To accompany the Finger Symbols exhibition which opens tonight – 6 August 7.30 pm at Bonhoga Gallery – a film to represent an online exhibition has been created by Jono Sandilands and can be viewed below. For more information on the exhibition, jewellery workshops and an artists’ talk by Glasgow based jeweller Alison Macleod visit…
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Shetland Arts First Online Exhibition now on the Web
Posted by jonosandilands on August 6th, 2010 2 CommentsNew exhibition for August – Portage: Finger Symbols
Posted by Bryan Peterson on August 2nd, 2010 No CommentsPortage: Finger Symbols from Shetland Arts on Vimeo…. Film by Jono Sandilands
7 August – 5 September 2010, incorporating the following talks and workshops with jeweller Alison Macleod:
Binding Memories Workshop – 14 August
Laminating Jewellery Workshop – 15 August
My Work and Influences: Artist Talk – 17 August
Shetland Arts’ Bonhoga Gallery is
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Posted by Emily Sharp on July 16th, 2010 No CommentsShetland Arts received curatorial and programme development funding from the Scottish Arts Council in 2008. This was used in the research and development of ideas for the exhibition of contemporary craft in Shetland. The theme of Portage was relevant to our location and the Portage Team of Clair Aldington, Hazel Hughson and Mary Smith went…
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Posted by jonosandilands on May 28th, 2010 No CommentsFollow tweets from visitors online and live from Bonhoga Gallery along with the latest videos from the first of the three Portage exhibitions this year, Portage: Crossing Points. Public Opening Friday 28 May, 7.30pm – 9.00pm.
The mini site can be found here: Portage: Crossing Points Mini Site
And press release for more information: Digital …
Digital Kists, Networked Necklaces and Long Distance Lovers
Posted by Emily Sharp on May 24th, 2010 1 CommentUK’s First Exhibition of Digital Jewellery and Interactive Craft Opens in The Shetland Islands
Portage: Crossing Points (29 May – 27 June), Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland.
The Shetland Islands are a fitting location for the UK’s first exhibition dedicated solely to digital jewellery and interactive craft. The word Portage means to transport or carrying something. This,…