VERA Platform_2287 Lucy Macdonald "I am a textile artist and designer with a rural studio on the edge of Banchory in North East Scotland. I work primarily with hand woven textiles which explore the relationships between place, material, and memory. My practice blends heritage weaving techniques with contemporary digital design, using natural fibres and sustainable processes to create site-specific capsule collections, artworks, and commissions.\r\nRooted in a respect for traditional craft, my work is often inspired by the landscapes and seascapes that surround me. I incorporate natural dyeing, hand-weaving on multi-shaft looms, and a self-taught tapestry approach, building layered textile compositions that echo the textures, rhythms, and stories of place.\r\nSince launching Arra Textiles in 2016, I have developed collections for home and body, exhibited nationally and internationally and taken part in a residency which continue to shape how I make and think. Sustainability is central to my practice and I am currently transitioning toward a fully traceable and locally grounded studio model, connecting materials back to land and process.\r\nI see textiles as both a sensory and narrative medium. My practice is driven by curiosity, care for materials and a desire to create work which invites a closer look." cc274@st-andrews.ac.uk English Artisan image/png IMAGE University of St Andrews VERA Platform "I am a textile artist and designer with a rural studio on the edge of Banchory in North East Scotland. I work primarily with hand woven textiles which explore the relationships between place, material, and memory. My practice blends heritage weaving techniques with contemporary digital design, using natural fibres and sustainable processes to create site-specific capsule collections, artworks, and commissions.\r\nRooted in a respect for traditional craft, my work is often inspired by the landscapes and seascapes that surround me. I incorporate natural dyeing, hand-weaving on multi-shaft looms, and a self-taught tapestry approach, building layered textile compositions that echo the textures, rhythms, and stories of place.\r\nSince launching Arra Textiles in 2016, I have developed collections for home and body, exhibited nationally and internationally and taken part in a residency which continue to shape how I make and think. Sustainability is central to my practice and I am currently transitioning toward a fully traceable and locally grounded studio model, connecting materials back to land and process.\r\nI see textiles as both a sensory and narrative medium. My practice is driven by curiosity, care for materials and a desire to create work which invites a closer look." image/png Image "The Highlands is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots language replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands. The term is also used for the area north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, although the exact boundaries are not clearly defined, particularly to the east. The Great Glen divides the Grampian Mountains to the southeast from the Northwest Highlands. The Scottish Gaelic name of A' Gh\u00e0idhealtachd literally means "the place of the Gaels" and traditionally, from a Gaelic-speaking point of view, includes both the Western Isles and the Highlands." Landscape "Photo of Lucy Mcdonald, natural fibre artist from Banchory, Scotland." image/png Image 57.05353948071467 -2.474989173123399