November 2005
Latest news, events, opportunities and training for the Scottish crafts community.
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Featured Maker
This month we feature a paper sculpture by book artist, Rachel Hazell, on our home page. It was inspired by a month in Antarctica as artist-in-residence on an expedition ship and was shown earlier this year in an exhibition in the Casa Luna Gallery in Amsterdam. Read more »
Latest News
Textile designer Sara Keith has won the Silver Prize in the Fiber Works category at the 4th Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2005. Read more »
‘Homeland’, a haunting exhibition by textile artist Karen Dalziel Clubb, inspired by aspects of Shetland’s culture, has opened at the Bonhoga Gallery in Shetland. Read more »
The Royal Museum holds its first-ever selling exhibition in November when ‘gifted’, featuring work by over 30 Scottish designers, opens in the Crafts Gallery. Read more »
Gray’s School of Art graduate Jenny McHardy, currently studying at the Royal College of Art, is pushing the boundaries of knitting, designing intimidating mittens and re-inventing legwarmers. Read more »
Deadlines to remember in November:
Artist in Residence - Forth Valley - 11 November 2005
art of the STITCH - 25 November 2005
View a full list of opportunities and training.
Exchanging Ideas and Advice
In our web forum we encourage everyone involved in Scottish crafts to network and debate: share resources, experiences, ideas and opinions, discuss site editorial and seek advice. Current messages: The Scottish Mineral & Lapidary Club under threat, a shop in Stirling looking for work and how you can help prevent the loss of taught ceramics at Edinburgh College of Art.
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