Rivers are Dynamic

Minds can be moulded at any age, and we try to show this by dusting off the river table and honing our teaching skills for high school students with Dynamic Rivers! We have been working with St Margaret’s High School in Livingston to show the higher geography classes...

Final cyanotypes workshops – The Almond’s Industrial Heritage

Artist’s Annie and Morvern held the last in the series of creative workshops on Saturday, exploring drawing & collage in creating photo prints using Cyanotype paper. This workshop took its inspiration from the industrial heritage of the Almond, and the mills which...

West Lothian Ageing Well Walkers

I have been fortunate enough to join up with the West Lothian Ageing Well Walking Group – Craigshill branch. I was warmly welcomed by the group on a previous walk at Howden where I talked about the rock ramp we created there. I decided I could crash another of their...

Cyanotypes – Painting with Light

The new interpretative artworks which will be installed at the three new fish pass sites along the Almond are beginning to take shape. Artists Annie Lord and Morvern Odling began the second stage of their collaborative works with local community members, continuing...

Final explorer walk – River Almond

The sun shone down on us for the last in our series of Explorer Walks. Artists Morvern Odling and Annie Lord led the group through a series of creative exercises. The autumnal hues in the landscape provided a rich source of inspiration and reminded us that the whole...