Artisan An artisan External ID AAS_PR_03 Place The town or city Habost, Port of Ness, Isle of Lewis Area Relation incomer Area Reason Moved in 2006 to commence a kiltmaking apprenticeship in Stornoway Occupation fibre and textile crafts Biographical Text Netty moved to the Isle of Lewis in 2006 to take up a kiltmaking apprenticeship. After two years, she started her own business and explored using locally woven Harris Tweed in her designs. This led to a number of commissions and displays, including at Norton & Sons, Savile Row, and through this contemporary kilt production for fashion designer Christopher Kane. After fifteen years of working on a self-employed basis, Netty started teaching part-time Fashion Design at the local higher education college. Since then, she has continued her kiltmaking and garment design business, but on a reduced scale, whilst also fulfilling the role of board member with Applied Arts Scotland, project managing national and international craft-focused projects, and, recently, becoming editor of the community newspaper – Fios. An area Netty has developed over the past twenty years is usung the wool form her families flock of Hebridean Sheep to be washed, cardded and spun in to weaving yarn at Uist Wool. This yarn has then been woven into Harris Tweed by a local weaver. Email The email address of the museum. nettysopata@gmail.com Phone The phone number 07881 273 966 Social Media The social media links. instagram,https://www.instagram.com/diggorybrown/; knowledge1 Traditional hand-tailoring techniques applied to kilt-making: measurement, pleat calculations, chalking-out, hand sewing, and steam pressing. Knowledge Acquisition Served a traditional apprenticeship and then adapted the skills to develop Harris Tweed kilts. Harris Tweed is heavier than the traditional tartan cloth used to make kilts. Knowledge Transfer Yes, through evening classes at the local arts centre. material1 Harris Tweed. Leather (for straps) and brass, other metals for buckles. material2 Local Harris Tweed mills material3 Donates them to local higher education college production1 Calking out (to mark the pleats and kilt pattern); hand sewing (using a thimble); steam pressing (to set the pleats). production2 Thimble, measuring tape (inches), pattern master (straight edge ruler to mark out the pleats). Steam Iron and pressing table. Needle and scissors. production3 Tape and thimble belonged to her grandmother, who was a home-based seamstress in London. production4 Electricity for lighting and the steam press. Peat for a heating stove in the studio. production5 Cut-away' segments of cloth are donated to the local college for students to use in mood boards, etc. workshop Yes. The upstairs area of her home is a dedicated studio space. products1 Handtailored kilts and contemproray garments products2 For sale products3 The kiltmaking service is no longer advertised, and commissions are completed on a word-of-mouth basis only. products4 Bespoke one-to-one orders products5 Only for kilts products6 Locally based clients for repairs and alterations. Visitors to the Hebrides who have a connection to the location and/or want to have something created for them that resonates with the location. products7 Harris Tweed label tourism1 Netty used to display work and take orders at the local music festival: HebCelt. This four-day festival attracts the perfect target market for bespoke kilts. The tourists at this event are from a range of national and international locations. partnership Applied Arts Scotland challenges1 Outwith the HebCelt festival, accessing physical events to display and take orders was not cost-efficient due to being located on an island. Prim Media 2306 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Annette Sopata Type The nature or genre of the resource Artisan Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Netty Sopata Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1978? Language A language of the resource English Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,58.4917648473254,-6.23148173863765; Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 935 Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Country The name of the country of the data provider or “Europe” in the case of Europe-wide projects. Scotland