Saturday 31st January 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm

Join us for willow weaving with Karla Pearce. We will be weaving Swallows in the morning and Bird feeders in the afternoon. You can choose to do both sessions or just one session. No experience necessary, just bring your creativity and enthusiasm!

Saturday 7th February 10am to 1pm

In this three hour workshop, Kirsty Hand will be teaching needle felting for beginners and people who have some experience in needle felting. She will be teaching to make owls that will be mounted on a wooden disc for hanging.

What will we do?

Welcome & setup

• Brief safety talk and needle handling

• Overview of the finished owl

Create the owl base

• Felt a flat oval shape for the owl head

• Focus on firming and keeping the back flat

✔️ By the end of this section you should have a solid owl head shape

Add the face

• Felt the lighter face shape onto the owl

• Shape and refine the edges

✔️ Your owl should now clearly look like an owl!

Eyes and beak

• Add eyes (felted or glass)

• Felt a small beak

• Adjust expression

✔️ This is where your owl really comes to life

Attach owl to wooden disc

• Position the owl face on the disc

• Felt carefully around the edges to secure it

✔️ Your owl is now fixed to the base

Add moss and woodland details

• Felt moss around the owl

• Fill gaps and add texture

✔️ Everything should now be securely attached

Finishing touches

• Smooth loose fibres

• Final adjustments

  AND ADMIRE EVERYONE’S WORK!!!

Sunday 15th February 10am to 5pm

Artist, Nicole Manley will be introducing collage in its many forms as a way of exploring past present and future experiences of the Jed River through the making of collage. People with memories of Jed Water and the relationships of the town with the local river are warmly invited to participate in a voyage down memory lane and thoughts and feelings about our river and our natural and historical heritage.

Friday 27th February 2026 - 6:30pm until 8pm

Facing and building change together: arts and science

Join us for a talk and screening of award winning short film One Day We will Dance with You (by Alkis Papastathopoulos & Kate Adams). One Day is a film about human bonds and molecular bonds, at a time when floods and droughts have become part of everyday life. It imagines what it means to create a celebration with a community of people we love, of everything watery, from molecule vibrations to the way water flows through the stem of a plant. Made in collaboration with WATERAGRI a European research project on water, sustainability and nutrient recycling, it is the result of a long term collaboration between people from many different backgrounds.

Kate, the artist and researcher leading the collaboration, will be presenting the film and speaking about the potential of working across the arts and science as we face the ecological, climate and sustainability challenges that are beginning to affect all our lives.

Friday 27th February 2026 - 10 am until 5 pm

Join us for a day-long workshop exploring our relationship with water through stories, movement, drawing and words, with interdisciplinary artist Kate Adams.

This is a welcoming space for personal and creative exploration for artists and non-artists. You don’t need any experience to participate, just a bit of curiosity.

We’ll play with the dynamics and qualities of water and open up themes relating to cycles in nature, personal connections and stories of water. Kate will bring images and starting points and you are invited to do the same if you wish. You might bring an image or a word or a memory that resonates with you.

We will begin with a warm up drawing on the practice of qi gong and move between creative exercises, discussions and writing/drawing time. Some of the games and creative explorations will involve movement, so please wear comfortable clothes.

If you register and then can't make it, please let us know in advance so we can open up the space to someone else.

Saturday 7th March 10am to 1pm

Join Lynne MacGregor for a taster to create your own mini silk collages. We shall be using a combination of hand-dyed papers layered up with silk tops and fibres with the inclusion of various treasure  gathered from the country and seaside. 

We shall make two small pieces which will be made into cards and one larger piece which will be mounted ready to frame.

Please bring an apron or old shirt and either a tray or piece of board to take your work home as it will still be wet.  You can also bring anything else you might want to add to your collages like dried flowers, moss, lichen and other small objects.

Saturday 21st March 10 am to 5pm

Mary is a chiropractor with a particular interest in the ways we perceive and tell others about our experience of life. In her clinic she uses a unique combination of chiropractic, cranial therapy, fascial work, visceral manipulation and bio-geometric integration. This day workshop explores how much (or how little) of what is happening in our body we are aware of, and how many layers of meaning we load onto that awareness. Participants can expect to end the day with an increased toolkit for observing and sharing their lived experience.

Saturday 28th March 10 am to 1pm

Join Deborah Fallas in the morning for acrylic painting. Originally from Aberdeen, Deborah has been living in the Scottish Borders for over 30 years. Her paintings are colourful with bold quick expressive brushstrokes and built up in layers. Texture being made from scratching, scraping or maybe pencil marks. This workshop will be about working with textures.

ArtAffect is delighted to welcome Kirsty Maclean’s work into our exhibition space! Kirsty Maclean is an artist working primarily with acrylics and metallic materials, creating abstract pieces that focus on reflection, light, texture, and colour. Her work is deeply influenced by the sea and the Scottish Borders countryside, blending serenity and vibrancy into her art. Exhibited works will be for sale and will include framed paintings and some set to prints in sizes A4 and A3. Entry to the exhibition is free.