RUTH ELIZABETH JONES

Ainsworth Cottage, Ayr Street, Moniaive, DG3 4HP

T: 01848 200188 E: ruth@jonescc.com

W: ruthelizabethjones.com ruth_elizabeth_jones

I make clay vessels, coil-building and throwing with meditative focus. I use textured clays, raw surfaces and smoke-firing to make statement pieces for interiors and curated collections of pairs and groups.

What to expect: Returning to show in my own studio in the heart of Moniaive for the first time since 2011, visitors will be able to see a selection of my work plus all materials and tools used in the making and firing, including my smoking bins.

£45 - £1,000

Recommendation: what3words: ///joke.worked.goodnight

The Hive on Moniaive High Street is a community hub with local crafts, clothes, books and community information.

10% discount on purchases over £100.

Directions: Entering Moniaive on the A702, follow the road through the village and go to the left at the clock tower onto Ayr Street (B729); the studio is 100 yards on the right.

Accessibility: I have a raised threshold at the studio door and the space is narrow so will be difficult for large wheelchairs.

Sarah Keast

Cairnbank, Moniaive, Thornhill, DG3 4EQ

T: 01848 200526 E: info@sarahkeast.co.uk sarahkeastartist

W: www.sarahkeast.co.uk Sarah-Keast-visual-artist

Deborah Campbell

The Rooks Gallery, Toll House, Keir Road, Penpont, DG3 4BP

T: 07775 665 771 E: deborah@deborahcampbell.com

W: www.deborahcampbell.com deborahcampbell02

I make mixed media artworks combining drawing, painting and printmaking techniques including screen printing and collograph. I mostly make unique pieces rather than editioned prints. My work is often abstract or semi abstract and relates to the natural environment and our interaction with it.

What to expect: Visitors to my studio will be able to go into my garden studio where I work. I will offer demonstrations with my printmaking equipment during the weekend. I will also have an exhibition of recent work in an adjacent gallery room in my house.

Recommendation:

The George Hotel in Moniaive has recently reopened and is run by Rachel, Julian and family as a friendly cafe.

Directions: From the centre of Moniaive village follow the A702 towards Dalry. Leave the village over the humpback bridge. Keep on the main road. The house is first on the left.

Accessibility: 5 steps to get up to the level of my house from the drive. Disabled visitors are welcome to park in front of the house.

what3words: ///ethic.remaking.sandbags

SPRINGBACK

I create intricate contemporary textiles inspired by Scotland's coastal landscape. I interpret the landscape through print, making unique hand-printed fabrics using various printing techniques. Then using free motion machine embroidery as my drawing tool I combine the fabrics to create fine art mixed media textiles.

What to expect: I will be exhibiting my new collection of fine art textiles and mixed media studies from trips to the Hebrides. I will also be demonstrating some of the printing techniques I use onto fabrics and offer people the opportunity to try different printing techniques – accessible to everyone including children.

10% discount for Friends of Spring Fling.

Recommendation: what3words: ///tall.agency.splendid

The Three Villages Cafe, attached to the Rooks Gallery in Penpont. Great cakes and coffee.

Directions: Heading north out of Thornhill follow signs for Penpont on the left, in 2 miles go past the Penpont war memorial and the gallery is 1st on the left.

Accessibility: Part wheelchair access (e.g. wheelchair access to the gallery but not to the toilet) Parking is on the street.

Robyn Cove

14 Glendyne Place, Sanquhar, DG4 6AZ

T: 07540 470 578 E: info@robyncovepottery.co.uk robyncovepottery W: www.robyncovepottery.co.uk

Working from my home studio I make both functional and decorative pottery. Alongside the blue and white tableware I am known for I will also be showing my new handbuilt decorative vessels for the first time.

What to expect: You can meet me at my studio where I can answer any questions about my work and the making process. There will be pots on exhibition around the studio. You'll have the opportunity to make a pinch pot that you can take away with you.

£5 - £1,000

Recommendation:

A' the Airts, Café and Community Arts & Crafts Centre. 8-12 High Street, Sanquhar.

Anne Butler

Ferndale Studio, Durisdeer, Thornhill, DG3 5BJ T: 07885 052 782 E: annecbutler@gmail.com annebutlerart W: www.annebutlerart.com Annebutlerart

I am a painter and my studio is in the beautiful village of Durisdeer. I mostly work on large canvases in a loose, semi abstract style. I paint landscapes and seascapes. I sometimes paint outdoors and love weather!

What to expect: My studio is very much a workspace. I am not a tidy worker so I display my paintings in a large room in Ferndale. My workspace will be open for visitors to see paintings in-progress and all my materials.

£50 - £1,200 what3words: ///hairspray.positive.toasters what3words: ///bills.unleashed.seated

Directions: Enter Sanquhar on the A46 from Dumfries; turn right just before/at the Spar shop. Take the next right to find me on your left further along the same road.

Accessibility: Gravel and 6 wooden steps up into the studio.

Discount for Spring Fling Friends.

Directions: From south. Take A702 Edinburgh, at Carronbridge. Approx. 4 miles to Durisdeer. From north. Take A702 Thornhill. A mile after Durisdeer Mill, look for the sign to Durisdeer on left.

Accessibility: Three steps up into the studio.

Samuel Sparrow

Old Post Office, 33 Drumlanrig Street, Thornhill, DG3 5LJ

T: 07707 326 000 E: hello@samuelsparrow.com sparrowandco

W: samuelsparrow.com

I produce wheel-thrown tableware and objects from my studio in Thornhill. My work aims to celebrate simplicity and functionality, highlighting the inherent beauty of objects that are made by hand.

What to expect: Pots from my recent firing will be displayed in my studio – the old Thornhill Post Office. There'll also be the opportunity to see pots in various stages of production and the tools and equipment I use to make them.

Alison Macleod

114 Drumlanrig Street, Thornhill, DG3 5LS T: 07786 434 981

E: alison@alisonmacleod.com alisonmacleodjewellery

W: www.alisonmacleod.com alisonmacleodjewellery

A love of pattern is central to my designs, inspired by the busy Victorian aesthetic but with a modern, balanced approach. Heirlooms fascinate me, sentimental pieces building significance as they’re passed through generations. It’s this emotional value which I aim to imbue into my jewellery.

What to expect: My studio is a space filled with inspiration, printing trays full of treasures, pavement finds and a pin board covered in magazine cuttings and postcards. At my workbench my favourite tools are at hand: piercing saws, tweezers, soldering torches, files, mallets and planishing hammers.

£400 - £7,000 what3words: ///riverboat.whistle.winner what3words: ///resembles.modifies.feels

Recommendation: Cample Line is a venue dedicated to presenting contemporary art and film of international scope –well worth a visit and less than 3 miles from Thornhill.

Directions: My studio is located on the main street in Thornhill – next door to the Royal Mail Sorting Office and opposite the Nithsdale Stove Centre.

Accessibility: My studio is located on the ground floor, accessed via one step.

Recommendation: The Nature Walk at Morton Castle north of Thornhill.

Directions: My studio is located on the main street of Thornhill at the central roundabout opposite the Drumlanrig Cafe.

Accessibility: My studio has one step to get in the front door.

Kaz Robertson

114 Drumlanrig Street, Alison Macleod Jewellery, Thornhill, DG3 5LS

T: 07779 602 148 E: kaz_m_r@hotmail.com @kazrobertsonjewellery

W: www.kazrobertson.co.uk kazrobertsonjewellery

Gyllian Thomson

Garfell ‘The Studio’, Corstorphine Road, Thornhill, DG3 5NB

T: 07944 420 373 E: gyll5@yahoo.co.uk gyllianthomsontapestries

W: gyllianthomsontapestries.co.uk Gyllian Thomson Tapestries

SPRINGBACK what3words: ///marinated.proposes.mining

I design and create my jewellery from my studio in Coburg House, Edinburgh. Mainly working with resin, I produce pieces by combining a bold colour palette with pattern.

What to expect: I will be showing new work alongside some KAZ favourites. There will also be a sale box with sample pieces and older work. There will be work-in-progress to see to get a better understanding of the processes involved.

10% discount for Friends of Spring Fling.

Recommendation: Walks around the Drumlanrig Estate.

Directions: As you pass the cross in Thornhill (from the Dumfries direction) the studio is just on the left hand side on the main road.

Accessibility: There is one step as you enter the studio front door, it is then all on one level.

I am a traditional Tapestry weaver working on an upright scaffold loom. I translate my paintings onto the loom using yarns made of cotton, wool, acrylic, linen, silks, and plastics. I weave across my warp and beat the yarns down with handmade wooden bobbins.

What to expect: A warm welcome awaits in my studio, and into the house to see larger pieces. I will demonstrate how I weave on my scaffold loom. Visitors can try weaving on my scaffold loom or on a small wooden frame. Young people can handmake a twig loom and experiment with thicker yarns.

£2.50 - £6,000

Recommendation: what3words: ///eyelid.uppermost.curtains

Hillhouse and Hunter, Drumlanrig Street, across from the Co-op for all your hardware, home and bakeware needs.

10% discount for Friends of Spring Fling.

Directions: At the roundabout coming from Dumfries take the 3rd exit. Go straight up and Corstorphine Road is the first right. My studio is the first bungalow on your right.

Accessibility: My studio is on the level. To view larger works within the house there are 4 steps then another 4 steps to get there. Ample parking.