This week we celebrate Tartan Day by featuring two films which concentrate on this internationally recognised fabric, which will be forever linked to Scotland.

Tartan Day is a celebration of Scottish heritage that takes place annually on 06 April, the date on which the Declaration of Arbroath was signed in 1320.

Our first film, made in 1906 by pioneering filmmaker G. A. Smith, shows off vibrant tartan designs in Kinemacolor, (among the earliest colour film processes that didn't involve hand-painting).

Leaping ahead 105 years in time, we take a look at a film from D. C. Dalgliesh, a specialist mill weaving tartans in traditional ways. 

As D. C. Dalgliesh say in their video, "the glorious thing about tartan is not just its almost infinite variation, beauty and flexibility, it is the feeling of history, of community, and of belonging."

Find out more about Tartan Day

Learn about Tartan on the Scottish Tartans Authority website

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Get involved

If you have an online craft film you would like to share, we would love to hear from you. We're looking for films that showcase craft makers, special craft projects/exhibitions, enterprises, or other fun and quirky films that help to celebrate craft. 

It could be a film of you at work, a narrated film about the inspiration behind your craft, a film made for an exhibition, or something else. 

Just email laura@craftscotland.org with the following details:

• A short description of the film, including any credits
• A link to the film on YouTube, Vimeo, or another channel
• Whether or not you have a profile page on Craft Scotland

You do not need to be on the Craft Scotland site to send us your films, but films about Scottish craft, makers and places will be given priority.

Please note: at this stage we are not looking for instructional, 'how to' type videos for this feature.