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Raay - Royal Adelaide Art and Yoga, 9 Adelaide Street, Plymouth (2026)

23/03/2026

Hey there, one more post for today -

this Saturday, the 28th is the March session of PHSS at RAAY. PHSS is a support and sharing group for people with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder, and their carers. The group meets once a month, on the last Saturday of the month. I've included an extra card this time with some info about Nic and the session, as well the exciting news that thanks to generous support from Plymouth City Councillor Alison Raynsford and grant funding from the Plymouth Octopus - POP Stonehouse Stakeholder project, the session's continuation is secure until July of 2027! See cards for contact details an so on, get in touch with Nic for any queries or further details. St Peter and the Waterfront Community Builder - Stonehouse Plymouth Online Directory

23/03/2026

Hey All, the next open call exhibition at RAAY - Framed, Again - is now open for submissions. We have 30 burgundy red paper frames (like your school photo came in), and we want you to take one away and turn it into art. All the details are on the card there.

The show is called Framed, Again, because we did the same thing a couple years ago, with wooden frames collected from charity shops, and that show was called Framed, so, here we are, Framed, Again.

The RAAY Open Xs open exhibition series is an ongoing series of open calls where we hand out the same stuff to all participating artists (but different stuff for each exhibition), and then gasp with delight at the range of material engagement on show in the works that come back to us. Framed, Again is the second of these for 2026 and there will be two more as the year progresses.

20/03/2026

And in other news, the Filthy Lucre exhibition is up, and open from tomorrow (Saturday 21st). See the poster for dates/times. I've included a few photos, taken with my tired old phone, so they're a bit fuzzy. It's a small show this time, but potent. I sent something like 20 sets of coin wraps out in the world, and six have come back. So, including contributions from Nic & me, there are eight of us in the show. See the poster for the full list. The work is, as usual, varied and interesting, and it's fantastic to see the variety of ways different artists engage with the same materials. For those of you who might be unfamiliar, we do open group shows at RAAY a little differently - we provide everyone with the same raw material as a starting point (in this case, a set of US paper coin wraps). There's no theme as such, and the participating artists are free to engage with the material as they see fit. The result is unpredictable and exciting, as I'm sure you'll agree. Filthy Lucre is the first of four such exhibitions we'll hold this year. Stay tuned, the. announce,ent for the next open call will be coming on Sunday.

20/03/2026

Hey all, Paper Shop this week is tomorrow! (Saturday, 21st). New in the shop this week, some very small sheets of handmade (not by me!), cotton rag paper unpicked from a very small notebook; some sheets of stiff grey paper probably from an old scrapbook - not fancy, but interesting, and good for collage; and finally, a stack of paper filters made for home winemaking - they're circles! 6 inches in diameter, very absorbent, sure to be fun for all sorts of art applications. Also, I got a very good price on some greeting cards and giftwrap based on an old fragment of russian textile (I've had the same designs in the shop before), so they're super inexpensive, and they're cool (but I don't have a pic of them this morning, so you'll have to take my word for it). I'm working on getting the paper studio up & running, so stay tuned, I'll be making again soon! See you tomorrow. As it says on the poster, follow the signs and bring cash.

12/03/2026

Hey all, Paper Shop this week is Saturday the 14th, from 11-3. As I'm writing this (Thursday morning), I ahould let you know I will be in today between about 1:30 & 4, so you could saunter over this afternoon if you can't make it on Saturday. I'll mostly be stitching new sketchbooks, which has been my obsession this week. In terms of new paper, I scored a wee treasure trove of interesting things which will be in the shop for you to ooh and ah about. See the pics for details. The main image is a little walnut innk sketch on a sheet of paper from a 'scribbling block' that must date from the 1970s, if not earlier. For cheap scribbling paper, it's remarkably robust, and has aged to a lovely creamy colour. I have roughly 40 sheets of it, so you might want to act fast. Also, the cover sheet of the pad has a fabulous, full-colour illustration of a snail, a pic of which I'll share at some point. As ever, paper shop is upstairs at RAAY - use the side door, follow the signs and bring cash.

04/03/2026

Hey all, here's the March '26 Paper Shop calendar, starting with this Friday (the 6th) 12-4. As the days are getting longer and warmer, I'll be at RAAY a lot more, so there may be extra open days added on an ad hoc basis - check here on a Monday for updates. And, I'll open by appointment, so get in touch if none of the posted times suit you.

One more thing, if you took away coin wraps for the Filthy Lucre exhibition, This Friday is also officially your last day to bring work in for the show. I'll announce the dates of the show on Friday, and also announce the call out + materials for the next show.

As far as new in the shop this week, I found two volumes of an encyclopedia set from 1906 (all in the public domain now, you'll be relieved to know). A treasure trove of diagrams, maps, illustrations and even some photographs. And it's actually pretty decent paper, in pretty decent shape. Have a flick through the photos here to see what delights await you - then come see me on Friday.

25/02/2026

Hey all, a couple of things to mention. First, the FIlthy Lucre Coin Wrap Exhibition submission deadline has been extended to Friday 6th March at 4pm. If you already have coin wraps, you have an extra week to get your masterpiece(s) together. If you don't have any, but want some, and can work quickly, come see me to collect a set soon, which leads me to the next mention - Paper Shop this week is Saturday the 28th, 11-3. Come and see all the paper, it's wondrous (really). Also, pick up a set of coin wraps to artify, and take part in the exhibition. Ok, that is all.

24/02/2026

Hey all, the February PHSS (Plymouth Hypermobility & Sharing) meeting at RAAY is this Saturday, the 28th, from 11-1. I've included the info card with details (new details and some good news coming next month), including our accessibility situation (the session takes place in the yoga studio, which is on the ground floor, but there are steps and tight corners - we can handle some mobility limitations, but unfortunately not wheelchairs). For any more info about the session, contact Nic - details on the card. Plymouth Online Directory Plymouth Area Disability Action Network - PADAN Plymouth Octopus - POP

20/02/2026

Hey all, Paper Shop is open today (Friday the 20th), from 12-4, come on down to look at paper. I'm always trying to get organised (recently I was complimented on my organisational skills, which was a very pleasant surprise!), and this week, that includes an inventory and catalogue of all the sheets on the new orange shelf, and rearranging everything in the blue wheelie trolley (indicated in this picture by the odd hands!). The orange shelf has no less than 64 (and probably more like 66-67) different sheets stacked up, and now there's a sample book of all of them, so you can flick through before moving stacks around! So, I'll see you later today, right?

13/02/2026

Hey all, Paper Shop is open tomorrow (Valentine's Day!), from 11-3. Come in, especially if you need a last-minute, goofy card for your lover (I might even do some 'love' themed cards specially). Actually, I am going to be in today (Friday, Valentine's Day Eve!), so if you felt the urge, you could pop in and see me today, say, 12ish - 3ish. I'm doing inventory and put price labels out, but I might as well open the doors for a wee while. The photos this week are meant to entice you with the wide array of stacks of paper currently on hand in the shop. A friend stopped by yesterday and went away with a literal smorgasbord - a bit of everything - so he'll be having fun this weekend working with different weights, different ages, different fibre compositions - and that could be you too!

04/02/2026

Hey all, it's February, and my New Year's Resolution to do Paper Shop promo in a more timely manner in 2026 is finally kicking in. This week, Paper Shop is on Friday, the 6th, from 12-4, so come on over and see what's in the shop. The accompanying photos this week illustrate what I've come to call 'pick & mix' - two big boxes full of scraps and offcuts - from my studiom from blank book and sheet pack projects - basically anytime I have a few odd pieces of paper leftover at the end of some work, I chuck them in the box. Now there's a vast collection of bits & pieces, waiting for you to come sift through to find what's perfect for your collage project. The way it works is I give you a paper bag, and for a modest sum, you can fill that bag with scraps. Pick & Mix, right?

The rest of February's dates are on here as well, so mark your calendar now.

31/01/2026

Hey all, paper Shop is open today from 11-3, and it seems like the massive deluges of rain might be downgraded to cute little manageable deluges. So, come over betwen 11-3 to say hi and peruse the shop. For today's image, I've been ably assisted by Siri and chatgpt, which I confess, happens occasionally (occasionally, I print some ai or ai-assisted images onto paper to sell in the shop as cards). If you come down, and are interested, I'm happy to chat about how I use text prompting to create images, and I'm more than happy to discuss the wide range of concerns about ai and its use in the cultural sector as well as humanity at large, including my own concerns and feelings of ambivalence. OK, sermon/rant/disclaimer/thing over. Come look at paper!

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