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I am delighted to say I have been accepted as a member of EDGE TEXTILE ARTISTS SCOTLAND. EDGE is the leading textile art group in Scotland , and it's aim is to ' promote excellence in all aspects of contemporary textile art'. There are some fantastic artists in this group, whose work I really admire, so I was very pleased in January to have been selected for the Portfollio Submission part of their application process. On the alloted wet and windy day in February we drove up

I had such a good time last year, I'm doing it again! Spring Fling is Scotland's premier Art and Craft Open Studios event and the standard of work is incredible. I'm so happy to have been selected as a participant for my second year. Last May I had a blast welcoming visitors to my house and studio...it's exhausting, but really good fun. This is an excerpt from my application form for 2026 - 'Last year was my first experience as a participating artist in Spring Fling and I lov

Or 'How I Moved Back to Scotland to be an Artist' We’ve just celebrated the anniversary of The Big Move North. It’s been a whole year...

Louisa has reinvented herself several times. After a brief spell thinking she might be a crofter's wife, she started out as an actor. Eventually she remembered that what she loved doing the most was making things, so she did a degree at Wimbledon School of Art, specialising in Theatre Costume. She worked in this industry for many years before setting up her own bespoke dressmaking business, creating unique garments for clients. Finally she became an artist. Having worked in t