind in the USA.  Now in its
                                                   35th year the show raises money to support the Philadelphia Museum of Art's    
                                                   craft remit aswell as supporting the institutions educational prorammes.'
                                                  www.artmag.co.uk/craftanddesign/   'Makers on the move' article see all 25 makers.

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http://craftsotland.org 
http://pmacraftshow.org 
*follow the pma blog or facebook page for latest updates (click image)
I will be showing new works in glass & bronze at the
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft show 2011



. Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop Members Fund 2011

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Thankyou to the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop for their generous support and funding towards the development of new work in glass and metal. 
New work production will take place at the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop and the Scottish Sculpture Workshop and will be exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show.

.Creative Scotland Quality Production Arts funding 2011

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Thankyou to Creative Scotland investment fund for their geneorus support and funding towards the development of new work in glass and bronze which will be shown at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, 20011.

. Craft Maker Award, Edinburgh 2011
  Thankyou to Edinburgh Council and Creative Scotland for their generous support and funding towards
  the development of new work which will take place at the Scottish Sculpture Workshop.

.  Scottish Sculpture Workshop Residency 2011

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Location: Scottish Sculpture Workshop Lumsden, Aberdeenshire.
September 2011.
Thankyou to the SSW and Craft Maker Awards:Edinburgh.  I can't wait to start!

https://www.ssw.org.uk


***Thankyou to all the team at SSW I had a really fantastic time and learnt so   much.  I hope to come back soon!:)

 

.  A Passion for Glass 2011

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Location: National Museum Of Scotland, Edinburgh.
Special Exhibitions Gallery level 3
Friday 20th May - Sunday 11th September.

'See the work of over 100 glassmakers, from the Dan Klein and Alan J Poole private collection. Dan and Alan began collecting in the late 1970s and over the subsequent thirty years assembled on of the most comprehensive collections of Modern British and Irish glass.  This exquisite collection includes work by over one hundred makers at the very cutting edge of their art.'
                                             https://www.nms.ac.uk

                                          

 .  Modern Fabulists 2011

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Location: View Art Gallery, Hotwell Road Bristol.
Friday 22nd April - Sunday 29th May.

'Modern fabulists is a groundbreaking exhibition featuring America and Europe's most extraordinary contemporary artists.'
Curated in collaboration with Chippy Coates and Richard Scarry.
http://coatesandscarry.com
http://viewartgallery.co.uk

   .  VAS  Annual Open Exhibition 2011
         Location:The Royal Scottish Academy Upper Galleries The Mound,  Edinburgh.
         Saturday 5th February - Thursday 3rd March.
         mon-sat 10:00-5:00 sun 12:00-5:00
         http://www.visualartsscotland.org

   

   Forthcoming workshops:

    .  'Working with Glass'
2011
          
Saturday 16th April *one day workshop
          An introduction to glass fusing and kiln forming. 
          Saturday 21st May & Saturday 28th May
*two day workshop
          An introduction to glass casting and pate de verre (colour application).
          
         
         
for bookings contact:admin@edinburghsculpture.org
          Location:Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop.www.edinburghsculpture.org

    .  New Publication: 
       Contemporary kiln-formed glass A world survey.      
        
author: Keith Cummings

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*One of fifty one international glass artists invited to discuss current working methods in pate de verre .  
A great book, it offers an insight into the wide variety of working methods used by emerging and established glass artists specialising in kiln formed glass.  It Includes step by step photographs, process descriptions and artists statements.

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