Meet the maker: what's hanging in Lucy Wayman's studio
I recently caught up with artist Lucy Wayman, who runs macramé workshops at The Arienas Collective, to find out what she's been working...
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- Mar 19
- 3 min
Small Steps to a more earth-conscious life: 1/100 Serve Shibui teas
I want to live a more earth-conscious life. And it's no coincidence that many of The Arienas Collective workshops I host at home use...
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- Jan 18
- 7 min
CREATIVE FOCUS: The Magic of Metal Clay
In my Creative Focus blogs I feature one particular area of creativity that we offer at The Arienas Collective. This time it's jewellery...
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- Jun 1, 2023
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Making history by repurposing broken china
Recently, I dropped one of my great-grandmother's (as I learned later from my mum) china cups and sadly it cracked into several pieces....
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- Apr 10, 2023
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Home is where the heART is.
Ever since I was a young child, I've been surrounded by women making things: be that hats, clothes, curtains or cups of tea! My nana...
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- Jan 31, 2023
- 5 min
My 2023 creative deep dive | Writing for Life (Week 1)
At the start of 2023, I wrote in The Arienas Collective newsletter about the timely benefits of taking a creative deep dive, and...
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- Nov 25, 2022
- 3 min
The Arienas Collective Christmas gift guide 2022
Do you have gifts to get for people that are hard to buy for? Are you trying to buy more ethically and support local and independent...
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- Aug 2, 2022
- 4 min
How to do the Edinburgh Festivals
With so many festivals happening in August, the biggest question most of my visitors ask me, is how do you decide what to see and do?...
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- Feb 23, 2022
- 6 min
Writing matters: a love letter to myself?
Perhaps it’s ironic I’m composing this on a keyboard, but I can touch-type much faster than I can write by hand, which helps when you’re...
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- Dec 14, 2021
- 6 min
Where I'm shopping this Christmas
As I'm sure you'd expect, I spend most of my time encouraging people to shop with The Arienas Collective for Christmas. And, of course, I...
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- Apr 21, 2021
- 3 min
Inspired by All That Glitters? Learn silver jewellery making in Edinburgh
The brand new show All That Glitters started last week on BBC2. This month's guest blogger silver clay jewellery expert Anna Campbell...
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- Dec 8, 2020
- 1 min
Free origami stars Christmas decoration video tutorial
Thanks so much to bookbinder Cass Barron for doing a live 'make-a-long' as part of our online Open Day this year! If you missed it don’t...
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- Dec 7, 2020
- 6 min
A 2020 CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE TO SUPPORTING LOCAL ARTISTS AND MAKERS
Like many other small creative businesses, we've had to learn to live with the COVID restrictions which sadly meant closing our in-person...
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- Nov 30, 2020
- 1 min
STAYING LIVE DURING COVID
Normally at this time of the year, we would be getting ready to welcome you to The Arienas Collective for some demonstrations along with...
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- Jul 1, 2020
- 5 min
Arienas artists update - July
An update from many of the Arienas Collective artists on what they've been doing during lockdown and how you can support them
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- Jan 3, 2020
- 3 min
Finding room for imagining - The Artist's Way Women's Circle
When there’s no room for your imagining: A memo for Artists, Entrepreneurs, Creatives & Career-Changers alike
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- Dec 31, 2019
- 3 min
My 2020 vision: how past interests feed our future
Creating a personal vision: how past interests can feed our future
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- Dec 18, 2019
- 2 min
Give the gift of creativity this Christmas
If you'd like to give, or receive, a creative experience this year, there's still time to buy a space on one of our workshops
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- Dec 16, 2019
- 3 min
Practising The Artist's Way - exploring your innate creativity (new course)
Creative inquiry for wellbeing & sustaining your professional (or aspiring) artistry.
I was helping prepare a space for an event recently,
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- Dec 7, 2019
- 4 min
Thank you for helping us achieve our Platinum student choice award
We're so excited to end 2019 with a platinum award from Craft Courses. This means that we have over 50 five-star reviews for our workshops.
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