by Julia Welstead Like so many island makers I am meeting, Emma MacKenzie is a multi-tasker extraordinaire. Her love of textiles began with spinning and dyeing, felting and sewing, all skills taught to her by the Barvas wool and spinning group. From this she has developed her own unique style of collage to produce stunningRead more ⟶
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Kirsty O’Connor – Artist-maker, Berneray
by Julia Welstead I initially find out about Kirsty O’Connor through a Tiree friend who attended UHI (University of Highlands and Islands) art college at Taigh Chearsabhagh in Lochmaddy. I’ve already passed through the Isle of Berneray on my Outer Isles odyssey, but I’m more than happy to re-trace my steps for such a fascinatingRead more ⟶
Cally Yeatman – Artist, North Uist
by Julia Welstead The day I’m due to meet Cally Yeatman she is still testing positive for Covid-19. I ring her to rearrange, and an hour later we are still on the phone, having naturally talked our way through most of what I might have asked in an interview. I still hope to meet thisRead more ⟶
Rosalind Jewell
For the latest Meet the Islander blog we have travelled to the Isle of Colonsay in the Inner Hebrides to meet Rosalind Jewell. Rosalind is an artist who specialises in paintings of landscapes, places of interest, as well as greetings cards and postcards she also does glass engraving. A Sense of People and Place WeRead more ⟶
Libby Galli
by Julia Welstead Eigg felt like home On a wild March day of wind, rain, hail and sun, I walk through Cleadale, the northerly township of the Isle of Eigg, to the house of felt artist Libby Galli. As I reach the gate, adorned with an arch of driftwood, her partner Charlie comes bowling out,Read more ⟶
Sarah Kay
We’ve headed up to Scalloway in Shetland to meet Sarah Kay of Sarah Kay Arts to see what a typical day is like for her and what inspires her to run her small island business. Sarah is a resin artwork and jewellery maker and designer. She lives and works in Scalloway where her studio overlooksRead more ⟶
Ruth Slater
Ruth is a contemporary illustrator from the Isle of Bute. Her work features pen and ink drawings of animals, places and nature and she turns these fantastic illustrations into products, including fine bone china mugs, coasters, prints and cards, which can all be found on her isle20 shop. We asked her about what inspires her and about lifeRead more ⟶
Heather Macleod
Heather and her husband Les live and work in the beautiful island of Arran. Heather is an artist painting on silk and oil on canvas. She also works with other textiles, eco-printing and shibori dyeing. Les makes beautiful scented candles. As well as being an artist Heather is a musician which challenges her focus ofRead more ⟶