10 June 2015

 Event organised by Highland Council Countryside Rangers

A wild day-long hike on a historic route. Once a coffin route to Clachan church, now part of the Cape Wrath Trail. Bring sturdy footwear and lunch.
Booking essential. Meeting place given out on booking. Grade D. Adults £8.00, conc. £4.00, family £20.00. Contact Reuben on 01854 613904/07881 502230 or reuben.brown@highland.gov.uk.

10 June 2015

 Confernce of EBUK (Earth Building UK) celebrating the culture of earth buildings

Errol Perthshire

A weeklong festival focussing on earth building, with workshops and seminars. There will be 4 days of workshops covering arrange of techniques including rammed earth, cob, mudwall conservation, clay plasters, turf building, and clay/fibres. The intention is that over a week you can learn about all these skills by doing a different workshops each day, or you could do a deeper delve into a particular technique.

There will also be a turf symposium on Thursday 11th June and conference on Friday 12th June.

Further details and booking forms from the EBUK 2015 website:  http://www.ebuk.uk.com/ebuk-2015-clayfest/

10 June 2015

Making a hand-sewn Coptic book

Inverness Museum and Art Gallery

Cost: £10 including materials 

Join classically trained award winning bookbinder Laura West who will lead a masterclass in traditional and contemporary hand-sewn book-binding. In this full day workshop Laura will guide you in the basics of making your own hand sewn Coptic book. Called Coptic after the Coptic monasteries where these books have been discovered in North Africa, these were the first books to be bound in the codex style. To celebrate the Hunting for Lost Crafts theme of hunting shooting and fishing in the Highlands you will have the option of using real salmon skin as a covering material or Japanese silk. No tools or materials are needed and Laura will provide comprehensive course notes to take away with you at the end of the masterclass.

Place are limited and booking is essential, in person at the museum, via telephone on 01463 237114 or email Kirsten Body at  kirsten.body@highlifehighland.com