Photography, graphic design & stationery
Photographs in commission or delivered from the large photo archive of 3 decades black-and- white
and colour photography of Adriana Sjan Bijman, specialised in nature, flowers and landscapes,
ecology, community life at the Findhorn Foundation Community, people as well as organic farming and
gardening.
Adriana Sjan Bijman’s beautiful photographs have been used on record/CD/DVD covers, posters, leaflets
and magazines in Europe over many years. Have a look at her portfolio.
Participant and co-organiser of the Findhorn Craft Group
Garden beauty
After a wet summer there is a great mushroom harvest this Autumn.
Testimonial
'Your layout suggestions were SO helpful and appreciated, thank you very much.' Janice Eddy, on help layout advert, July 2010
News and Activities
Fairs and Exhibitions
The Artists Trail
Ongoing summer tour through The Park Findhorn to visit local art & craftpeople in their studios. The small but vibrant home of Findhorn Images is at 66 The Park.
Findhorn dances through sun and rain! During the Sacred Dance Festival at Findhorn (10-18 July 2010) the Findhorn Foundation Craft Group organised a Craft & Art Fair on Tuesday 13th July in the Community Centre. Adriana takes place in most of the organised Fairs at Findhorn.
At Sunday 26th September Adriana was co-organising the "East Meets West" day, to integrate and mix the Chinese Culture with the International-British culture at Findhorn. A wonderful day with the art of Chinese Tea drinking, great food and Qi Gong.
Testimonial:
Feedback on work done by Adriana Sjan Bijman:
Dear Adriana, I want to congratulate you on a superb layout of this week's Rainbow Bridge. You display your artistic flair magnificently. Thank you also for the many many earlier RB magazines that you have edited. With love, John Willoner, Conference Office, Findhorn Foundation, April 2010
'Palmera', part of the art work "Argentina Project" at which Adriana is working during and in between her travels to Argentina.
Newsletter Autumn 2010
From Summer Solstice in June with all the light of the world above Findhorn, until the Full Moon at Autumn Equinox at the end of September.
Summertime for bees, butterflies and dragonflies......
Send their message of joy with our greeting cards !
Monthly Flowering Favourite from the gardens
July's blossoming favourite:
A group of Spear Thistles in the Moray dunes. Guessing this is The Cirsium vulgare - or Cluaran Deilgneach in gaelic-scottish - which is widely spread in Scotland. This one better be called Scots Thistle instead of the Cotton or Scot thistle, which is the national Scottish emblem, but is rarely found here in Scotland. Another variety - thinner with smaller flowers- is the Slender Thistle. We find a lot of both kinds here. I really like these prickly beauties, however they are called officially. Some years ago I planted a thistle: the Sillybum Adriana, prickly outside, but with a soft white flower. Ah! The thistle....one of many favourites in July.
August 2010 favourite:
Between Lamas (1st of August) and the end of this month is a real harvest time, and the first vegetables already go into flower. I was surprised by the abundance of the wild blue Harebell (Campanula rotundifolio) in the Findhorn dunes this year.
September's favourite:
Sweet fragrances in the gardens and lateron maybe between your clothes in the cupboard, when the lilac lavender flowers are collected and dried. The Lavandula Angustifolia is also loved by bees and other insects, here with a visiting ladybird.
Have a look at all favourite flower photos of 2010.
A female green "Emperor Dragonfly" or the Empress Herself, at a pont in The Park.
This quarter- year was a mix of seasons.
As I travelled to Argentina in June (our summer, their winter) it all got mixed up a bit in me what weather concerned. And it was reflexed on the outside. If there was a summer, we did not notice it here, in the north of Scotland.
Next to the ongoing photowork on 'The Argentina Project", below you'll find a taster of the work I have been involved in over the last season:
Buddha book
"This Is It"
A collector's item with poetry from Scottish storyteller and poet Margot Henderson with photographs from Adriana Sjan Bijman. First published in September 2010, as a fundraiser, almost sold out already. This booklet will be part of a larger Buddha project Margot and Adriana are working on. Email for more information.
Nature Notebooks and greeting cards
Stationary and Products
New Notebooks and card with high quality paper and delicious photo designs.
Below greeting cards with mixture of papavers and sunflowers, the abundance of the summer garden. More in the online shop.
Graphic design jobs
On an ongoing basis Adriana designs posters, flyers, as well as audio and DVD covers. 'Contact me' for more information.
Below a design for NewBold House, summer 2010
'The Artist's Corner'
A new column started for Findhorn art & craft people. For now only to be published in the Rainbow Bridge, but who knows where it will go to.... Local artists and craftpeople can contact Adriana to be part of this project.