Meet the Inches Carr Craft Bursaries 2022 recipients
Emerging MakerErin McQuarrie
Inches Carr Craft Bursary
Erin McQuarrie is a textile artist based in Glasgow. She studied at The Glasgow School of Art and gained her MFA in Textiles from Parsons School of Design.
Erin believes ancient methods of textile making provide an innovative means of interpreting and responding to the everyday, serving as an antithesis to our fast-paced consumerist society and a platform for historical recovery.
Photography by Young Yu Dong
Emerging MakerIseabal Hendry
Inches Carr Craft Bursary
Born and raised in the Highlands of Scotland, Iseabal Hendry is inspired by the traditional craft skills that she grew up with, from basket-weaving and roof-thatching to clinker boatbuilding.
Her creative practice is materially-led, inspired by zero waste and her family heritage in leatherwork.
Photography by Isabelle Law
Emerging MakerScott Smith
Inches Carr Craft Bursary
Scott Smith is a Glasgow-based award-winning silversmith and contemporary maker whose works explore the importance of meditative craft through the processes of carving, raising and casting.
Scott is currently a Silversmithing and Jewellery Artist in Residence at The Glasgow School of Art, from where he graduated in 2021.
Emerging MakerLaura Derby
Inches Carr Craft Bursary
Laura Derby is a weaver who trained in woven textile design in Galashiels. She creates unique, handcrafted textile rugs, wall hangings, mindfulness mats and upholstered stools made by skilled local woodworkers. The hand tufting technique allows her to paint and sculpt with yarn and artfully weave elements of the natural world and heritage motifs.
Photography by the artist
Emerging MakerCaius Bearder
Inches Carr Craft Bursary
Caius Bearder was born in Guernsey, and from an early age was drawn to the coast, especially to the unusual and beautiful flora, fauna and geography of beaches and cliffs.
Caius studied Silversmithing and Jewellery (BA Hons) at The Glasgow School of Art – where he is currently an Artist in Residence - before becoming a Fellow of Bishopsland Educational Trust after a year-long residency.
Photography by the artist
Emerging MakerAnnabel Hood
Inches Carr Craft Bursary
Annabel studied Jewellery and Silversmithing at Edinburgh College of Art, graduating in 2014. She subsequently worked for jeweller Malcolm Appleby for 18 months, where she learned the technique of hand engraving.
She has a strong interest in expressing scientific data in a relatable way which prompts discussion about important topics such as disability and climate change; in the form of relatable everyday objects.
Photography by Helen Hood
Emerging MakerJoshua Williams
Inches Carr Craft Bursary
Joshua Williams is a traditionally-trained studio potter based in Galloway, Scotland. He makes functional bespoke tableware and art-ceramic objects, sourcing inspiration from the landscape around him.
His current collection consists of contemporary terracotta slipware based on techniques and ideals which have been inherent to British communal life for hundreds of years.
Photography by Colin Tennant
Established Maker Lucy MacDonald
Inches Carr Craft Bursary
After studying Design for Textiles at universities in Scotland and Finland, Lucy launched her woven textile practice in 2016, becoming known for colour, complex woven design and a connection to place.
Inspired by the ever-changing seascapes and landscapes of Scotland, each piece begins in her rural studio on Royal Deeside and is made with locally sourced, traceable and sustainable natural fibres.
Photography by Aboyne Photographics
Established MakerJonathan Wade
Inches Carr Craft Bursary
Jonathan Wade began making ceramics in 2003 and studied at the Royal College of Art in 2011-13. He moved from London to Glasgow in 2016 and has since found a renewed connection to the land. This new inspiration is reflected in his ceramic work, manifesting in a desire to use self-gathered materials such as ‘wild’ clays, wood ashes for ash glazes, and self-sourced minerals.
Photography by Gabriela Silveira
Established MakerJuli Bolaños-Durman
Inches Carr Craft Bursary
Juli Bolaños-Durman is a glass artist and designer based in Edinburgh. She studied graphic design in Costa Rica before graduating with an MFA in Glass from Edinburgh College of Art.
Her pieces are put together intuitively through the joyfulness of play, exploring how discarded materials can be transformed and elevated using heritage glass-cutting techniques.
Photography by Gabriela Silveira
Established MakerKaren Westland
Inches Carr Craft Bursary
Karen Westland is a silversmith who graduated from The Glasgow School of Art in 2015, is a Bishopsland fellow and completed their PhD at The University of Dundee in 2022.
Karen employs various techniques to express their ideas exploring our interconnections with the universe. Karen's products are recognised for their subtle, decorative surfaces and being made with traceable materials.
Photography by Colin Hattersley
Established MakerHeather Woof
Inches Carr Craft Bursary
Heather is a jewellery designer based in Edinburgh working with traditional techniques to create modern jewellery.
Her work is characterised by a pared-back aesthetic, and clean lines and simplicity of form are balanced with a love of pattern and rhythm. Her inspirations are rooted in observations of the natural world, of shifting light and landscape.
Photography by Susan Castillo
Established MakerSusan O'Byrne
Inches Carr Craft Bursary
Susan O'Byrne is a ceramic artist who graduated from Edinburgh College of Art with a Degree in Design and Applied Arts and a Post Graduate Diploma in Ceramics.
Her narrative, ceramic-animals aim to explore the ability of the animal as metaphor to embody, distil and reflect aspects of human sensitivity.
Photography by Bruno Gallagher
