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Welcome to Craft Scotland, the home of Scottish contemporary craft.

Get creative with our What’s On listings brimming with craft workshops, courses and exhibitions. You’ll find the ultimate guide to Scottish contemporary craft talent with our Craft Directory, and read inspiring maker stories.

Craft Scotland is the national development agency supporting makers and promoting craft. 

View event→ Layered Cross Stitch Bookbinding

One-day workshop

Layered Cross Stitch Bookbinding

Create a chunky book with your choice of leather or faux leather cover and decorative exposed cross stitch incorporating different colours of thread. You can add lots of decorative pages,…

25 Mar 2025

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    Maker Guides

    A Maker’s Guide to Applications

    Find support with completing applications for Craft Scotland’s awards, open-calls and programmes.

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    Essay

    Bard: Crafting a Feast for the Senses

    Delve into the second article in our series celebrating four of Scotland’s most innovative craft retailers. Learn about the journey and vision that have established Bard as a unique destination for exceptional craft and design.  

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    A Toast to Tea Green: Ten Years of Bringing Craft to Inspiring Destinations

    As part of Craft Week Scotland 2024, this series celebrates four of Scotland’s most innovative craft retailers. Read about Tea Green’s dynamic first decade and the role it has played in showcasing craft to audiences and supporting maker’s practices.

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    The Making of 'If only we had the space'

    Discover some of the process involved in curating this new exhibition of contemporary craft, and the issues, places and projects that inspired it.

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    News

    Campaigning For Craft: Sept 2024

    Insights from Craft Scotland's advocacy initiatives this summer/autumn with our series Campaigning for Craft.

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