"RisingTide Art Exhibition”

Scottish  Fisheries Museum,

Anstruther

1-30th Sept 2025


Very pleased to be one of twelve artists exhibiting in this seaweed based art exhibition. 

 

Exhibiting 3 large kelp sculptures & 3 aluminium prints. Hosted 3 meet artist events & the feedback has been great, lots of questions as to how, why choose to use seaweed & found objects as art materials.

Why: love walking along the beach, lots of different seaweeds available, sustainable harvested material, led by the material which during drying process has a mind of its own, each piece unique,always learning & exploring what is feasible. 

Thanks to those who have visited the exhibition, enjoyed & bought art. Still plenty of time for a visit. 

 


Fife Seaweed Fest

East Neuk, Fife

6-14th Sept 2025


Back home from the first Fife Seaweed Fest & what an experience. There were 3 strands: art, foraging, fertiliser and many different events/workshops www.fifeseaweedfest.com

 

Really enjoyed chatting to so many people about seaweed as an art material, potential impact of seaweed on the climate & encouraging others to collect any plastic / unnatural objects whilst visiting the beach to reduce pollution & negative impact on marine life. 

Some of art the kids created during the free workshop

Art in Shops,

ArtWalkPorty Festival 2024

 

Another new art adventure begins, today is hanging day, the 8 selected artworks & seaweed pendants are removed from the car & carried into the venue, Twelve Triangles Portobello.  Deep breath, you can do this!

The art is unpacked, positioned, repositioned, final layout decided, fixtures inserted, exhibition wall & window installed.  Great team effort, big thanks to Nic, Karl & Jim.

Now to relax, collect a ArtWalkPorty Festival Map & plan the art & events going to visit 7th-15th September. Just noticed my venue included in Art Houses & Art in Shops Walk 2.

Enjoyable couple of hours chatting to folks about seaweed & art, sold few prints too 🥳 


#ArtWarkPorty #TwelveTriangkes #Art #Seaweed #FoundObjectArt



Contemporary Art Practice

Leith School of Art

Custom House June 2024

 

What a fantastic experience to be part of the Contemporary Art Practice Course, Leith School Art end of year show. To see a small part of our hard work on show & people wandering around the gallery enjoying what they were seeing, was such a buzz. 

Thanks to everyone who visited the show &  especially to those who took the time to closely examine my work, discuss the process &  their lovely feedback.

Seaweed & found object art was definitely new to some & a few noted that  they would now have a different perspective when walking along the beach.  When I discussed Land Art &  my plans to place form sculpture back from whence the materials were found, the response was often a quizzical look, then wow what a great idea.


To anyone  who is thinking of studying at Leith School of Art, I’d say go for it.