New work, an upcoming solo exhibition at a British glass museum and an illustrated description of lost wax casting with rubber moulds.

September has been so jam packed with events, I felt it best to chart them from the beginning and work my way through! From Skye to London via Inverness, I have seen work that has ranged from community knitting to dresses made from 20,000 pins, from exquisitely crafted jewellery to automata made from scrap. Starting […]

Selling the Sizzle, new ways of retailing

In this post I will relate about my recent trip down to the Scottish Central Belt – and some progress in the “karbunkel” department (please note the “k”s – this is on purpose: such my “boils” reference the Germanic and the Medieval). This one might take you a little longer to read …

The first blog by Highland maker Patricia Niemann about Caithness lichens as current inspiration for jewellery.

Assemble   On Tuesday I was in a very hot London for the Craft Council Conference, Assemble. Set in the lovely surroundings of LSO St Lukes, I had high expectations for the day, hoping to come home inspired and informed! The Craft Council used the conference to launch research papers as well as the giving […]

HI-Arts Mentoring to Market visit to Collect, London.