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Art at Paxton Events
We're very excited to announce a new series of Art at Paxton events at beautiful Paxton House in the Scottish Borders in 2026. They include two, two-day weekend fairs. The first is Spring Art Expo on Sat-Sun March 28-29, coinciding with Paxton's reopening and the second is the Summer Art at Paxton fair on Sat-Sun, Aug 29-30.
We will also have new monthly Tuesday artisan pop-ups, with free arts' demos.
All the events take place in the newly refurbished Ballroom (formerly the Picture Gallery) and hopefully a few outdoor gazebos
For more information, please see our event pages
International Commission Boost
One of our studio artists, and very dear former work colleague, Tom Paterson, was recently commissioned to paint an image to help promote a world-renowned camera crane system for the 2025 International Broadcast Convention in Amsterdam. Tom who runs Forager Films also works as a cameraman and just happens to be an accomplished Polecam operator, so he jumped at the opportunity. His painting was blown up to a whopping 3 x 2 metres and featured in prime position on the event display stand.
IBC is one of the biggest gatherings in the world of Television and Video production professionals - held every year in early September. See more of Tom's work in his Tin Shed Studio.
New Sunday Makers' Markets
New monthly Sunday Makers' Markets take place at Etal Village in Northumberland next year, from April till October.
We trialed a few Sunday events in 2025 and they were a huge hit, so we decided to make them a permanent feature. They will run alongside our established Art at Etal fairs on second Wednesday each month. The Sunday Makers' Markets are aimed at showcasing traditional, local, quality artisan crafts and skills, including local artisan food producers, such as jams, bread, honey. For more information visit the event pages
Artist's Winning Move
When functional artist James Postle salvaged part of a storm-felled ancient elm, he had no idea it would lead him to being part of a very special exhibition, at the very place the tree once grew. The elm had stood in the grounds of Ayton Castle, near Eyemouth for 132 years till Storm Arwen brought it down in 2021. James, who lives in Ayton Village, came across it when out for a walk. and decided to create something to ensure the tree lived on in a different way for future generations.
However it wasn't until The Tin Shed invited him to take part in the recent Art in the Castle event at Ayton Castle, that he decided to transform it into a huge chess set as the centrepiece of his display. Not only did he breathe new life into the ancient, felled tree, but also got to take it "home" to where it once stood, for his very first exhibition.
See more of his work on Instagram @the_postle
