Quartz
Weaving Thoughts We will meet at 1pm in St Michaels church Hall on Wednesday the 22nd. This week we will move from “Drawing Meaning” using calligraphy onto exploring weaving thoughts and words together. In the second session there was the opportunity to try out some techniques of calligraphy. We also took time to reflect on […]
What can 5 physical senses reveal? The first of our 2025 Faith and Art workshops has the title “Sensing Beauty”. We won’t be spending our time trying to find a way to define beauty, or even agree on what each person finds attractive or beautiful. If you are interested in that, there are scientific papers […]
This short film contains a short invitation from “Cathbad” to using your mind to see the invisible heritage accessed through the ruins at Lincluden. In January series of “Faith and Art” workshops are planned with St Michaels church. These are an opportunity to gather and develop the skills of Seeing, Exploring, Understanding and Expressing matters […]
Most of us are enjoying a rest now, a lull in activity after a busy Christmas and before Hogmanay. Echoes of an older practice in England can be found in this article by English Heritage: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/members-area/kids/kids-tudors/twelve-days-of-christmas/ Whilst there are many shared traditions between Scotland and England, this article illuminates some of the differences. What are […]
A series of practical sessions exploring the relationship between Faith, Art and Creativity. Four Wednesdays in January (8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th).We will meet in St Michaels church hall from 1pm to 3pm. The sessions are free and here is the info about the first one If you have time over Christmas and want to find […]
An insight into the Loreburn Centre We have had two days in the Loreburne centre now. Volunteers from Quartz and other areas of Wordsmith Crafts activity have gathered with drop in members of the public to make things and chat. The first Saturday had the theme of St Andrew, for St Andrews day, and the […]
If you landed as an alien in Scotland who, or what, would you think was worshiped at this time of year? The ancient world made the invisible, visible, by carving idols. People wore charms or wrote sacred texts on their door frames. Modern society in scotland went through a purge where this was burned from […]
Welcome the New Year 2025 with creativity. A series of practical sessions exploring the relationship between Faith, Art and Creativity. Four Wednesdays in January 1pm to 3pm
Saturday the 14th of December Those of you who are volunteering at, or dropping in to, “Making Christmas” on the 14th of December might be interested to know that there will also be carol singing just round the corner from us. This will be the third week of making space in the loreburne centre, and […]
(Nov. the 30th) Final preparations for “Making Christmas” are underway! We will be setting up in the Loreburn Centre on Saturday. Come and drop in to say hi and make something! If you’d like to help out please have a chat with Simon. More info here https://www.cluaranhaven.org.uk/making-christmas-2024/