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I had the best time a couple of weeks ago going to London on the sleeper for a brilliant masterclass from @ceres_naturaldyesprints on natural printing. Yes these colours are from natural dye pastes! Can’t wait to explore more layering and colour generation potentials.

I’m putting together blog posts to follow the progress and there will be opportunities for you to get involved too. Sign up to my newsletter to be the first to know.

I’ve only been able to do this thanks to #VACMA from @creativescots and @aberdeen_cc @creativelearningaberdeen.

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Workshop: Print a Silk Neckerchief

When? Tuesday 30th June 10am - 4pm (why go to work when you can get creative?!)

Where? Studio 10, unit 1 @deemouthartiststudios

This first workshop is running at a mega discount too! This is because I’m also using it to gather marketing imagery and finalise timings, meaning you’ll get a bargain. It would make a great gift for Father’s Day. Neckerchiefs are very fetching on folks. Mean theirs famously neckerchief wearing royalty in the like of Richard Ayoade and Jessica Fletcher (murder she wrote).

Book via link in bio or at www.paperhousesdesign.com and look for shop > workshops

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Thanks everyone for today, it’s been the busiest Spring Open Studios yet for me!

I’m off to nap [if the kids let me] and I’ll be back in unit 1 with @hackleydesignstudio tomorrow for more @deemouthartiststudios fun

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Open Studios this weekend at @deemouthartiststudios the last minute dash is real!

I’ll have new things, pre-orders, samples/sale and destash (including tools).

SAT + SUN 11am-4pm

Loads of brilliant creatives + coffee carts each day ☕️

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Been making some bits and pieces this past week or so for the Spring Market at @deemouthartiststudios this May. Are you coming?

I’ll also be doing a destash of fabrics, threads etc. so if you like making this is for you too 🧵🪡🧶

Plus there’s cafe vans on the days too. So all we need now is for this sun to stay about!

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Back in the day I doubt anyone knew that when I was designing prints that sold to the likes of Nike that this was all happening from a windowless cupboard in a flat in Aberdeen with my furry Alfie by my side. We’ve all got to start somewhere! From there to my home studio, then my sunny shedio, to my first stand alone studio and my now space in Torry’s bubbling creative hub. It’s been very gradual but I’m still wanting to grow (that 4m repeat printing table will be mine one day!). Why not come see my current studio? Get hands on with my designs and nosey through artwork? You can this May.

Open Studio / Creative Market at @deemouthartiststudios 9th + 10th May!

I will also be having a destash, so if you love fabric and other sewing things you’re sure to get a bargain.

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Looking back Thursday in the studio. I didn’t have long but managed to get my first madder extract paste made up and test printed [I’ve been using crushed root before but extracts meant to be bolder].

I’ve also tested out some pomegranate print paste made from the waste skins.

Looking forward to seeing their true colour once steam set.

I often get asked at open studios if I workout in the studio, because I have weights. Nope I workout nowhere! I use the weights to keep the screens still.

#naturalprinting #colourfromnature

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The most clicked on page on my website is the Orange Line Drum Lampshade 🍊 Made to Order and dispatched within a week (depending on fabric stock) it’s always been a winner. But have you ever thought about making your own lampshade?

I’ve got a lampshade making workshop happening Saturday 21st Feb 10-1.

Comment LAMP for details or check link in bio.

@deemouthartiststudios #WhatsOnAberdeen #LampshadeMaking

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Day in the life on a studio day as a small designer with a small person in tow.

It was a very productive day! Only a couple of hiccups on this stormy one, so a winner!

First it’s getting Finlay ready for school, running at the cows tail to get him to the school bus then me and Edie head to the studio.

Arrived to some beautiful samples from @merchantandmills.

It was a day of making some print pastes from things I gathered - Small pine cone things that I found on the ground (not acorns I need to change that in my book 👀), Lilac from my garden + red onion skins from my brother. Excited to print with them!

Of course I had to test out my new to me Meakin cups several times throughout the day. Mean is it even a textiles studio without tea?

Home to get the tea on and test some fabric I was given. It looked and felt like a lovely boiled wool but by doing a flame test I found it was difficult to ignite, it self extinguished and it had a smell like burning hair = Wool!

Time for a quick doodle then off to take my son to his football. I stayed in the car with my hot water bottle, perks of making my own covers. It was still warm after an hour!

Then home for the kids bedtime routine and a bit of tax return admin, wild.

It’s always a mixed day of tasks when at the studio as I’ve to fit so much in to the 5hours between school drop off and pick up. Is there anything else you’d like to see from studio times?

#DayOnTheLifeOfADesigner #midcenturymoderndesign #meakinpottery #ScottishContemporaryDesigner

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Shop closing 17th Dec. 6pm

It’ll soon be time for me to settle down with Alfie 🐈‍⬛ and wrap gifts for my loved ones. So this means the last opportunity for you to order with me is Wed 17th Dec. to get your gifts in time. Any orders after the shop closes will not be posted until January.

I’ll also be off my emails from the 20th Dec so if you’re looking to book a workshop or ask any questions best do that this week too.

Thank you to everyone who’s already ordered their gifts or booked workshops with me, it’s been great seeing them off to their new homes!

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OPEN for @northeastopenstudios at @deemouthartiststudios

SAT 10 - 4
SUN 11 - 3

Video from @northeastopenstudios by Cairn Media

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A few weeks ago I had a brilliant trip to the Borders and swung in past Selkirk way to see the Bernat Klein studio. I’ve wanted to see it for ages. It’s my two loves crossing over - textiles and architecture. I remember the first time I saw a picture of Frank Lloyd Wrights Waterfall house it was a dream. The overhang of Klein’s studio by architect Peter Womersley is reminiscent of this. The concrete and glass surrounded by trees.

My design inspirations come from the world around me, often man-made structures. The idea of how what we make is part of that world, the building amongst the trees. If you want to see in to my design process then visit my studio this weekend and next as part of @northeastopenstudios at @deemouthartiststudios. I’ll be about Sat 10-4 and Sun 11-3

@bernatklein

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