A carefully curated selection of Scottish arts and design ...

Emma S Davis is a Scottish landscape artist who’s renowned for her contemporary landscapes.  An award-winning graduate of the Glasgow School of Art, Emma brings the unique Scottish landscape to life with her emotional use of colour, light and texture.

Lesley is an abstract and collage artist from Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire on the beautiful west coast of Scotland.  
Lesley paints abstract works which express her emotional responses to the natural organic shapes, colours and textures of the land, sea and skies which excite and inspire her in her travels.  

She works mainly in acrylics and a variety of mixed media, using multiple layers and mark-making to provide interest and variety within the work she creates.    

She also works in collage, creating many of her own collage papers using her gelliplate.  

Sue’s  work illustrates her love of colour & use of a variety of media.
Influenced by her farm in Ayrshire where she creates from her home studio, her pieces reflect her love of landscapes & florals.
Her primary medium at the moment is a watercolour & Indian ink resist technique that gives a printerly & vintage effect to her pieces . Her original work is created on cradled wood boards or framed & is reproduced professionally, primarily here in Scotland.

Thistledown Wishes is a small handmade jewellery company located in Edinburgh, Scotland.   
Using traditional techniques and methods, including tools passed through generations of the family, Susan creates unique pieces of jewellery inspired by the nature, geography and seasonal changes of Scotland.  

Spiral Tide Pottery is for the lifelong ocean lover, it’s the sea captured in vessel form. 

Spiral Tide Pottery brings you high-quality, ocean-inspired wares that encourage you to slow down and take a moment for yourself. 

Every moment you sit down to a cup of coffee or enjoy a meal from a piece of handmade pottery enriches your day and adds up to a life well-lived. 

Hand-constructed from stoneware, on the West Coast of Scotland.

Capturing the beauty of Scottish landscapes in watercolour.
Tina Arthur is an up-and-coming Ayrshire artist, inspired by the beauty in Ayrshire.
Self-taught in later life, she has always had an interest in art and gravitated toward watercolours , developing her distinctive style and local following over the years.

Iona Lundie is a graduate of The Glasgow School of Art, based in Lanarkshire, whose work explores the rich cultural heritage of fire festivals in Scotland; events which have occurred annually across the country for hundreds of years. Iona attends these festivals and collects burnt wood in order to research material, shape and texture directly from the source.

Felting is often associated with soft squidgy animals, snuggly cushions, textural wallhangings ... but what about silk and chiffon, felted on with a delicate touch and an eye for vibrant colourways?
These gorgeous scarves are the work of Lesley, an Ayrshire textile artist who works sustainably and loves experimenting with unusual colour combinations in fashion and design.  
 

Cherith is based in the Scottish Borders and draws inspiration from the stunning wildlife, farms and beautiful Scottish countryside.  She creates artistic and distinctive designs that are brought to life on beautifully made homewares and gifts. 

Alice is a superbly talented Ayrshire maker … leather worker, welder, wood carver, spinner, weaver, knitter and needle woman.

Valtos Studio is located in the picturesque Clyde coast village of Kilcreggan.

Run by artist/maker Nigel Reid-Foster, the studio takes its name from the small coastal village of Bhaltos, situated on the rugged west coast of the Isle of Lewis.

Steeped in history and bursting with scenic contrasts, the Western Isles provides a constant source of inspiration.

“Life is for exploring, for diving into. I want to enjoy the process, and I want to FEEL each artwork as I make it.”
Saskia Pomeroy graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 2007 and is constantly exploring the relationship between colour, texture and shape to create dynamic, textural, thoughtful works. She creates beautifully abstract pieces that we love at Grinn Arts&Design! 
“I like quite a traditional style of throwing, so it’s finding a nice balance between traditional decoration and something more abstract.”

The Tickety Boo Coo jewellery is handmade in Scotland by Elaine, who is a glass half full kind of girl with a fondness for a highland cow.
Everything is made by hand, in her studio in Edinburgh. She works predominantly in fine and sterling silver with the odd gemstone thrown in here and there to make beautiful pieces of jewellery which are suitable for any occasion.  
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Sarah Ross-Thompson is a Fine Art Printmaker based on the South West Coast of Scotland looking out over the Irish Sea towards Belfast. 
She specialises in hand-inked, collagraph prints and construct my collage printing plates using materials such as string, salt, corrugated card, porridge oats and lichen. 
Recently moved to Dumfries and Galloway, she now finds herself with a Lighthouse view from her new studio window!

Islay Prints is based on the Isle of Islay, off the west coast of Scotland.

Bonnie creates linocut prints and natural monoprints inspired by the remote and wild landscape that surrounds her home.

Passionate about wildlife and the natural environment, they source their products with care and with sustainability in mind.

From meadows to otters, from wildflowers to wild seas, Islay Prints beautifully interpret the Scottish coast.

James Bassett is a studio potter celebrated for his imaginative, joyful forms and practical artistry and who specialises in earthenware, porcelain and stoneware. After more than thirty years of teaching and lecturing, he now has time to focus on exhibiting and selling his work.   Previously known for his lead glazed slipware: more than 100 commemorative plates have been commissioned, several for the permanent collection at Northampton Museum.  His current work sees a return to simple thrown vessels in oxidised stoneware and some raku.  He has had a lifelong preoccupation with the bowl: the simplest and oldest of vessels which rests in cupped hands and almost floats upon the surface that it is placed upon.

"My work is influenced by islands and the sea. I have been an island dweller for most of my adult life, though not born to one, it is where I feel most at home. For the past 8 years I have lived aboard a 43ft sailing boat, mostly in Shetland, but, also for a year in Norway.
I make work about this life experience, on the sea and by the sea, watching people and creatures living on the edges in  this most Northern Isle of the U.K looking out towards our Scandinavian neighbours."

Jenni’s mission is simple: be passionate about the creative process, use good quality, sustainable materials, buy local.
Jenni has long had a passion for print, particularly the layered, beautifully textured block printed designs from the 1950s and 60s as seen on fabulous textiles, ceramics and in book illustrations.  She creates her own print multiples and still makes each one herself in her workshop.  This way, she can make sure all the colours, lines and textures look as good as they should do.   She loves using the best archival fine art papers and industry standard giclee print technology, which creates a beautiful quality product to last a lifetime. 

Beautiful, sustainable pieces for your home by TheRaggedWreathery. Local textile artist Lynne handmakes stunning hand tied rag and ribbon wreaths, garlands, bunting and other beautiful textile items out of up-cycled fabrics, remnants, end rolls and ribbons.

Stanecastle Candles – Handmade, plant based, flower top candles.
Plant based paraben free botanical candles & wax melts, handmade in Stanecastle cottage kitchen, Ayrshire Scotland. 

Award winning artist Moy Mackay was born in Edinburgh in 1966.  She graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1990 and has since lived and worked in the beautiful Tweed Valley in the Scottish Borders. 
Moy is regarded as the leading authority of the ‘felted painting’ art form, has published three books, and her work is exhibited in galleries throughout the UK and in private collections worldwide.

Catherine is a glass artist working from the Glasgow Glass Studio at WASPs, Hanson Street, Glasgow.  In 2012 she returned to college to study glass art.  

The inspiration for Catherine’s primary art glass collection devolves from the time she lived in the Outer Hebrides when life was ruled by the dual forces of weather and sea.  She strives to encapsulate the moods of the sea and beach in a unique for of fused glass.

Mark Sutton is based on the Black Isle near Inverness and specialises in crafting exquisite, handcrafted wooden art.  Mark specialises in a wide range of wooden-ware, including boxes, bowls, wall art, and contemporary woodturning pieces.  
Each piece is meticulously hand-turned, made from hardwoods sourced locally in the Highlands of Scotland, including:  ash, burch, cherry, elm, burr oak, sycamore, yew and lime.
Mark is also a founder member of the Highland Woodturners, based in Munlochy on the Black Isle.

Kayleigh McCallum is an Artist and Illustrator, who works from her studio in the Southside of Glasgow, Scotland.

She uses a mix of materials (inks, acrylics, oils, watercolours) to create bright and bold, or moody and contemplative, pieces.  

Lesley: “I feel a strong connection with the sea. So, it’s not surprising that seascapes form the basis of most of my paintings, created from a mix of observation, memory and imagination. I love to bring out the abstract qualities using bold colours and strong light. Harris, Lewis and St Kilda always inspire.”
Alisdair: “I’ve been painting and drawing for most of my life. I work primarily in watercolour and pen & ink, with everything in focus. Nowadays, the untamed land and seascapes of the Outer Hebrides provide limitless subjects for my work.”

Clod & Pebble is a  pottery and woodworking studio nestled in the Ayrshire countryside
Based just outside Craigie on the west coast of Scotland, they have been making and designing homeware since 2014.
With a classic form, and tactile shapes, these ceramics are functional and beautiful … cups, bowls, jugs, berry bowls and more. Combining timeless craftsmanship and natural rustic charm.

Situated in Ayrshire, Glass Artist Angus Corbett, handcrafts unique and bespoke fused glass artworks and fine art originals/prints.
Glass art designs are created by layering different pieces of hand-cut glass on top of a piece of base glass.  A firing of up to 1600 degrees causes the glass to soften and partially melt, fusing the pieces together. The glass is then slowly cooled to become strong and stable – making a decorative and/or useful piece for your home.

Handmade At Thistles is the result of a lifelong creative partnership that has evolved through different media over the years.

From photography to patchwork, through organic horticulture to mindful stitching, Handmade At Thistles now celebrates eco printing on fabrics and papers with jesmonite giftware.

Approachable Earth is committed to using natural materials to create items to love and use every day.  Recognising how essential it is to use products that are sustainable, re-useable, recyclable, and compostable – Approachable Earth products are created with this ethos in mind.

Bute Fabrics – woollen textiles made in Scotland using the finest wool and cashmere.
The mill dates back more than 75 years, having been founded in 1947 by the 5th Marquess of Bute.