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Meet the maker: Sheila McDonald
Edinburgh-based Sheila McDonald is the latest member of our creative team to offer workshops at The Arienas Collective. I met Sheila for...
Lynn Powell
Feb 104 min read
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Your Life Your Way: the biology of belief
Apparently, most of us don’t know what we really want in life. Recently I've got into podcasts, and while tuning in to episode 498 of...
Lynn Powell
Dec 16, 20247 min read
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Meet the maker: journalling with the Edinburgh Sketcher
Self portrait by artist Mark Kirkham, aka the Edinburgh Sketcher Artist Mark Kirkham, known locally as the Edinburgh Sketcher , has been...
Lynn Powell
Dec 14, 20244 min read
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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...
Lynn Powell
Sep 4, 20242 min read
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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...
Lynn Powell
Mar 19, 20243 min read
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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...
Lynn Powell
Jan 18, 20247 min read
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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....
Lynn Powell
Jun 1, 20233 min read
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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...
Lynn Powell
Apr 10, 20233 min read
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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...
Lynn Powell
Jan 31, 20235 min read
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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...
Lynn Powell
Nov 25, 20223 min read
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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?...
Lynn Powell
Aug 2, 20224 min read
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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...
Lynn Powell
Feb 23, 20226 min read
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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...
Lynn Powell
Dec 14, 20216 min read
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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...
Lynn Powell
Apr 21, 20213 min read
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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...
Lynn Powell
Dec 8, 20201 min read
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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...
Lynn Powell
Dec 7, 20206 min read
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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...
Lynn Powell
Nov 30, 20201 min read
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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
Lynn Powell
Jul 1, 20205 min read
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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
Lynn Powell
Jan 3, 20203 min read
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My 2020 vision: how past interests feed our future
Creating a personal vision: how past interests can feed our future
Lynn Powell
Dec 31, 20193 min read
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