Chantal is a woven designer based in Glasgow, who draws visual reference for her work from geometric & structural forms whether manmade or natural. ‘The reason I create fabrics & products is primarily because I love the challenge, processes & patience required. Being able to mix different colours & textures together in a way that lets me translate visual research into a woven piece gives me great personal satisfaction. I really just like to make beautiful cloth, the touch, smell & texture of it, & the feeling of being wrapped in something created by hand from a craft steeped in history.’

Texture and pattern have always held a lifelong fascination for me. Studying Textiles at Ravensbourne and then Camberwell College of Arts gave me a further opportunity for research and insight into surface design and construction of cloth. I Began to develop a wide interest in applied arts and design. However, print has been my enduring passion since graduating. Etching, Collagraph, monoprint and relief techniques and more recently a return to screen printing. I have worked in Contemporary Galleries; CCA Galleries, Cambridge. Edinburgh Printmakers, Dovecot Studios, all of which contributed to my interest and development in working with contemporary artists either through installation of exhibitions or organising events & educational programmes. This has in turn brought me full circle to return to teaching and making and designing Art Textiles.

I’m a printed textile designer who specialises in the traditional method of screen print to create a range of contemporary prints for a range of products. Intrigued by the shapes and patterns that surround us in the everyday, I draw my inspiration from these to create graphic and abstract surface pattern prints. I enjoy experimenting with a whole variety of colour combinations, from sophisticated and subtle palettes, to bold and bright. Each one of my products is unique as they are all hand made from start to finish and no two prints are ever exactly the same.

A Fine Art graduate using thread as my medium, I create embroidered artworks. Working in Glenmuick, a beautiful, wild highland Glen I am influenced by the landscape, songs and folktales of the North. I begin by painting onto Artist’s canvas using Acrylic paints, then layer with millions of tiny stitches, using just the needle, guided by hand on my domestic sewing machine. Each finished piece hiding its secret painting, bathed in moonlight, quiet and contemplative, their stillness reminds us to stop and reconnect with where and who we are, a sense of simplicity is at the heart of my work.

Balgarvie Weaving is the work of Textile designer Janet Hughes, who works from her home town of Cupar Fife. Educated at the Scottish college of textiles. Janet draws on her industrial textile design and manufacturing experience to offer limited edition fabric and accessories blending contemporary woven structures and traditional weaving practises. Janet enjoys the process and makes her work by hand in her studio on traditional wooden hand looms utilising industrial surplus/ waste yarn.Janet finds weaving to be a methodical and at times mindful craft and through repetition finds creativity. With the setup of her own design studio Janet enjoys the freedom of designing bold yet lightweight fabrics in her signature deflected double cloth structure, playing with colours, patterns and the natural properties of the yarns differential shrinkage to give tactile as well as visual textures to her fabrics that are accentuated whilst being worn.

Clarabella Christie is a Fife based awarded design studio specialising in luxury colourful design-led homewares and accessories. Established in 2007 the brand is an ever growing collection of playful printed pieces which draws inspiration from the studio’s surrounding architecture. In the summer of 2021 Claire launched her first ever clothing line Claire launched her first ever clothing line, this handmade small collection of Made-to-Order garments focus’s on craftmanship, sustainability and simple versatile silhouettes.

Hungarian-born designer Zita Katona founded interior textile design business Zitozza in 2020 by after a decade-long career zig-zagging between graphic and textile design. During the pandemic lockdown, she decided to unite the two skillsets in the form of surface pattern designs for interiors - the result is a modular block printing system of with combinable, uniform printing blocks organised in two collections with an immense variety of designs on the coarse natural jute fabric. The elements combine Zita's Eastern European heritage of modernist, or brutalist architecture and the influence of Scotland’s textile industry with more traditional, botanical motifs. 

Based in Edinburgh, Woolly Originals uses domestic knitting machines to create bags for crafters and artists to use for their projects and for their tools. The bag designs are based on a range of ideas and inspiration: Scottish wildflowers & trees; organic fruit orchards; Scandinavian & Shetland star motifs; the volcanic landscapes of Iceland; the Scott Monument on Princes Street in Edinburgh; or the trainee women astronauts of the Mercury 13 program!

My textile prints are often inspired by walks in nature, patterns in the urban environment around me and Japanese textiles. My first love is hand screen printing onto natural cloth but I also design digitally for large scale projects, delicate silks and licencing artworks. I work with photographic and hand drawn imagery, layering the motifs and patterns using opaque and transparent inks in vibrant colour palettes. My distinctive patterns work beautifully across a wide range of homeware products including cushions and lampshades and fashion accessories including scarves and tote bags. Remnant cloth is repurposed as wearable art brooch badges.

Newburgh Handloom Weavers are specialist producers of high quality, hand-woven tweed and cloth. Situated by the River Tay, in the North-East of Fife, our cloth is handwoven on traditional wooden handlooms built by Thomas Kennedy of Galashiels, a loom maker established in 1870. We produce a wide range of traditional tweeds, blankets, including bespoke tweeds designed and made to order for both individual and commercial clients. We weave our cloth using pure new wool from around the British Isles. This produces a warm and fine, yet hard-wearing cloth perfect for tailoring, dress-making, upholstery and furnishings.

Inga is a Printed Textile Designer based in North Queensferry, Fife. Using a Vintage colour palette, her design inspiration comes from pattern, colour, texture, nature, and the Arts & Crafts movement. She carves her unique designs from Lino blocks and then, using Eco-Friendly water-based inks, prints onto Scottish Linen fabric woven locally in Fife, which she then creates into her range of sustainable Homewares and Accessories. Inga is passionate about doing what she can to help protect the Environment. Her creative process aims to be sustainable, minimising wastage, and she uses recycled and recyclable plastic free packaging.

I weave homewares and wearables in my Burntisland studio, situated in a heritage railway building overlooking The Forth and across to Edinburgh. I weave on a beautiful wooden traditional Swedish floorloom. My inspiration comes from the local marine and built environment and also Scandinavian textile design and colour palette. Traditional weaves are given a contemporary aesthetic and are woven with high quality luxurious lambswools, cotton and linen, organic where possible.

Katie Charleson is a screen printed homewares designer committed to creating sumptuous, unique textiles. In 2020, Katie introduced quilting, stitching and appliqué to her work, it becoming a key component of her practice. Combining print and stitch, Charleson makes work by collaging with fabric; using shapes and colour in an instinctual way. Katie works exclusively with natural fibres from ethical sources and many works embrace upcycling, making use of remnants and archival fabrics. She only uses water based inks in production, and is consciously introducing natural dyes while educating herself on the most environmentally positive way to continue creating textiles.

I am a textile artist working with free-machine embroidery to decorate the clothing and soft furnishings that I make, mainly on a commission basis. Inspired by flora and fauna I study the details of each animal or flower to recreate it in stitch. The rich colours and way that light catches on say a bird’s wing or lilies petal is recreated with my process of drawing and painting with thread. Each piece becomes a little treasure reminding the wearer or owner of how precious our wildlife is and how surprising colours can be found in everyday creatures and plants.

I am a hand weaver based in Leith, Edinburgh. I predominately weave using merino lambswool, enjoying the colour variations one gets from this colourful and versatile yarn. I am enjoying examining how many ways I can interpret differing stitched marks and patterns through the medium of weave on a 32 shaft Megado loom; my pride and joy! As well as stitched marks I am currently obsessed by all things denim, sampling is continually evolving as to how I can weave these two trains of thoughts together. I will presenting another mini collection of new woven works at Winter GLOW.

Garvald Textiles (Garvald Edinburgh)provide creative opportunities for adults with learning disabilites. Using high quality natural materials we produce a range of beautiful textiles, both apparel and interiors.

Al Bates is a textile designer based in Glasgow. She completed her degree in 2021 at the Edinburgh College of Art, achieving a BA Honour’s in Textiles. Her work aims to utilise various fabrics as a space for comfort and growth, in the context of the home. Her practice is rooted in an awareness and consideration of the ethical impacts of the industry, and she thrives to work sustainably to produce pieces that are zero-waste. Combining various techniques, her unique approach juxtaposes textures creates modern and distinctive pieces that are innovative, hand crafted and made with care to last.

By Lisa Watson is an authentically British collection of quilts, cushions & more for your home . A passion for celebrating British textile heritage has led to new additions of quality textile home decor from one of a kind, handmade Harris Tweed patchwork cushions to sumptuous blankets woven from British wool and all are perfect for adding extra warmth to the bedroom or draped on a sofa to bring eye catching interest all year round. By Lisa Watson (that’s me!) collections, are handmade in Britain, will compliment any interior scheme and are a real colour tonic to counteract dreary days

I make lasting quality, artful, hand tufted wool pile textile. Recently I’ve been experimenting with hand dyeing finished pieces for fluidity of design effect. I like the idea of my work inviting connection with true nature in a deeper way by inviting people to relax, reflect, rejuvenate through use of mindfulness/ meditation mats, stools and wall art rugs. Sharing appreciation of our world is the object of my work and long standing interest in health/mental health, consciousness, archetype. One of my influences is the work of Friedensreich Hundertwasser, painter, architect, ecological activist and philosopher. 

Wee Collective is a partnership of makers, Laura McEwan and Urszula Jochim, based between Edinburgh and Glasgow. We support and inspire each other and collaborate on projects which focus on locally sourced and ethical materials and the highest standards of handmade craftsmanship.