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PhD researcher evaluating how digital tools can help look at cultural landscapes holistically in order to better inform practices related to heritage preservation in the face of climate change threats. I am doing this by looking at how climate change…

University of St Andrews Open Virtual Worlds research group

I am the Community Outreach Officer for the West Highland Museum

Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis

A research fellow in the School of Computer Science, University of St Andrews

Hattersley & Sons domestic mechanical loom, used by Sam Groates at Woven in the Bone for the production of tweed fabric. The Hattersley loom was developed by George Hattersley and Sons of Keighley, West Yorkshire, England. The plain Hattersley…

Clay creamer from Asturias, Spain.

Hattersley & Sons domestic mechanical loom, used by Sam Groates at Woven in the Bone for the productino of tweed fabric. The Hattersley loom was developed by George Hattersley and Sons of Keighley, West Yorkshire, England. The plain Hattersley…

Turned wooden mushroom figure from Asturias, Spain.

Wooden mushroom made out of turned wood, then electrified to create the lightning-like details. Made by a local artisan in Asturias, Spain.

Ceramic clay creamer from Asturias, Spain.

Lace doily. (C) DUO Škofja Loka.

A group photo of the Cvetke Žiri Lacemaking Society. The Society is registered as the bearer of the Slovene lacemaking tradition in the national and UNESCO lists of intangible cultural heritage. © Cvetke Žiri.

Žiri. Photo by Matjaž Tavčar. © Turizem Škofja Loka.

The Poljanska Valley spreads along the Poljanska Sora River in the southeast of the Gorenjska region. It is surrounded by the Polhograjski, Škofjeloški, Cerkljanski and Rovtarski mountains. It has around 12.500 inhabitants who live in Gorenja vas,…

The Cvetke Žiri Lacemaking Society was founded in April 2004. It has more than 100 members from Žiri, its surroundings, and other regions. It focuses on education, organization of exhibitions, and promotion of bobbin lace. The Society is the main…

The doily is one of the handmade lace products made by crossing, twisting, and weaving linen threads attached to a bobbin. The process follows a pattern – a drawing on paper attached to a cylinder cushion in a wicker basket or on a wooden base. In…

Exhibition Curator: Llara Fuente Corripio Assistant curator: Yulia Ruzanova Exhibition setup: Llara Fuente Corripio, Yulia Ruzanova and Enrique Melendez Galan

In CULTURALITY we understand crafts as an indispensable identity element capable of characterising and highlighting a territory through its traditional culture and its links to the community that inhabits it. Crafts are inevitably linked to the…

The Inner Hebrides is an archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland, to the south east of the Outer Hebrides. Together these two island chains form the Hebrides, which experience a mild oceanic climate.

Snowscape Vessel, a white porcelain ceramic vessel with porcelain inlay details in black and blue, with a matte black inside. Created by Clair Sinclair of Clair Sinclair Ceramics, Forfar Scotland.

Folktro och folkmedicin. Örtpedagogik och kulturarv.

The exhibition contains pieces of traditional textile heritage in Europe, provided by members of the international consortium of the CULTURALITY European project. It is held as part of the introductory kick-off meeting.

The kick-off meeting for the Culturality project, bringing together all the partners to discuss the project and the activities taking place in the next four years.

Woven in the Bone Studio Wool Looms

I received an Honours degree from Glasgow School of Art in 1988, before travelling to Australia where I lived and worked in the textile industry as a woven textile designer. I developed my craft skills in the workplace and consider the experience of…

Artisan cloth made in Scotland. Bespoke lengths and limited edition production of handcrafted Saxony cloth for tailors, designers and small businesses.

Carol Sinclair is an artist and maker living and working in Forfar, Scotland. She creates one-off ceramics and up-cycled material installations for exhibitions. Her inspiration comes from the global issues, colours, textures and shapes in the world.…

Images of the blacket.

This beautifully hand-knitted blanket reflects the distinctive symbolic patterns of traditional fishermen’s jumpers or ganseys. Each distinct hand-knitted square depicts patterns from a particular port or harbour along the Moray Firth region, from…

Timespan is a cultural organisation in Helmsdale, a village in the very north east of the Scottish Highlands, with local, global and planetary ambitions to weaponise culture for social change. Timespan is a place for art, research, heritage, local…