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Crafts development in the Highlands and Islands

The Highlands and Islands of Scotland have provided a natural home for craft for many years inspiring makers through the beauty of the environment, the rich mythology and the wealth of natural materials. Read more...
Knitted Fish - Deirdre Nelson
Knitted Fish - Deirdre Nelson
  

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Bursaries available to attend craftscotland AGM in December
HI-Arts are offering up to six travel bursaries of between £50 and £100 to encourage makers from the Highlands and Islands to attend the craftscotland AGM on 12 December 2008 in Edinburgh. For further details please email us on craft@hi-arts.co.uk

Makers' Day, Moray Arts Centre, 28 January 2009
HI~Arts will be holding a Makers Day at Moray Arts Centre on the 28 January 2009, which is open to makers of all disciplines. Details are currently being finalised, for more information email us on craft@hi-arts.co.uk
In this section:
Makers' Awards Scheme Future Focus Conference - Developing the Market for Crafts
October 2008 Feature: Ceramics. Click for more...
October 2008 Feature: Ceramics
TINA ROSE looks at the experience of ceramicist Frances Priest at Cove Park, and considers the implications of a discussion on the future of ceramics in Scotland.
September 2008 Interview: Beth Legg. Click for more...
September 2008 Interview: Beth Legg
From April until July this year Caithness born jeweller, BETH LEGG was in residence in Cape Breton.
July 2008 Crafts Feature: Funky Hair video project. Click for more...
July 2008 Crafts Feature: Funky Hair video project
In 2007 glass artist CAROLE ROBINSON was chosen for a residency in Inverness Royal Academy funded by Highland Council. This film of the residency was made by Academy pupils, who also chose the title which was inspired by Carole's hairstyle!

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ANDY GOLDSWORTHY: NORTH UIST WORKS (Taigh Chearsabhagh, Lochmaddy, North Uist, until 29 November 2008)
HOS EXHIBITION (Eden Court Theatre, until 29 November 2008)
SUSAN COLLIS SOLO EXHIBITION (Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, until 24 September 2008)

Latest Crafts News | More News
Artists Talk at Taigh Chearsabhagh (01 Dec 2008)
Innovative Craft Launch Programme of Events at Dovecot, Edinburgh (28 Nov 2008)
A96 Artists Collective Exhibit at Eden Court (28 Nov 2008)
Studio Space to rent (27 Nov 2008)
Call for Artists for Christmas Art Sale in Cromarty (26 Nov 2008)

From the Archive
December 2005 Feature: Floating Stones and Books of Melted Rocks
December 2005 Feature: Floating Stones and Books of Melted Rocks Stones and rocks are a total obsession for ceramicist LOTTE GLOB. Over the past 40 years she has developed a close relationship with the landscape and wilderness of Durness where she lives and this has inspired her recent work of floating stones and books of melted granite.


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1. HI~Arts Makers Day 2008 Information47
2. Charlotte Winter,GGA - "Research" PowerPoint, Crafts Future Focus conference, Birnam, May 200846
3. HI~Arts Craft Development Scoping Study 2007 - Research Annexe41
4. HI~Arts Craft Development Scoping Study 2007 - Main Report41
5. Further information about Travelling Gallery41

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