Scott Smith is a silversmith creating contemporary vessels, tableware and jewellery that celebrate traditional hammering techniques. Recently moving back to Aberdeenshire, he is exploring Pictish imagery while reconnecting with the landscapes of North East Scotland. His work blends heritage craft with modern design to create unique, hand-forged pieces.

Johnshaven, surrounded by land and sea; trees, fields, clouds and waves, is an exciting environment to live and work. Using sketches and memories to gather information from the fleeting moments in a journey, Morag creates a visual memory on board, layering the paint and scraping back revealing underlying colour and texture.

I’m a silversmith, I make traditional Scottish items, all practical, for example; teapots, quaichs, boxes, plates beakers. I make some jewellery, some enamelling on copper and I make clocks, all with a battery movement and with a variety of styles. All my silver is hallmarked in Edinburgh.

This year my sewing has turned to recycling old denim clothes and turning them into other useful items such as notice boards, cushions, handbags etc. I still enjoy doing macrame and I am enjoying trying out larger wall hangings.

My work is rooted in the landscape of the North East. Observational drawing has become increasingly important in my practice and as a result, my drawings and paintings have moved away from abstraction. I have been experimenting with combinations of materials on a range of surfaces and returning to the simple, sensory joy of mark […]

I use needle felting to make small models of all types of animals and birds, and I particularly enjoy modelling people’s pets from photographs. All the money raised from sales and commissions is donated to animal charities. This year I am pleased to be exhibiting alongside Margaret Riddoch who makes beautiful quilts.

Using stoneware clay, thrown on the wheel, I create my functional tableware and vases.  By experimenting with glaze and overlapping different glazes I enjoy exploring colour and texture to create pieces that give connotations of the night’s sky and deep oceans.  In some designs I incorporate my hand drawn illustrations and writings or quotes.

Wire sculptures inspired by Scotland’s many myths and legends. I create fairies, robins, moon gazing hares and I’m hoping to experiment with garden ghosts before NEOS comes around! My creations are made from galvanised wire and/or stainless steel.

Six years ago I started off with two valais black nose sheep (The cutest sheep in Britain!) We now have a pedigree and fibre flock of 120 +consisting of 8 different breeds. They’re amazing fleeces inspired me to get creative so I make felted and peg loomed rugs and cute felted animals. Come along have […]

Scottish Contemporary artist. I enjoy the landscape around me and the environment, from River Spey, Cairngorm Mountain wilderness. Inspired from working as a Reindeer Herder. My artwork is usually colourful and abstract, with works on paper direct from my sketch book to very large canvas work on view and to sell. Teas and coffee and […]