Connecting Threads

A creative project responding to the River Tweed, its habitats, ecologies, communities and culture

Collecting candle black for ink production. Still from Touch Type, 2024. © Saul Pankhurst

Working against Type

By Michael Pattison

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2 February – 4 May 2025

Sam Laughlin: Gathering Light

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Studio visit: Charles Fletcher

By Tom Jeffreys

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Watery Commons

By Connecting Threads

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Down by the River I...

By Connecting Threads

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Annie Lord, Sketching in Stone, 2024. Image credit: Sarah Jamieson / Pictorial Photography

Residency reflections: Annie Lord

By Connecting Threads

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Coleman and Hodges, Glimpses of Utopia at Abbotsford, 2024. Photo credit: Kerry Jones

Residency reflections: Coleman and Hodges

By Connecting Threads

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Residency reflections: Sam Laughlin

By Connecting Threads

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Studio visit: Felicity Bristow

By Tom Jeffreys

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Creative profile: Aled Haywood

By Tom Jeffreys

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Walking the Border

By Harry Josephine Giles

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Cleaning the Tweed Estuary

By Joanna Helfer

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Studio visit: Anna Chapman Parker

By Tom Jeffreys

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Wild Heart Sessions: Iona Lane

By Emily Cropton

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In photos: Kirsty Law, Meander

By Connecting Threads

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Celebrating the Salmon

By Joanna Helfer

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Gala Water Unbordered

By Carl Lavery

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A woman in black lifts a red buoy above her head with the sea behind.

Studio visit: Chloë Smith

By Tom Jeffreys

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Forking and flowing, forte and fishing

By Melissa McCarthy

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Upper
Tweed

Middle
Tweed

Lower
Tweed

Working against Type

Sam Laughlin: Gathering Light

Studio visit: Charles Fletcher

Watery Commons

Down by the River I...

Residency reflections: Annie Lord

Residency reflections: Coleman and Hodges

Residency reflections: Sam Laughlin

Studio visit: Felicity Bristow

Creative profile: Aled Haywood

Walking the Border

Cleaning the Tweed Estuary

Studio visit: Anna Chapman Parker

Wild Heart Sessions: Iona Lane

In photos: Kirsty Law, Meander

Celebrating the Salmon

Gala Water Unbordered

Studio visit: Chloë Smith

Forking and flowing, forte and fishing

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