This weekend held the Tea Cosy Christmas fair.

The fair was held at the Cowdry Hall, and it is easy to see why, the venue and work married perfectly together, creating a warm and creative atmosphere, aided by the live music too.

Tea Cosy featured 26 creative artists, makers and designers, as well as a prints booth by Peacocks Visuals Art, and a gift wrapping service by Gray’s School of Arts Gift Shop, featuring boxes, bags and tags created by Grays resident artists and designers.

Thanks to Adrian Reid for all the images

Oslo-based studio Heydays have just launched their new website, packed full of new and old projects.

Cowdray Hall (next to Aberdeen Art Gallery)
Schoolhill
Aberdeen
AB10 1JQ

£1 entry, kids go free!

Tea Cosy on Facebook
info@wearesmartconsultants.co.uk

Tea Cosy is an alternative art, craft & design fair set out in the style of a tea party in a pop up location.
Our aim is to bring together creative talents from the north east and beyond to sell their wares at a unique event in Aberdeen.

This year we are once again joining forces with Peacock Visual Arts to bring you the Peacock Print shop, giving an opportunity
to see and buy prints produced over the last 37 years in the Peacock workshops.

The DIY tables will be popping up in collaboration with the Grays Art Materials Shop who will also be doing a spot of wrapping!

Create your own Christmas themed keepsake, using materials and expertise from the shop, for FREE!

Also, get your perfect Tea Cosy gift, wrapped and ready to pop under the tree. Choose from a variety of creative options, with all proceeds going to Children 1st.

‘Four’ is an exhibition by, unsurprisingly, four Communication Design Students. The exhibition will showcase work from Susannah Leake, Robyn Hasler, Rachel Dixon and Jessika Shaw. It will take place at The Blue Lamp, and kicks off at 7pm this Monday.

Three Visual Communication students have entered the Redbull Canimation competition. You can check them out here:

Grant’s Canimation from Grant Anderson on Vimeo.

Grant Anderson: Stage 3

Laura’s Canimation from Laura Phimister on Vimeo.

Laura Phimister: Stage 3

Red bull canimation – ‘you give me wings’ by L.O.B from Robert Lindsay on Vimeo.

Robert Lindsay: Stage 4

In order to progress to the next stage they need to be in the top ten for views/likes/shares in our category. So if you like them, show your appreciation by liking them, viewing them and sharing with friends

Friday 18th November 2011 at 1.00pm
in Lecture Theatre SB42 Scott Sutherland Building

Peter McCaughey is an artist based in Glasgow, who works internationally with a practice focused on the local. He describes his practice as people-centred, ideas-based work. His research is currently focused on landscape and memory, ritual, exchange, and how art and the artist might operate in relation to people in the public realm. His work is often site-related and time-specific. Sometimes the work is transient, involving film, video, outdoor projection, sound and light and storytelling; on other occasions the work is permanent, using more traditional materials and processes to explore experiential and conceptual ideas.

Through his recent work, he has been testing the contested role of the artist in the process of regenerating place. He regularly collaborates with artists, architects, engineers, writers, and community activists. To do this as effectively as possible, he established Wave, a small organisation set up five years ago to support and direct a team approach to large urban regeneration arts projects, public art commissions and various levels of consultation.

On wednesday 5th of October, c4di at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, with support from the Design Council hosted the third and final in our series of designing the future design lectures & masterclasses. Our speaker was Wayne Hemingway, of Hemingway Design. This is the video of Wayne’s lecture.

The Third instalment of the art infused pop-up cocktail bar is near.

Stu Ford, Stu Allan, will have work alongside Stu Simpson/fledgeling, Siobhan Ogg, Levi Bunyan as well as Lee Lawson in the mix.

Event Details

Secret location! Fri 2nd & Sat 3rd December 9pm – 1.30am

Rumour #3 : The Bournville Village Emporium pays homage to the illicit stills and underground boozeries of the 1920s with an exhibition and environment installation devised by local creatives.

Siobhan Ogg will be curating the exhibition featuring Lee Lawson creating period style character illustrations along a story line and a ‘Mystery Bottle’ artwork series featuring Siobhan Ogg, STWO of WLD/WLVS and Fledgeings pyrography.

Giles Walker is on soundscape duties and drinksmith Adrian Gomes will be working with Scottish spirit brands AnCnoc Whisky and Caorunn Gin to create some innovative twists on some early 20th century classic cocktails.

Check the facebook event page here for all the up-to-date info.

aekido is looking for Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire based illustrators and photographers to feature in a collaborative magazine. The idea behind the magazine is to promote connectivity and networking with creatives in the area, allowing people to collaborate with others that they wouldn’t normally, and hopefully go out of their own comfort zones.

The format of the magazine will be each creative will be paired off with another, and given a page spread where they can do what they wish on it.

If you are interested in this idea, want to know a bit more, or have ideas which could make this even more awesome, get in touch by emailing him at hello@weareaekido.co.uk or alternatively speak to him on Twitter: http://twitter.com/aekido

Evan Davis uncovers the scarcely believable stories of how some of the world’s most successful businesses have made monumental mistakes. With top-flight British business leaders including Sir Richard Branson, Sir James Dyson and Rita Clifton, Evan reveals how product design and manufacture can go horribly wrong, leaving customers in revolt and companies in crisis.

Source(s) //
BBC Two – Programme
BBC News – Article
Open University – Information Page