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AOS-Complete 2.Pdf N Design and production: Tony van Breugel, Braehead Cottage, Whiting Bay. email: [email protected] and Boyd Calder, Cairnhill Farm, Galston, Ayrshire KA4 8ND. email: [email protected] Printed by: Buchanan McPherson Colour Printers, Hamilton. www.bmcp.co.uk All details in this brochure correct at going to print but may be subject to cancellations and changes without prior notice. Financial transactions are at the discretion of individual studios. Not all studios have credit/debit card facilities. 1 1 Carolyn McDonald 3 Island Porcelain Studio 4 Darling Glass Designs, Glass Studio/ Main Street, Cabin, Goosewing, Corriegills KA2 78BL Lamlash KA27 8LA tel: 07990867630 tel: 01770 600919 email: [email protected] email: [email protected] web: www.darlingglassdesigns.co.uk web: www.islandporcelain.com Description: From my garden studio/cabin I create stained & fused glass pieces. Pendants, Description: Individual, dishes and glass panels. Inspired every day by ornamental figures depicting the one of the best views on the island. wonderful array of wildlife surrounding the Arran coastlines and hills. Our pieces make unique keepsakes or gifts for friends or loved ones of any age. Opening times: Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. 10am - 4pm. Opening times: Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. 10am - 5pm. Facilities available: parking, toilet, wheelchair access (over rough ground). Facilities available: Nearby parking, wheelchair access - narrow doorway. Directions: Turn left on coming out of ferry terminal on to the A841. Take the 2nd road on the left signposted Corriegills continue up hill for almost Directions: Lamlash village is just 3 miles south of Brodick. Island Porcelain 1 mile. Goosewing’s signpost is on the left on a corner. Continue down the is just beyond The Drift Inn. The 323 bus from Brodick Pier can drop you winding drive to car park. directly at our door. 2 Simon Lawrence 4 Lesley Lockhart Seastones, Shore Road, Upstairs At The Old Haybarn, Lamlash KA27 8LG Park Terrace, Lamlash KA27 8NB tel: 01770 600214 tel: 07500 006322 email: [email protected] email: [email protected] website: www.lesleylockhartart.co.uk Description: Explorations of facebook: Lesley Lockhart ART mood, countenance and spatial Description: I paint mainly decorative still lifes. relationships mostly in acrylic Using oils and acrylics, I favour rich colour , paint on paper. Motifs include texture and pattern. Originals, prints and cards animals, birds and boats. Latterly will be available to purchase or just come and some responses to hill and sea. have a look! Opening times: Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. 9am - 6pm. Opening times: Fri. Sat. Sun. 10:30am - 4:30pm Closed Monday. Facilities available: parking, toilet. parking, toilets. Facilities available: Directions: Drive through Lamlash village turning into Park Terrace between Directions: From Brodick enter Lamlash, descend the hill to the shore and Lamlash Bay Hotel and Jimmy Gordon’s shop. Follow road round for 300 then go left along Shore Road for half a mile. White stones on the verge metres. Turn left at school playing field to park at Old Haybarn. Studio is up signal the drive up to Seastones. the external stairs . C 5 Andrew Binnie Marchfield, Cordon, Lamlash KA27 8NQ tel: 07968 453827 email: [email protected] Description: Andrew is inspired by Arran’s marine and mountain environment. His work includes landscapes and seascapes as well as smaller studies. Opening times: Fri. Sat. Sun. 10am - 4pm. Facilities available: parking, toilet. Directions: Going south, turn left after the High School at Lamlash and continue to the end of the Cordon road and short track. Marchfield is the last bungalow on the left by the seashore. Walkers can come via the beach/ coastal way and garden - about 15 mins walk from Lamlash Co-op. 4 5 D 8 Karen Bell Karebell Designs, Rowan Lodge, Kingscross KA27 8RG tel: 01770 700167 email: [email protected] facebook: KarebellDesigns Description: Designing, drawing and hand cutting pictures from paper and card, with water colour backgrounds in a wide variety of subject matter. I draw inspiration from everything around me including Arran. Opening times: Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. 9am - 6pm. Facilities available: parking, toilets. Directions: Just before heading down into Whiting Bay take the left hand turning sign posted ‘Kingscross’ follow road round and Rowan Lodge is the first house you come to on the right hand side. 6 Tim Pomeroy Whiterock, Lamlash KA27 8NL tel: 01770 600 287 email: [email protected] Description: Tim, one of the most thoughtful and respected artist carvers of his generation: sculpts in stone & wood, draws and etches, evoking notions of power and the sacred, inspired by archaeology and the natural world. Opening times: Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. 10am - 4pm. Facilities available: parking (at layby on main road or in yard for disabled or less able visitors), toilet and wheelchair access. Directions: Between The Heights and Alt Ardoch (OS map will say Gortonallister). 0.8 miles south of Mustard Factory towards Kingscross. Layby on mainroad can be used for parking. Whiterock track is opposite the layby. It is approximately a 60 metre long track to the house and studio. BRODICK CASTLE AND GARDENS. 7 Josephine Broekhuizen F Whiterock, Lamlash KA27 8NL tel: 01770 600 287 email: [email protected] web: [email protected] Description: colourful paintings in oils with a botanical flavour, linocuts landscapes screen prints based on still life collages. Opening times: Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. 10am - 4pm. Facilities available: limited parking at the house. More parking in lay-by at the beginning of track. toilets. wheelchair access. Directions: Cross Monamohr Bridge (by mustard factory). travel south 0.8 miles. Track down on left hand side marked Croft and Whiterock. 6 7 9 Earth Threads with Seaspray Designs A Hazelbank, Whiting Bay KA27 8QA tel: 01770 700 470 email: [email protected] website: www.earththreads.co.uk Description: Earth Threads is a sustainable textile art company featuring fibre bowls, art journals and wall art. This year we also share printed fabric work from Seaspray Designs. Opening times: Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. 10:30am - 4pm. Facilities available: toilet and disabled parking. Directions: Park at Sandbraes playing field in Whiting Bay and walk up the hill behind the painted bus shelter. Take the first wee path on the right to the front of the house. 10 Nicholas de Maid 11 Jan MacGregor Ad Astra, Smiddy Brae, Ardshiel Gallery Whiting Bay KA27 8PX Smiddy Brae, tel: 07900 661778 Whiting Bay KA27 8PX email: [email protected] tel: 01770 700 249 website: www.nicholasdemaid.com email: [email protected] Description: Botanical and architectural watercolours together with limited Description: The gallery will edition prints. open this weekend with a Opening times: Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. range of work by members of 10am - 4pm. Arran Visual Arts and Art in Facilities available: parking (one car). Mind. Browsers welcome. Directions: With your back to the pumps Opening times: Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. 11am - 5pm. at MBS in Whiting Bay, Smiddy Brae winds up on the right hand side for approx. 150 yards and then splits. At this point turn sharp right and Ad Astra will be seen Facilities available: parking, toilet. on the right hand side, two houses up - it’s a bright blue triangle and can’t be Directions: From Brodick, just before village car park, turn right up Smiddy missed. Brae. 200 yards turn right and first house. Follow flags. K 12 Lynns Art On Arran Kinmount, Middle Road, Whiting Bay KA27 8QH tel: 01770 700542 email: [email protected] Description: Inspired by the Arran landscapes and seascapes I love creating watercolour & mixed media paintings that capture the atmosphere. I also love painting with wool, felting and embroidering textured landscapes. Opening times: Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. 10am - 5pm. Facilities available: parking. Directions: Take Middle Road just after County Carpets. Follow the hill round 2 bends, Kinmount is on the right shortly after the second bend up a short steep drive. 8 9 13 Heather MacLeod 16 Charles Herbert Arran Studio, 6 Heatherhill, Pebble Beach Studio Whiting Bay KA27 8QH Pebble Beach, Kildonan tel: 01770 700 599 tel: 01770 820 675 email: [email protected] email: [email protected] website: www.arranstudioshop.co.uk Description: Charles produces Description: Vibrant coloured paintings in oils depicting silk paintings inspired by views seascapes and landscapes of the on Arran. Quirky 3D Steampunk west coast and Arran, where he Creations using musical instruments, moved to recently. He has been cogs and other curios. I also offer a further inspired by the amazing bespoke Picture Framing Service. Opening times: Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. skies and sunsets of the isle. 11am - 4pm. Opening times: Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. 11am - 4pm. Facilities available: parking. Facilities available: parking, toilet, wheelchair access. Directions: Look for sign right after County Carpets and follow road up until Directions: 100 yards past The Kildonan Hotel turn off, going west on the next sign at end of road. main road. 14 The van Breugels 17 Sally Brookes Braehead Cottage, South Bank Farm, Whiting Bay KA27 8RJ East Bennan tel: 01770 700 309 KA27 8SH email: [email protected] tel: 01770 820 221 website: www.aimeevanbreugel.com email: brookes.southbank www.esmeevanbreugel.com @btinternet.com Description: Tony does illustrated maps, Description: Sally children’s books and cute wee subjects. produces paintings in Gladys paints in oils and acrylic, Esmée acrylic, oil, watercolour, draws lovely flowers and Aimée shows pen and wash, pastel, prints of her illustrations. mixed media, depicting Opening times: various subjects, landscapes, still life, animals and the occasional portrait. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. 10am - 5:30pm. Opening times: Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. 10am - 5pm. Facilities available: parking at cottage or lay-by across the road. Facilities available: parking. Directions: We are are to the south of Whiting Bay.
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