Objects in Place: the Eynhallow Sound, Orkney
Stone steps washed with waves and selkie songs glitter in the late summer gloaming. Roaring tides sweep in from all sides to batter the shore with ageless determination, steadily devouring…
Trans-cultural slow-craft-fashion
The Karun Thakar Fund has awarded a Project Grant to Ruth Clifford, lecturer on the Fashion Design and Communication BA programme at Liverpool John Moores University, in support of the…
The Sutherland Diamonds
The spectacular Sutherland Diamonds are now on public display at V&A South Kensington. Accepted in lieu of Inheritance Tax by HM Government and allocated to the V&A in 2022, these…
Collecting a New Past
Museums have long been interested in collecting material culture of the present. Objects that demonstrate the design, technological, natural, and social stories and changes of today. More recently, ‘contemporary collecting’…
The State of the Weave: Ewe Kente in Agbozume
The Karun Thakar Fund has awarded a Project Grant to a collaborative project entitled ‘Ewe Kente in Agbozume’. Here, co-project lead Lee Dekel introduces herself and the project. Collaborative textile…
Period products for a 21st century Scotland
Tampons, pads, and menstrual cups are everyday objects used by many though rarely considered noteworthy. But what can a group of period products say about the social and environmental concerns…