Dazzle@Dovecot
We are excited that we will be returning to our lovely venue at the Dovecot Studios on Infirmary Street for our Dazzle this year. It will be our 10th year at this venue, in this, our 40th year. We are aware that all plans are subject to Government guidelines and we will be able to provide more detail as time goes on, but hopefully we will go ahead in a less limited way than we managed last year. We have our usual lineup of stunning designers plus printmaker Anya Percival and this year, a special celebration of our 40 Years of Dazzle Exhibitions.
Dates 6 to 29 August. Private view details and opening times to be announced.
Image Lynne MacLachlan necklace photo by Susan Castillo
Prints@Dovecot
Anya Percival
Anja Percival lives and works in Durham, a city she returned to after a five year period working in Denmark. Anja specialises in hand drawn copperplate etching.She is fascinated by the different atmospheres that light creates in our environment. Her subject matter is usually quite domestic and everyday but her attention is captured by the effect of the light transforming the spaces and changing the unremarkable to the remarkable. She has exhibited both nationally and internationally with outlets including London, New York, Denmark, Sweden and Canada.
Image Captured Light by Anya Percival
Hilary Grant Scarves
Hilary Grant and Rob Harvey are a partnership based on the Northerly Scottish islands of Orkney. They run a textile design studio specialising in knitted pattern. All their textiles are made from luxury grade, cruelty-free 100% lambswool, knitted in the Scottish Borders and hand finished by traditional methods.
40 Brooches for 40 Years
As part of our 40 years of Dazzle celebrations, we are excited to announce our 40 Brooches for 40 Years exhibition. We have invited 40 makers from across the four decades to make and exhibit a brooch, which we will show online at lovedazzle.com and at our Edinburgh Festival Dazzle at Dovecot Studios in August. Alongside this we will show 40 Brooches from our own personal collection dating back to our first exhibtion in 1981 to the present day.
We both feel that we have been very privileged to have been involved in the craft world and with so many wonderful makers for such a long time. What started as an interesting side line, developed into a lifelong commitment to showing and selling handmade jewellery by individual makers, often just graduated, in a wide variety of venues and introducing the general public to work, not seen outside specialist galleries. Along the way we have met so many interesting people and made connections with so many of our makers and they have made connections with each other through Dazzle. This exhibtion will give you a little snap shot into the history of Dazzle and the makers that have shown with us over the years.
Dovecot Exhibition
Archie Brennan: Tapestry Goes Pop! tells the story of Edinburgh native Archie Brennan (1931-2019) in the first major retrospective exhibition of his work. Bringing together over 80 tapestries as well as archive material, this is a chance to delve into the world of a master of modern tapestry.
Sharp, witty, and immensely talented, Brennan began his 60-year weaving career at Dovecot, an innovator and iconoclast he inspired weavers all over the world from Papua New Guinea to Australia. A charismatic character, he dedicated his life to teaching and his influence on weaving can still be felt to this day.
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