Craft News

Jane Gowans recently discussed her life and work as a jewellery designer on BBC Radio Scotland.

On 10 June 2013, the Scottish Fashion Awards announced the nominees for their eighth annual celebration of fashion. A number of Scottish craft making businesses have been nominated for the prestigious awards, including Georgia Wiseman and Jane Gowans.

As the summer sun begins to shine, Katie Lees has released a collection of silver and gem-set jewellery through her new online shop.

Macmillan Cancer Support has launched a new fundraising event to raise money for people affected by cancer.

The Jewellery & Metal Design (JAMD) class of 2013 at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee, seek your help to kickstart their careers.

The jewellers at Vanilla Ink in Dundee smashed the target of their hugely successful crowdfunding campaign yesterday, enabling them to attend the UK’s most prestigious jewellery fair. 

Dundee jewellery studio Vanilla Ink have launched a Kickstarter project to take Scottish craft to a prestigious event in London.

Craft makers and designers from around the UK were among those honoured in the New Year's Honours List 2013, including Scottish jeweller Sheila Fleet and textile designer Joyce Young.

Mokume-gane is an ancient Japanese metalworking technique that involves mixing metals to create a laminate with intricate layered patterns.

This week, we feature a short film profiling a student at Glasgow School of Art.

Enamel is often applied to jewellery, but can also be found on glass, ceramics and other decorative objects.

This Friday, our craft film is a beautiful and haunting piece which features the work of Patricia Neimann.

A group of final year students of Three Dimensional Design at Gray’s School of Art, Robert Gordon University Aberdeen, are using a crowdfunding platform to raise funds for a trip to New Designers, London.

Twelve exhibitors have been selected by an international panel of fashion and textile experts to take part in Scotland Re:Designed, a new industry led initiative aimed at championing Scotland’s modern, vibrant fashion and textile sector.

Creative platform Vanilla Ink has launched an online shop showcasing award-winning jewellery designers from across the UK. 

A new craft space selling work by top designer makers and running contemporary craft workshops has just opened in Edinburgh.

The Crafts Council has launched a new online exhibition to celebrate 40 years of the Crafts Council Collection.

Rebecca writes about Craft Scotland being part of the 50+ Show in Glasgow

Rebecca's experiences of the PMA Craft Show

Arts and Health Specialists Bazooka Arts having been running a series of art and craft workshops in North Lanarkshire this summer – but with a difference.