Book Signing & Exhibition

"FEMININE LANDSCAPES"

with INGEBORG BODZIOCH

October is international breast cancer awareness month. In support of the campaign Platform 22 will be hosting a special event featuring work by Torphins artist Ingeborg Bodzioch.

On the evening of Friday the 30th of October, from 7 pm, you are invited to attend a preview of Ingeborg's artwork and listen whilst she reads extracts from her book "The Soliloquy of a Female Crisis". The book has been written and illustrated by Ingeborg along with Cecelia Ottenweller and Tony Bodzioch, and was published with the breast cancer awareness cause specifically in mind.

On Saturday the 31st Ingeborg will be at Platform 22 from 11am until 3pm to sign copies of her book and to talk about her work and experiences. The exhibition will then run for a further two weeks ending on the 14th of November.

All profits from sales of the book will be donated to CLAN (Cancer Link Aberdeen and North) as will profits from the sale of cakes and homebaking in the Platform 22 coffee house.

I hope you will be able to join us for what promises to be an inspiring and uplifting event.

Pots & Baskets Exhibition

The Scottish Potters Association & the Scottish Basket Makers Circle

invite you to a joint exhibition of their members’ work

Pots and Baskets

The Barn Gallery at The Beild

Blackruthven, Tibbermore, Perth, PH1 1PY

Friday 9th to Sunday 25th October

Gallery open: 10:30am – 5pm daily

It would be lovely to see you at the exhibition launch on Sunday 2.30 to 4.30pm at the Bield at Blackruthven. This collaborative exhibition includes an exciting and wonderful mix of ceramics, basket work and combinations of the two crafts.

There will be a raku workshop on the 17th and 18th and a photography workshop to help members photograph their work on the last day of the exhibition.

The grounds of the Bield are lovely and it is near to Gloagburn Farm Shop for yummy, healthy food and nice teas too!

For more information please visit the Scottish Potters Association website at www.scottishpotters.co.uk

Invitation to our Summer Market

Platform 22 is holding its Summer Market this Saturday the 6th of June between 10am and 2pm, and, if you are in the area we hope you will be able to pop along and pay us a visit!

This is the second seasonal market that Platform 22 has organised following on from last December's successful Christmas market. Once again there will be a wide and eclectic selection of produce and services on offer from the stallholders.

With summer in full swing there will be a variety of garden related stalls offering everything from hanging baskets to plants, herbs and garden design services. And after a hard day in the garden what could be finer that a visit to the "Therapy Tent" where visitors will be offered Swedish massage, a nail bar and stalls selling a variety of soaps and scents to relax and revive.

As always art and design have a special place at Platform 22 and several local artists will be showing work both in the gallery and outside on the stalls, additionally portraitist Deirdre Varley will be on hand to provide quick, 10 minute, caricatures; an ideal present for Fathers day on the 21st June.

If you are looking for something more sustaining there will be locally made jams and confectioneries and the Platform 22 café will be of course dispensing teas and coffees.

The market is aimed at helping and encouraging the development of a network of local businesses and is supporting the Federation of Small Businesses' "Keep Trade Local" campaign. Independent businesses play a vital role in Scotland's communities and our lives and key point of the FSB campaign is the added value attached to money spent with local businesses; every £1 spent with a local supplier being worth £1.76 to the local economy.

Looking forward to seeing you and fingers crossed for wonderful weather!!!!

Unexpected Day

We have a wonderful bright, up beat spring exhibition at the moment, with work by Lesley Cullan, Alan Steele, Shelley Tuck and all sorts my ceramics that I've been trying out. Do pop in if you are in the area, we'd love to see you!

David and I debated last Sunday if we should be open for Easter Monday ... I wasn't sure & kind of felt I wanted time away from the shop ... but decided to unofficially open as we knew that I would be in the gallery anyway!!

Monday was such a beautiful day and warm, so we left the shop door open and I tried to finish a commission for a 25th Anniversary platter ... TRIED being the word!

We were VERY busy and shop sales were fantastic, so, I guess we will be doing the same next year!! I love days like that .. the biggest problem was finding work quickly to hang on the walls, so that there wasn't a gapping hole for Tuesday! NO I'm not complaing!!!