Top Tips for Setting Up Your First Market Stall by Glasgow Based Artist & Illustrator Jennie Bates

With the festive season now upon us and the return of local, handmade Christmas markets now in full swing, we ask local Glasgow-based artist and illustrator Jennie Bates to pass on her top tips for fellow traders looking to set up their first market stall this Christmas! Jennie Bates at Park Lane Market, Glasgow I’m …

How bread brought me here. An artists reflections

Guest blog post by Harriet Jenkins, one of the 25 artists & collaborators who contributed a recipe and images to our self-published artist-made cookbook, Make Bake Cook Book. Harriet Jenkins is a Glasgow based artist with a BA in Jewellery Design and Silversmithing from The Glasgow School of Art. Specialised as a silversmith, she also …

4 Artists’ Favourite Tools

As you can imagine artists use all kinds of funky tools, material and equipment to produce their wares. But why do they us the tools they use? For this blog post, we speak to jeweller Rachel Rogers of RR Designs, painter Peter Chalmers, ceramicist Katie Rose Johnston of M A N I F E S …

Out of the Frying Pan (and) into the Fire

Guest blog by ceramic artist Kevin Andrew Morris Kevin's (Clay) Baked Trout with Fennel, Lemon and Capers recipe from Make Bake Cook Book The physical and cultural landscape and environment i find myself in is hugely important to my current work and development. Based in Aberdeen i am often referred to as a ‘Nomadic Ceramicist’ …

10 Artist Opportunities To Look Out For This Month | May 2021

With art galleries and facilities starting to open back up again and artists struggling to sustain themselves even worse than before the pandemic, we've rounded up some of our favourite artist opportunities... 1. programme coordinator job for Studio pavilion House for an Art Lover is looking for an Arts Programme Coordinator - 0.5 pro-rated @ …