March 2006
Latest news, events, opportunities and training for the Scottish crafts community.
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Featured Maker
This month we are featuring ceramicist Sarah-Jane Selwood on our home page. She creates simple forms which explore the tensions of rhythm, line and space. This year she will be exhibiting in ‘Design Collection’ at the Roger Billcliffe Gallery. Read more »
Latest News
Our first online exhibition – ‘Influences’ – opens today with specially commissioned photography of new work by jewellers Naoko Yoshizawa and Sarah Keay, textile designer Sara Keith, paper artist Rachel Hazell, glass artist Jessica Townsend and ceramicist Frances Priest. Read more »
An exhibition of mixed media work by Mhairi Killin exploring the process of time on healing grief is on at An Tobar on the Isle of Mull Read more »
'People creatures', knitheads and rabbit poets are just some of the unusual discoveries in the'Julie Arkell: Home' exhibition in Dumfries. Read more »
The way the creative process is intricately bound up with the environment is investigated in the exhibition 'Up Your Street' in Kilmarnock. Read more »
Deadlines to remember in March:
craftscotland entry for Big Picture Film Competition - 10 March 2006
Talk by Julie Arkell at Gracefield Arts Centre on 10 March 2006
British Glass Bienalle 2006 - 24 March 2006
Velvet Boutique Spring Fair - 31 March 2006
View a full list of opportunities and training.
Enter Our Craft Film Competition
craftscotland plans to get Scottish craft on TV. The right TV series or programme could help re-position crafts, instill positive perceptions and show Scotland's world-class makers to the world. We'd like to invite you to take part in The Big Picture Film Competition, setup by Tayscreen Scotland. Find out how to enter.
Craft in Scotland
craftscotland showcases contemporary work by skilled makers from all over Scotland. At the heart of the website is a searchable directory which gives every maker, craft gallery or retailer their own complimentary web page. To search for makers, visit Makers Search. To find craft galleries and retailers in a specific area, use Venue Search.
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