Craft News

Whether your career is in acting, writing or making, there is a line between talent and professionalism and it’s the job of organisations such as Craft Scotland to support makers in developing both.

Craft Scotland will represent Scotland later this year when they take six of the nations’ most qualified craftspeople to the international exposition, SOFA Chicago. 

This week we take a look at the stop motion animation Coraline, a stop-motion 3D fantasy children's film based on Neil Gaiman's novel of the same name.

Six of the world famous Lewis Chessmen will feature in the permanent displays at the new Museum and Archive at Lews Castle when it opens in 2014. 

Cyan Clayworks is a newly established ceramic studio and teaching facility based in Edinburgh, setup by resident makers Fiona Thompson and Chris Donnelly.  

This week, we feature Fantastic Mr Fox, Wes Anderson's stop motion animation based on the much loved children's book by Roald Dahl.

Registered Scottish charity Craft Scotland are now recruiting experienced and passionate people for our Board of Directors.

Our featured film this week is 'The Eagleman Stag,' a BAFTA award winning short from director/writer Mikey Please. 

As the Olympic torch makes its way around Scotland and the rest of the UK, the Glass Baton created for the special Glass Games begins its journey.

Cape Farewell and An Tobar announce the launch of Bird Yarns, in partnership with an international community of knitters and textile artist Deirdre Nelson.

To celebrate the Edinburgh International Film Festival , this month our Craft Films will all have a cinematic theme to them, and will feature crafted characters, props and sets.

We bring you a blog post from Maria Cadenas, as her placement at Craft Scotland comes to an end.

This week we feature two films from Hidden Stories, the Heriot-Watt School of Textiles & Design Exhibition and Graduate Fashion Show.