September 2007
Latest news, events, opportunities and training for the Scottish crafts community.
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Featured Maker
Our featured maker this month is ceramicist Craig Mitchell whose surreal comic characters can currently be seen in Gracefield Art Centre in Dumfries and the windows of Hamilton & Inches jewellers in Edinburgh's George Street. He is also showing at Origin: the London Craft Fair during week two. Read more »
Latest News
Six makers from Dumfries & Galloway will be launching new collections at Design Edge in Surrey this weekend. Read more »
An exhibition of new work by jeweller and silversmith Eileen Gatt inspired by Scottish folklore opens in Inverness. Read more »
An exhibition of new work by the Scottish Lettercutters Association, Chased Chopped Stabbed Blasted 2007, opens in Perthshire. Read our review »
Deadline to remember in September:
Artist in residence - fashion design - North Lanarkshire - 30 September 2007
View a full list of opportunities and training.
craftscotland AGM & Guest Speakers
Join us at our Annual General Meeting in Inverness on Thursday 4 October 2007 and enjoy an afternoon of speakers and conversation including textile artist Deirdre Nelson, jeweller Gilly Langton and Cathy Shanklands and Pamela Conacher talking about craft initiatives in the Highlands. Followed by a reception at Light of the North exhibition. Deadline for bookings 26 September 2007. Find out more »
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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