July 2006
Latest news, events, opportunities and training for the Scottish crafts community.
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Featured Maker
Our featured designer this month is glass artist Keiko Mukaide. 'Light of the North' is a 55-foot long installation exhibited earlier this year at Tate St Ives. A joint show with ceramicist Simon Ward, 'Cross Currents', is currently on at the Daiwa Foundation Japan House in London until 21 July 2006 and next month she will be participating in an exhibition at the Scottish Gallery to celebrate the tenth anniversary of North Lands Creative Glass.
Latest News
A diverse range of contemporary glass by 39 established and emerging glass designers can be seen at the Scottish Glass Society summer exhibition in Glasgow. Read more »
Our new craftfocus online exhibition, Collaboration, launches today showcasing five diverse and innovative collaborations including a neck piece in textiles and silver by Sara Keith and Roger Morris. Visit the show »
Scottish graduates won awards at New Designers Part 1 with jeweller Jonathan Boyd from Glasgow School of Art chosen from 2000 graduates as runner up for the New Designer of the Year Award. Read more »
The Homes and Interiors Scotland Exhibition at the SECC in Glasgow on 9 and 10 September is the choice for our first craftscotland offline exhibition showing work by 23 Scottish makers. Read more »
Deadlines to remember in July:
Origin briefing meeting - 13 July 2006
Artist in residence, Inverclyde - 17 July 2006
Schools craft residency, Midlothian (basketmaking) - 28 July 2006
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