Craft Directory

Alexis Basso

Ceramics

I am a potter based in the North-West Highlands of Scotland. My studio is located in Drumbeg, a small village tucked between the mountains of Assynt and the Atlantic Ocean. In…

Highlands (including Inverness and Skye)

Alice Biolo

Jewellery, Silversmithing & Goldsmithing

Hailing from Italy, Biolo began her studies in jewellery design at the Liceo P. Selvatico in Padova. Afterearning her diploma, she moved to Scotland, where she pursued a course in…

Glasgow (city)

Alis Le May

Textiles / Fibre

Alis Le May is a Glasgow based artist and designer. Her commercial craft practice is a sustainable bespoke tailoring atelier where she practices heritage techniques, utilising natural fibres. Much of…

Dunbartonshire (East and West)

Carys Murphy Edinburgh

Silversmithing & Goldsmithing, Jewellery

Carys creates modern, wearable jewellery using Scottish stones and recycled precious metals, inspired by the coast and a sense of place.Using traditional goldsmithing and lapidary techniques each piece is carefully…

Edinburgh (city)

Sollas Bookbinding

Bookbinding

I run an artisan bookbinding studio in North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. I love adhering to traditional bookbinding techniques, having learned from master binders in both Germany and the…

Na h-Eileanan Siar

Candy Coated Accessories

Textiles / Fibre

After completing a degree in Constructed Textiles at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in 2003, Candy Coated was founded to give textile designer Fiona Ross a productive…

Aberdeenshire

Ieva Jankovska

Jewellery, Silversmithing & Goldsmithing

I am a Dundee-based studio jeweller and educator. I design and create my jewellery from my studio in Double Door Studios. Working mainly in Sterling Silver and 3-D printed nylon,…

Dundee (city)

Iona Hall Jewellery

Jewellery, Silversmithing & Goldsmithing

Iona is an award-winning silversmith and jeweller, graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 2018 and Bishopsland Educational Trust in 2019. At the heart of Iona's work is her fascination with…

Moray

Flight Weaving

Textiles / Fibre

The sophisticated, exclusive and luxurious textiles that Janis produces form a range of high-quality, hand-woven items, which combine traditional skills and techniques with contemporary designs.Produced in small runs and one-off…

Scottish Borders

Joanna Kinnersly-Taylor

Textiles / Fibre

Joanna’s practice embraces site-specific, often large-scale commissions, domestic linens, and one-off works for exhibition, the latter forming the core of her creative identity. She combines dyeing, painting and screen-printing on…

Glasgow (city)

Kate Henderson

Glass

Inspired by Historic Architecture from the Lothians, Edinburgh and beyond, I create original paintings and stained-glass panels. I trained at Edinburgh College of Art in stained glass, and over the…

The Lothians (Mid, East and West)

M A N I F E S T O

Ceramics

Under the name M A N I F E S T O, I hand-build ceramic sculptures that highlight the small, often overlooked objects in our environment. My practice explores themes…

Glasgow (city)

Kelda Young

Jewellery, Silversmithing & Goldsmithing

Kelda Young is a designer and maker from the Scottish Highlands and is currently based in Wasps Studios, Glasgow. She creates sustainably conscious contemporary jewellery using recycled precious metals, each…

Glasgow (city)

Michelle Lowe Pottery

Ceramics

Michelle is a studio potter, making small batches of hand-thrown and decorated functional pots in her garden workshop by the sea in Edinburgh. She also makes one-off exhibition pieces and…

Edinburgh (city)

Militsa Milenkova

Metal Working, Silversmithing & Goldsmithing, Jewellery

My first contact with metalwork was in 2017 through a six-month internship with a contemporary jeweller in Greece. After completing my internship, I undertook a 3-year course at City of…

Glasgow (city)

Imagine North

Textiles / Fibre

I work from my tiny attic studio in Glenmuick, a small highland glen in Scotland’s Cairngorms National Park. Inspired by a romantic sense of North and my Celtic heritage, I…

Aberdeenshire

Olivia Yorston Art

Jewellery, Metal Working, Silversmithing & Goldsmithing

I started working as a jeweller when I was 21, learning by working as a bench jeweller. I made my way up the company (Sheila Fleet Jewellery) to become her…

Simone Nolden Jewellery

Jewellery, Silversmithing & Goldsmithing

I have been making jewellery since 1990 when I started my apprenticeship as a gold and silversmith In Cologne/Germany. After my apprenticeship I went on to study Jewellery and Product…

The Lothians (Mid, East and West)

Anne Clare Graham

Jewellery

My practice involves the design and manufacture of small production ranges, one-off pieces of jewellery and small silversmithing in silver and gold, sometimes incorporating semi precious and precious stones. The concept…

Borja Moronta

Ceramics

Borja Moronta’s ceramic work is a reflection of the ‘state of mind’ he experiences while working with clay and its physical processes. From the mindfulness of throwing to the physicality…

Edinburgh (city)

Cally Booker

Textiles / Fibre

Cally Booker lives and weaves in Dundee on Scotland's east coast. She is passionate about the value of craft-making, both for its benefits to wellbeing and for the way in…

Dundee (city)

Carol Sinclair Ceramics

Ceramics, Jewellery

I am a ceramic artist and maker living and working in Forfar, Angus. Since graduating with a ceramics degree from Grays School of Art in Aberdeen I have developed my…

Angus

Lyne Studio

Furniture Making

Founded in 2020 by cabinet maker David Buchanan-Dunlop, Lyne designs and makes furniture and accessories for the home. The focus is on quality, from the development of the initial design,…

Eleanor Symms

Jewellery

Eleanor Symms is an Edinburgh-based jewellery designer/maker. She creates unique pieces and small editions from found and reclaimed materials, especially plastics, usually combined with recycled silver. Continuing the journey which…

The Lothians (Mid, East and West)

Elin Isaksson Glass

Glass

Elin Isaksson is an Award winning glass artist based in Dunblane. She graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2006 with an MA in Design & Applied Arts and she…

Stirling

Moody Monday

Textiles / Fibre

Eliza Kesuma is a printed textiles designer/ maker and educator specializing in meticulously crafted hand-printed wallpaper, fabrics, and interior accessories under the name Moody Monday. She’s also involved in many…

Edinburgh (city)

Emma Louise Wilson

Jewellery, Silversmithing & Enamelling

As an artist jeweller and silversmith, Emma Louise Wilson makes collections of silver and vitreous enamel jewellery and bowls. Emma draws inspiration from the seascape around Aberdeen, capturing the essence…

Aberdeen (city)

Spicer Ceramics

Ceramics

South Ayrshire based ceramicist, Hannah Spicer, studied Three-Dimensional Design with ceramics at Grays School of Art in Aberdeen and graduated in 2018. Since then, Hannah has been expanding her practice…

Ayrshire (East, South and North)

Heather McDermott

Silversmithing & Goldsmithing, Jewellery

Heather McDermott is a contemporary jeweller from the Isle of Skye, now based from her shop in Callander. She specialises in working with stainless steel, silver and gold - creating…

Perth and Kinross

Jan Bowman

Jan Bowman is a woven textile designer with many years’ experience as a commercial design consultant. Her current work endeavours to break the boundaries of hand loom weaving through the…

Scottish Borders

J. Rubinstein

Woodworking

I make wooden mobiles, designed to be as light as possible, moving appropriately to the idea they represent. Most start as a response to an image in a poem or…

Dumfries & Galloway

Joanne Soroka

Textiles / Fibre

I am primarily a tapestry weaver, sometimes also working in paper and other textile practices. I make large and tiny work. Much of my production has been about my ethnically…

Edinburgh (city)

Karen Westland

Silversmithing & Goldsmithing, Jewellery

With a design-led approach, Karen employs a range of traditional techniques to express their ideas exploring our interconnections with the universe. Karen's products are recognised for their subtle, decorative surfaces…

Glasgow (city)

Kevin Andrew Morris

Ceramics

Graduating with BA (Hons) in Ceramic Design in 2010 from The Glasgow School of Art I have since gone on to exhibit my work nationally and internationally as well as…

Aberdeen (city)

Liu Qiwei

Silversmithing & Goldsmithing, Jewellery

Liu Qiwei is a jeweller, silversmith and researcher based in Edinburgh whose work explores the contradictions and connections between materials crafts and geometric elements.   In his collection of art jewellery, Qiwei…

Edinburgh (city)

Lorna Brown

Textiles / Fibre

Blessed Unrest Studio is a contemporary textile brand run by print artist Lorna Brown. This range of hand printed textiles and products make an immediate impact. Their complex and skilled…

Edinburgh (city)

Lorna Fraser

Ceramics

Lorna Fraser’s ceramics are inspired by the complex and infinite structures she observes in the botanical world. She likes to explore the sculptural quality of plants, responding to their structure…

Edinburgh (city)

Lucy Dunce Ceramics

Ceramics

Lucy Dunce is a ceramic maker based in rural East Lothian working across a broad clay spectrum from handbuilt and thrown vessels to sculpted forms. Objects may go through multiple…

The Lothians (Mid, East and West)

Lynne's Loom

Textiles / Fibre

I am a handweaver and scientist whose work sits at the intersection of art/craft and science, creating handwoven objects that turn data into physical objects. My current work takes inspiration…

Aberdeen (city)

Michele Daykin Jewellery

Jewellery

Michele Daykin is a contemporary jeweller based in Fife at the Fire Station Creative. She started her HND in Jewellery making with a background in textiles as she had previously completed…

Fife

Sea Drift Pottery

Ceramics

Ceramics made at Sea Drift Pottery reflect the hills and shores of Argyll. Often containing elements of the landscape by means of found clay, sand and small rocks, the textures…

Argyll & Bute

Richard Goldsworthy

Woodworking

Richard Goldsworthy creates sculptural works in wood and cast metal exploring the fusion of contrasting materials. Inspired by his own metal spine support, Richard’s practice combining these materials is a…

Scottish Borders

Ruth Elizabeth Jones

Ceramics

 Ruth Elizabeth Jones’ practice centres on the vessel form, using coil-building techniques dating back to matriarchal Neolithic pottery cultures, and making ongoing reference to the female ceramic record. Jones focuses…

Dumfries & Galloway

Ruth Mae Martin

Ceramics

I graduated with my BDes in Illustration at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in 2018, having dedicated a significant period of my time to practising various ceramic techniques over…

Glasgow (city)

The Marchmont Workshop

Basketry & Willow Weaving, Furniture Making, Woodworking

The Marchmont Workshop, based in the Scottish Borders, is home to award winning furniture makers Sam Cooper and Richard Platt. Specialising in rush seated chairs and dining room furniture, we…

Scottish Borders

Scott Smith Design

Silversmithing & Goldsmithing, Jewellery

Scott Smith is an emerging silversmith and contemporary artisan recognised for his adept command of traditional craft techniques and his innovative design ethos, based at the Marchmont Silversmithing Workshop. Raised…

Scottish Borders

Sheng Zhang

Jewellery, Silversmithing & Goldsmithing

Sheng Zhang is a UK based contemporary jewellery and silversmithing designer maker. He graduated from an MFA Jewellery course at the Edinburgh College of Art, having previously studied at the…

Glasgow (city)

Soizig Carey

Jewellery, Metal Working

Soizig Carey is a Glasgow based artist and designer-maker specialising in contemporary jewellery. Her practice is rooted in slow design and making, feminism and anti-capitalist consumer culture. She is acutely…

Glasgow (city)

Caitlin Hegney

Jewellery, Silversmithing & Goldsmithing

Caitlin looks for rhythms and patterns that transcend ancient times, interpreting them for the present day. Drawing is at the root of her practice. She uses hand-made tools to translate…

Argyll & Bute

Skye Silks

Textiles / Fibre

Inspired by the ever changing colours of the Isle of Skye, the sea and waterfalls, misty sky, stunning sunsets, flowers and moorland, Jaine of Skye Silks creates individually designed and…

Highlands (including Inverness and Skye)

SUH MOONJU

SUH MOONJU’s creative practice interests are drawn from contrasting emotional states and how they can be expressed in glass, a unique artistic medium. She also explores playfulness within her creative…

Glasgow (city)

Gavin Robertson Furniture

Furniture Making, Woodworking

Gavin Robertson founded his business in 1993 with the aim of designing and making furniture of the highest quality. Some 30 years on, the now well established British company Gavin…

Highlands (including Inverness and Skye)

ACME ATELIER

Textiles / Fibre

Over twenty years ago I founded ACME Studios; a creative collective working within the museums and heritage sector, providing interpretive responses to sites and situations that communicate stories in playful…

Moray

Clare Dawdry

Ceramics

I make useful pots that are well crafted and a pleasure to use. Bowls, mugs, vases and jugs are the foundation of my practice and provide infinite possibilities in exploring…

Dumfries & Galloway

Fitch and McAndrew

Ceramics

We are a husband-and-wife team of eight years, each with a previous twelve years of individual practice before we combined forces. We now make slipware pots from our workshop in…

Dumfries & Galloway

Emma Butler-Cole Aiken

Glass

Emma is a stained glass artist/architectural glass artist and has been practicing since graduating from Edinburgh College of Art in 1988. In making stained glass windows and fused glass objects…

Scottish Borders

Jonathan Hill Instrument Maker

Woodworking

Jonathan Hill makes stringed musical instruments in his workshop in Leith, Edinburgh. Specialising in creating thoroughly researched replicas of historical instruments, he is particularly renowned for his expertise in the…

Glasgow (city)

Lyndsay Fairley

Jewellery, Silversmithing & Goldsmithing

Lyndsay’s current jewellery collection, Na Mara, arose after a visit to an industrial North Queensferry beach with friends. Captured by the messy, ugly compositions of debris that had been created…

The Lothians (Mid, East and West)

Patricia Shone

Ceramics

The feel of raw clay in my hands is a prime motivation for making, a physical connection to the physical world around me; a visceral process trying to reveal the…

Highlands (including Inverness and Skye)

Woman of the Woods

Woodworking, Furniture Making

Based in rural Dumfries and Galloway, I make unique wooden furniture and objects from the naturally abundant timber that shapes our local landscape. I feel that as a fine art…

Dumfries & Galloway

Tracy Wilson Jewellery

Jewellery

Design has always been one of my passions. I studied Interior design, following this with Masters and worked in a design environment for 17 years. I changed career direction, completed…

Edinburgh (city)

Luing Smith

Jewellery, Silversmithing & Goldsmithing

Based in Edinburgh, Fiona is a designer/maker of contemporary unisex fine jewellery. Drawing inspiration from ancient jewels and an idea of unearthed treasures, Fiona's new work predominantly uses reticulated textures…

Edinburgh (city)

Jack Waygood - Work of Iron

Metal Working

Work of Iron provides a progressive approach to blacksmithing and contemporary art practice. Established in 2022 and now based in Granton (North Edinburgh), the owner Jack Waygood is passionate about…

Edinburgh (city)

Aubin Stewart

Jewellery

Aubin Stewart is a jewellery designer creating dinstinctive vibrant collections, with a strong focus colour and composition. Materials employed are often re-purposed objects which are scavenged, collected or off cuts…

Aberdeen (city)