Mightier than the sword
The pen of Vin Deighan, aka artist Frank Quitely, is triumphing in the resurgent world of superheroes and comics at this summer’s exhibition of his work in…
Art & design
I love this: Tower Mill Heart of Hawick
Tower Mill, formerly a spinning mill, once served the flourishing textile industry of Hawick. It was the river system that powered the industry, the Slitrig…
Behind closed doors: Wedgwood
Traditional craftsmanship combines with cutting-edge design in the china manufacturer’s collaboration with Lee Broom Hipsters everywhere are proud to profess…
By joining forces and pooling resources, the four women behind Collect Scotland have put printed textiles – and their talented makers – firmly centre stage
The textiles scene in Scotland is big business. We may no longer manufacture on anything like the same scale as in the past, but that hasn’t stopped…
Design Archives: Lucienne Day 1917-2010
Lucienne Day, one of the greatest talents of 20th-century textile design is being celebrated throughout 2017, the centenary of her birth For Robin and Lucienne…
Art Words by Stephen Bird
My maternal grandmother, Margaret Rose Magness, lived in a beautiful ivy-clad, red-brick cottage just off the main road that connects the market town of Stone…
This life – Doshi Levien
The boundary between home and work has been erased for these two extraordinary designers, and they couldn’t be happier Jonathan Levien spent much of his…
Powerful photographs of women doing ordinary things by Franki Raffles
Franki Raffles’ photographs of ‘ordinary women doing everyday tasks’ make a powerful, enduring statement about inequality in the modern world…
Art Words by Sophie Morrish
Sophie Morrish studied at the Chelsea School of Art and the Royal College of Art. She moved to Scotland in the mid-1990s and is now based in North Uist. She…
Behind closed doors: East End Press
An old factory in Bridgeton is inspiring Glasgow printmaker Ellie Hodesdon to produce her best work yet When Ellie Hodesdon moved to Glasgow to go to art…