Harvest - a celebration of contemporary craft from across Scotland

Welcome to DES Talks, our lively exploration of making and creating from across Scotland. In this episode we celebrate Harvest. A showcase of work by 80 makers and designers, Harvest is a thrilling new initiative from Craft Scotland. From furniture to jewellery, ceramics to basketry, woodwork to glass, Harvest is an ambitious exhibition which champions both rich craft traditions and the energy, innovation and skill of contemporary makers from across Scotland. Harvest celebrates the power of the hand to craft and create, to fashion and form and to work with an inspiring array of materials. In this conversation, Susanna welcomes Harvest curator, Stacey Hunter along with potter Samuel Sparrow who creates beautifully pared down tableware and in the small town of Thornhill in Dumfries and Galloway and Julia Rebaudo who lives along with her flock of sheep in the Scottish Highlands, where they provide wool which she transforms into rugs and wall hangings. Their conversation explores the ideas that have inspired Harvest and Samuel and Julia's journey to becoming makers. Harvest is at City Art Centre, 2 Market Street, Edinburgh EH1 1DE, just across from Waverley train station. It is open daily from 10am - 4pm, Saturday 11 – Sunday 19 October. All welcome and free of charge. Getting there information here.For more information on the 80 makers, workshops and events do head to Craft Scotland's website or follow on Instagram for updates and images of the exhibition. And to explore more fully the work of Samuel Sparrow, head to his website and to find out more about Julia Rebaudo's sheep and weaving process, do visit her website. Thank you for listening to DES Talks. And please do spread the word, share, subscribe, rave and rate. We are new to this game and keen to reach as many listeners as possible, far and wide. Design Exhibition Scotland was founded by Susanna Beaumont in 2018 to celebrate and champion making and creating through exhibitions, conversations, commissions and now podcasts. Production Ryan Scott FilmMusic Malin Lewis