Raay - Royal Adelaide Art and Yoga

23/01/2026

A couple of quick reminders: Paper Shop is open tomorrow (Saturday 24th), from 11-3, so come look at all the paper! Also, come and collect a set of US paper coin wraps to turn into art for the Filthy Lucre Exhibition happening in March. That's it, gotta go! Oh, one more thing, to see what would happen, I asked chatgpt to make me a line drawing of someone making paper, then collaged that with one of my old pattern designs, so that's this morning's lead-off image to get you thinking.

17/01/2026

Hey Everybody, Paper Shop is open today (Saturday the 17th) from 11-3, so come on down! There's new paper (well, old, but new to us), including a righteous pile of A1 (big!) sheets of sturdy cartridge paper that can be sold at a great price. Also, there are brand new shiny shelves in the paper room, which has improved the display aspect of things considerably. And, they're cool. Finally, and possibly most important, the Filthy Lucre Open Exhibition call out is finally officially launched today. I have a box of sets of US coin rolls to hand out to willing participants - you take 'em away, artify 'em and bring 'em back, then we have an exhibition. See the poster for details, feel free to send me a DM here if you want to take part - I'll start a list. OK, I think that's it for now, see you later today!

10/01/2026

Get in there soon if you've never been to see some of our favourite folk and the wondrous things they have.

Open Monday, Tuesday and Weds 10-4 and Thursday 10-6 …. New ideas on the horizon …. Different things appearing in the shop .. more playfulness and creativity ….

10/01/2026

Hello all, and Happy New Year! My resolution to time things better has already failed, as this is an exceedingly last minute post about Paper Shop, but hey, room for improvement, yes? So, Paper Shop is open today, the 10th, from 11-3! And then every Saturday in January at a similar time. New this week, some lovely A4 sheets. of handmade (not by me) lokta paper in an earthy blue colour, some gorgeous sheets (heavy and light weight) rescued from a photo album, probably handmade, probably cotton (at least part, if not all), pages from a 1913 book on celtic art, and exercise books! There's also a ton of stock already in the shop, and some of it might be on sale throughout the month of January, so you should drop in. If you stop in today (or are reading this post), ask me about Filthy Lucre - it's the next open call exhibition, and it's going to be good. I'll post a full description and call-out tomorrow (Sunday the 13th), so look out for that - it'll include all the details for the show. One final note - I got a new laptop, and I haven't fully figured it out yet, but it does have a weird, sort of primitive AI image generator as part of the operating system, so while I Wasn't migrating info from the old machine, and sorting out images for this post, I was making a portrait of myself wearing a flower garland, holding a cat and a balloon, standing in front of a volcano (dormant, I think). I share it now, along with a smiley face I saw on the pavement. OK, see you soon!

17/12/2025

Hey, we managed to get out in the grisly weather to take a peek at our box in the Nudge Community Builders Advent Box! If you don't get the chance to see our box today, it'll join all the lovely boxes that have already been done, in the front window at The Plot, so you'll be able to check them all out. Thanks Nudge team for inviting us to take part.

16/12/2025

Hey all, Wednesday 17th (that's tomorrow, as I write this), is your last chance to get your hands on quirky, reclaimed, recycled and handmade paper before you know what. Paper Shop will be open from 1-6, which counts as late night shopping for us, so stop by after work, or leave work early, or just call in sick and come over. There's a room full of paper, hand-stitched blank books, cards, bookmarks, old sheet music, maps, gift tags, and more. Upstairs at RAAY, follow the signs and bring cash.

10/12/2025

Slight change to pre-holiday shop days folks - Monday the 15th is now off due to domestic occurings. Still three other days to stock up!

03/12/2025

!11th Dec. UPDATE: Monday the 15th we're getting a new shower installed at home (yay!), so now there won't be a paper shop on Monday. Fear not, that still leaves three opportunities to stock up before you know what (the 12th, 13th & 17th). I might decide to open for a few hours next Tuesday (the 16th) also, but I'm not going to commit to that just yet. I'll let you know over the weekend, and I'll put up some more photos of the weird and wonderful paper you can find in the shop.

There will be hand-stamped, 127-year-old book pages for wrapping around precious objects, labels (or ornaments, if you prefer), bookmarks, cards that are only very loosely tied to winter holiday themes, and of course, piles of reclaimed, recycled and handmade paper that's perfect for you if you do all your own cardmaking, hand-stamping and so on. I'll have an array of my own drawings and paintings on sale, if you'd like to support a starving artist and give a piece of contemporary art to that special someone. Hey, I might even make you a cup of tea while you're here! See you soon, revelers.

29/11/2025

Hey all, come on down to RAAY today to see the A5 Open. I might extend the show for a couple more days next week, but if I don't, this is your last chance, so come on down, we'll be here until 4. The show looks great. 25 artists each got an A5 sheet of paper I made specifically for the exhibition, and the range of engagements - pencil drawing, embroidery, collage, cutting up into tiny pieces, is enthralling. If you missed seeing the show and/or taking part, we'll do another one in 2026. In fact, we love materials-based open exhibitions at RAAY, so I've planned a calendar of them for next year and I'll be announcing the next one soon. Keep an eye here for details.

Thanks to all the artists who are part of the A5 Open this year: Mary Toon, Ellen Sims. Poppy Victory, Jean Hague, Donna Robson, Anna Christie, Margaret Corvid, Hip.P, Rob Orr, Sam Carr, Gabi Marcellus-Temple, Stella Tripp, Ripley McEwan, Clare Rogers, Richard Sunderland, Merry Pann, Rosie Kearton, Antonia Texidor, Clare Smith and Wabkin (Nic and I also made contributions).

Here are a few photos of the show, as well as pics of the postcard wall, the What I Did on my Summer Vacation installation in the Sliver, and a peek through the door into the small room filled with my drawings. I'll endeavour to photo all the work and get it up here in the next couple days.

27/11/2025

Last weekend, the Camp Writer's Kin had a postcard workshop at Union Corner with Claire Gladstone and they very kindly invited me to crash the party to talk about RAAY's love of postcards. If that wasn't enough, the results from the session arrived at RAAY today, and have gone up on our postcard wall with work from Jacqui Jones, Antoinette Moorby, and others, which is fabulous. Thanks to Tina Kutter, Charlotte Squire, Tara Casey and the rest of the group for sending your work over to us, we love it. The postcard wall at RAAY is always up and on display, and we have two albums of cards that date back to Royal Adelaide Arms pub days, as well as collections from previous RAAY postcard shows. Hey, why don't you send us a postcard? It's easy, check the last image in this set for our address and so on. One more thing, the A5 Open exhibition is on this week Thursday, Friday and Saturday each day 11-4. Come see it, it's really good.

25/11/2025

Hey all, this Saturday, the 29th, it's the last PHSS (Plymouth Hypermobility Support & Sharing) of the year. I've attached the info card to this post as well, and for further info about the session, contact Nic via telephone or email, details are on the poster. Plymouth Online Directory Plymouth Area Disability Action Network - PADAN Community Builder - Stonehouse

22/11/2025

Hey there's a ton happening around Stonehouse today! Our lovely Nudge Community Builders friends have the Festive Fair going on down at the Plot. The Rhizome art group have a Pop-up exhibition down on the Stonehouse Peninsula (I'll find their flyer and post it up here too). And if that's not enough, you can always call into RAAY to see the A5 Open exhibition and browse Paper Shop. So much to do and see!