A Contemporary Shetland Tweed….

Two out of three of my finished samples for ASF Shetland have now been taken off the loom and have been washed and pressed. It’s a great feeling to see a finish piece of fabric! The last sample is about half way through but I ran out of one of the weft yarn colour and

ASF Shetland 2013 – Stay and Make

I have been spending my summer on the far northern island of Shetland – Yell. A 40 minute drive, 20 minute inter island ferry and then a further 15 minute journey away from my house in Lerwick, I have been driving up and down the A970 three or four times a week to work at

A busy week in London…..

My busy week in London started off with a visit to New Designers part 1 in Angel at the Business Design Center. As I am going into my Honours year in September, I thought it would be interesting to see the level of work that Graduating textile, craft and jewellery designers were reaching this year.

Farlin at the StAnza Poetry Festival – Fife March 2013

Due to a hectic uni schedule which suddenly approached me without any warning it seemed, I was in Gala, for 6 whole weeks without leaving, before I escaped for easter at the end of March. That is a record for me….who normally stays only during the week and escapes to Edinburgh or Glasgow at the

Campaigning for the wool……

At uni during last semester, we had to write a series of blogs for design practice. In the last task we were asked to write an essay developing one of the blogs that we had previously written. I chose to talk about sustainability in textiles because it is something we have to consider more and

Farlin Project – Shetland Arts Trust – Bonhoga 2012

I got selected to take part in the Farlin project back in January. Craft makers of Shetland were paired with Poets from Fife and viceversa, the whole point in the project was the passing of information between each pair, to see what the end outcome would be, and how they would influence eachother. I was

Degree Show – June 2012

Our Degree show was one of the most important events for us graduating students this year. We converted the old Museum building in Shetland into a Gallery space for a week. The large windows provided the space with lots of natural light. There were five of us in our class. Me and my friend Ella

Heeeey There!

So…I’ve decided to start a blog to help record my thoughts for future projects, my interests and my uni work. I have recently graduated from Shetland College UHI with a BA in Contemporary Textiles…with distinction (very important to add that part!) and I am currently continuing my studies down in Galashiels at Heriot Watt University.