Elin Isaksson, glass blower
I did a foundation art course a long time ago in Sweden – that’s where I’m from originally. I studied everything: watercolour painting, oil painting,…
Meet the makers
Stacy Hannah, chocolatier
It was a chance encounter with an old friend that set me on this path. I’d spent most of my twenties travelling but fell into admin work when I came back.…
Angus Ross, furniture maker
My background is in industrial design. One of my first jobs was developing potties and buggies for Mothercare. But when the design department closed, I was…
Graeme Crawford, coffee roaster
Ican remember the day – the very minute, in fact – that I tasted great coffee for the first time. It was 2008, I was in a café in Sydney and I had an…
Gillian Smith, gallerist
I have curated and programmed the Park Gallery at Callendar House, which is part of Falkirk Community Trust, for the past seven years. It’s non-stop. I write…
Gemma Bain, florist
Ilove that my job lets me be creative all day long, and that I am making something that is part of someone’s big day. What we create can really change the…
Andy Scott, sculptor
I’m always in the studio. I get here at seven in the morning and leave at six or seven in the evening. I just work through until I can’t do it any more. I…
Katy Rodger, artisan producer
A long time ago I used to make ice-cream. When I started again, I discovered that the market was flooded with ice-cream and there were no buyers for what I…
Alan Black, picture framer
Our main business at Artists Surfaces is picture framing, although we sometimes do big mirrors too. Most of our clients are artists, some are dealers and…
Stefan Spicknell, baker
One of the first head chefs I worked for told me a good chef is one who can work in all four corners of the kitchen, including pastry. From then on, whichever…