islay's open workshop

Friend of boo vake, drummer and jeweller extraordinaire Islay Spalding is having an open workshop event this weekend. So if you are anywhere near Dundee go visit!

Islay Spalding's biomorph studs

lightnight... and a late opening on friday

Tomorrow night (Friday 26th) is the kick-off of lightnight (em...weekend) here in Perth. Which in turn is part of the year long Perth 800 celebrations marking the 800th anniversary of the granting of the Royal Burgh Charter to Perth. To celebrate this there are lots of light type events happening across the toon - 'not only will key landmarks be illuminated, you will find dance, music, installations, exhibitions, storytelling, dramatised walks, talks, treasure hunts and much, much more' as it says in the blurb.

Here at boo vake we will be joining in by staying open to the grand old time of 8 o'clock. It will be cold out there so if you feel like joining us for respite and a wee winter warmer you know where to find us!

open house

Friend of boo vake photographic artist Jenni Gudgeon is having an open studio event this weekend. You can find Jenni over in Dunshalt (near Auchtermuchty) in Fife.

And if you don't manage to make it remember you can buy a selection of Jenni's new photographic Christmas cards right here in boo vake.

day one....

As from today boo vake will be open EVERY day until Christmas! Including Sundays (12-4) and Mondays (11-5), and we may even throw in the odd evening. If you're on the mailing list then we will be in touch, if not keep an eye on the blog or website for details.

Above - some of the jewellery & accessories we have in the shop at the moment. Details of which are here.

perthshire open studios

On Sunday we headed off to visit a few of the studios/workshops open for this year's Perthshire Open Studios. In the end we only managed a tiny bit of the orange and blue routes (as the area covered is so enormous) - which luckily included the workshops of woodturner extraordinaire Angus Clyne (no 84) and nearby sculptural ceramicist Shona Leith (no83), both of who do the most amazing work, and are lovely people to boot.

Beyond POS, for those wanting to benefit from their expertise, Shona holds regular ceramic classes at the Birnam Institute and Angus offers woodturning tuition in his workshop.

POS runs all this week and continues into next weekend (some are open in the evenings too). For more details check the website, or pop into the shop and pick up a brochure.
ps. Special mention also to boo vake favourite Ceri White (no75). Well worth a visit!

meet the maker evening

A pic from last night's meet the maker evening with ceramic artist Ceri White. Ceri even did an interview with Perth FM during the evening. What a pro! Thanks to everybody who managed to make it along.

Ceri (above) with some of her work behind her. On display are lots of small pieces that we don't usually have here at boo vake including many small hanging tiles, soap dishes, and a whole range of ceramic badges with owls, dogs, abstract designs & demi-wave ladies on them! We also have the very striking big brother of the urban mosaic - measuring about 33cm x 33cm. The (mini) exhibition will run now until the shop closes on Wednesday May 26th (yes, that's next Wednesday!).
coasters £7.50, small hanging tiles (flock animal, landscape, boats, vessel, ivory towers) start at £9, ceramic badges from £10, soap dishes £20-£22, large urban mosaic £150

this thursday...

Come along if you can make it - we'd love to see you!

ceri white mini exhibition

It's May!!... and Perth Festival of the Arts will soon be upon us. This year boo vake will be taking part with a mini exhibition by Perthshire ceramic artist Ceri White between 20th-26th May. You will no doubt be familiar with Ceri's fabulous dog/horse/stag 'flock' wall tiles and colourful mix'n'match ceramic coasters if you are a regular visitor to the shop. Ceri will be showing a range of work not usually shown here at boo vake and there will be an opportunity to commission work from her direct on the evening of May 20th. Fancy a tile made of your favourite pooch or have a tiling project in mind - now is your chance!

More details coming soon.....

www.ceriwhite.blogspot.com

boo vake in fife...one night only!

Oh yes!! boo vake will be hot-footing it over to Fife tomorrow night! We'll be setting out our stall at the Falkland School Christmas Fair (assisted by the lovely Rosie) so if you are in the area come along and say hello!

ps. still time to enter our Christmas give-away (see below) - the draw will take place this coming Sunday!

pkavs party in the park

It's less than two weeks now until the big PKAVS extravaganza on the South Inch. It will be a day of music, dance, food and drink with an arts & craft show, children's craft workshops, trade stalls, pipes & drums, a polo game, animal & reptile corner, bouncy castle type things and more thrown in! The headliners for the day are the fab Red Hot Chilli Pipers - worth the ticket on their own. My partner Ken will be running a musician filled beer tent with help from other Inveralmond Brewery guys and will be doing a beer tasting at some point too.
For those outside Perth PKAVS is the Perth & Kinross Association of Voluntary Service and do fine work in supporting the elderly, the disabled, individuals with mental ill health, and the people who care for them - as well as a whole load more.
Check out the details at the PKAVS website. And get tickets in advance from Horsecross on 01738 621031.