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Making Progress - Laura West

Making Progress - Laura West

Making Progress is a HI-Arts mentoring and business support scheme for mid career and established makers who seek support on how to develop their work, and who will welcome critical and practical advice.
Each maker will be assessed individually and we will work with them to develop a programme that reflects their aspirations, be it exhibition work, developing a product range or achieving a place at a top retail show.

New work by Laura West

Laura West, established the Isle of Skye Bindery in 1999 and there she undertakes bookbinding commissions as well as producing her own signature range of unique artefact books the designs which are accurately founded upon existing historical and multi-cultural book structures such as Coptic, palm leaf and bark books. Laura is also a highly regarded tutor and holds workshops locally and throughout the country. An integral part of the Making Progress Mentoring programme has been the opportunity for makers to focus on creating new work for their Spotlight show at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery (IMAG). Working with Highland Council Exhibitions Team they have learnt valuable skills in curating, marketing and management. Laura's work will be on show at IMAG from 5 June - 3 July 2010. On the 4th June there is a craft event entitled 'Celebrate Crafts' which will take place in Inverness, this event will include talks by all four Making Progress Makers - find out more by clicking on the following link: HI-Arts Makers EventsAll four makers have been involved in selecting work that has influenced them for Made It! an exhibition of work from the Craft Council Collection. Featuring work from some of the UK’S top makers, this exhibition will open on the 5th June 2010 at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery. You can visit Laura's website on (External) www.laurawest.com

All four Making Progress makers will be blogging on a regular basis to keep us up to date with their work, plans and any exciting news! Follow Laura's blog by clicking on the following link:
(External) http://northings.com/members/laurawest/ Keep your eyes on this page too as we will be updating it with Laura's progress, plans and events throughout 2010 . To read Laura's most recent updates, please visit the Downloads section at the top right hand side of this page.

Laura West at work in her studio

Work by Laura West

New Work by Laura West (Photos by Shannon Tofts)

For download
Laura West Making Progress Update April-May 2010.doc (0.03 MB)

Laura West Making Progress Update Feb-March 2010.doc (0.02 MB)

Making Progress Report - Laura West Feb 2010.doc (0.03 MB)

CRAFTS DEVELOPMENT UPDATE

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September 2010 Crafts Newsletter
August 2010 Crafts Newsletter

MAKING PROGRESS VIDEOS

NORTHINGS CRAFTS BLOG POSTS

10 Aug

(External) mplanterose
The Big Tent Festival 2010

26 Jul

(External) Avril Souter
Plannishing in Plockton

07 Jul

(External) Pamela Conacher
Time Out

24 Jun

(External) Pamela Conacher
Assemble TOP DOWNLOADS THIS MONTH

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Melanie Muir - Go and See Visit to Origin - October 2009

185

2

Web Marketing Presentation (September 2009)

163

3

Update on Craft Development Scoping Study August 2009

112

4

Louise Smith - Orkney Research Trip Report

99

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Sharon Gunason Pottinger - Orkney Research Trip

99 Crafts links

Making Progress - Laura West

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