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20 things to do in your High Street

Julian Dobson's slideshow of '20 things to do in your High Street without Shopping' is here. Julian also runs the Urban Pollinators blog....always worth a look

Depressed artist guidance

Or what not to do??

Punkin' the Jubilee

For the next happening at The Stove we will be joining in with Dumfries’ Guid Nychburris on Saturday 16^th June. Using DIY fashion and music by turning 100 High St into a 100 club with T-Shirt printing factory and music venue.

The populous of Dumfropolis will be invited to come in and pick from a set of one-off designs – print their own t-shirt, customise it and wear it to a gig in the square outside.

We are committed to the idea of this as something that is fast and dirty in the way it comes together and are looking for a team of anarchic-spirited folk, to be part of it in a number of ways:

1. Make a zeitgeist design to mark the Jubilee (the jubilee of whatever, is up to you)….what we are looking for are one colour designs that can be screen printed onto t-shirts/badges etc (see technical details below)

2. Come along to a free screenprinting workshop with DIY screen printing expert Geraldine Greene

3. Help out on 16^th June at The Stove  Factory Shop– screenprinting, badgemaking, Polaroid making, or as a roadie 

example of a 'one colour' image

IMAGES:  

·      One Colour (see examples above)

·      Printable at A4 size (resolution 300dpi….

·      Submit to TheStove1@gmail.com (subject line: ‘Jubilee Images’) by 28^th May

WORKSHOP:

·      Afternoon of 9^th June at Gracefield

·      Free but numbers limited – booking and more details via TheStove1@gmail.com (subject line: ‘Jubilee Workshop’)

FACTORY SHOP:

·      Drop us an email at TheStove@gmail.com (subject line: ‘Jubilee Factory’or comment on this post and we’ll sort out a time for us all to meet up and make a plan.

No future, no future, for you.

First Foot at The Stove: The Premiere

Inbetween Dumfries November 2012

Stove In Between 1

The Stove Wins award!!

Edward marshall trust award has been won by two Scottish entries. The Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop and The Stove.

The Stoves award is for........

An Interface Designer commission, built around the following design objectives:

· Threshold/Entrance – adding design elements that enhance the quality of crossing the threshold between The Stove and the public space.

· Claiming Space – to extend the ‘influence’ of The Stove out into the public domain

· Make Comfortable – to make the immediate public spaces both inside and outside the Stove building comfortable and inspiring for people to spend time

· Signal Activity – explore ways that designed elements can be used to signal that The Stove is ‘coming to life’ (Example of the difference between real flowers that bloom periodically as opposed to plastic flowers)

· Enhance Artistic Capacity- permanent or demountable additions to the façade that give added scope to the façade for live art events.

We wish to allow the Interface Designer freedom to interrogate the brief through research and development with the overall design team and Creative Steering Group (The Stove + members of the Trust)….however possible outcomes that we have already considered include:

· A movable canopy

· Re-modelling of the entrance to the building (inc flooring externally and externally)

· Adding functionality to the large areas of glazing on the ground floor – eg to include creative display opportunities, lighting, perch seating in the external and internal reveals etc.

· Integrated LED displays and/or external shutters that double as screens for external/back projection projects."

New world orders according to Greece?

For the Stove bikers at the plane stanes.