Handmade Festive Edition 2025
During the festive season at Macrobert we dedicate our exhibition space to Scotland's Artists & Makers.
The range is thoughtfully curated by the Macrobert team, with a mix of beautiful and quirky gifts at various price points ready to take home. This year sees some new faces - both new to Macrobert and new to small independent crafting - as well as some returning audience favourites.
Pop along to the Macrobert Kiosk or Box Office to make your purchase.
Find out more about our 2025 Artists & Makers below.
We hope something catches your eye in this year's Handmade Festive Edition.
Go on... you know you want to!
Abbie Lois Studio
Abbie Lois is a Scottish illustrator, printmaker and storyteller. Her work is deeply rooted in folklore and myth; interwoven with the characters, landscapes and creatures which shape these stories. Her work is most often hand-drawn, and then screen printed. @abbielois.studio
Abbie's website
Alice's Illustrations
Alice is based in Glasgow and her work is playful, detailed and full of colour. With women, mental well-being and nature as explored subjects, her work aims to connect with people through shared ideas that can help us navigate this wild world we live in. With everything from a wee postcard to original artworks for your home, swing by to say hello! @alicesillustrations
Alice's website
Babity Boo
Corinne grew up in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. She has always loved drawing and painting but it wasn't until the birth of her daughter that she started taking it a bit more seriously.
She began drawing things that she wanted to see or things to make people happy, laugh or feel comforted by. Corrine's family now live in Perthshire and her inspiration comes mainly from the surrounding woodland and rivers, animals and nature but also from the home where she grew up - the Isle of Lewis. @babity_boo
Biizu
The Peace Ring was created to build awareness & raise funds to support charities working for world peace. Originally launched in Hiroshima, Japan where the worlds highest quality beads are produced, these rings use tiny seed beads & a bespoke design created for the Peace Ring project. A percentage of all profits will be donated to world peace organizations.
Braw Artworks
Braw Artworks is the artistic endeavour of Katherine, a Scottish artist with a deep passion for cyanotype, a fascinating fusion of art and science. Katherine has embraced this traditional photographic printing process, dating back to the 19th century, to create unique and experimental artworks. @braw_artworks
Braw Artworks website
David Galletly
David Galletly is an illustrator and graphic designer. His clients include Begg x Co, Innis & Gunn, NHS, Pringle 1815, Glasgow Film, WIRED, and The Hollywood Reporter. Alongside client work, he also exhibits original artwork and prints in solo and group shows in the UK and overseas. David is also the Art Director for Lost Map Records, an independent record label based on the Isle of Eigg. His illustration work is detailed and playful, often featuring impossible cityscapes, giants and dark humour. @davidgalletly
David's website
Dragonfly Dichroic
Working from her garden studio, Ann makes a range of bright glassworks inspired by Scotland and nature. Hand cut and fired up to 3 times, each piece is unique!
Ann's website
Emily McLennan
Emily McLennan is a Stirlingshire-based artist and tutor. Emily’s practice is rooted in environmental awareness and a deep connection to the natural world. Inspired by the hidden networks of woodland ecosystems and the mycelium that weaves beneath the forest floor, her work explores themes of interconnection, renewal and care for our environment. Through her ongoing place based project at Tir na nOg in Stirlingshire, Emily invites us to slow down, notice the quiet wisdom of nature and reflect on our relationship with the land. @emilymclennanart
Emily's website
GainAgain
GainAgain are a queer neurodiverse crafting duo from Glasgow who make eco-conscious soft interior furnishing from upcycled/recycled/scrap fabric sources. They believe that all fabric can have a second life and can be moulded into stylish, unique products for the home. They create interior products, fashion accessories and large scale textile commissions for community projects - a recent highlight includes creating a unicorn head for Perth Museum's inaugural exhibition.
GainAgain on Instagram
Gifted Magpie
Tracey makes make a variety of small hanging decorations both for Christmas and other uses, usually from felt, each individually made and embroidered.
Gifted Magpie on Facebook
Hunt & Grind
Hunt & Grind create wall hangings from foraged plants & flowers they find on walks in & around their beautiful local countryside. They work with clay & plaster with the aim to let the shape, texture & form of those plants & flowers speak for themselves in the simplest way possible. Many of their pieces are mounted on recycled timber, much of which is left ‘unworked’ to reflect the raw & natural beauty of nature.
Hunt & Grind on Instagram
Jack Gibson
Jack Gibson is an illustrator and graphic designer based in Edinburgh making humorous, Scottish themed prints and stickers. @jackgibsoncreative
Jack's website
Julesm_art
Jules Main is an abstract artist based in Winchburgh, West Lothian. Jules works mainly in acrylics on wood panel. Her paintings are informed by nature and influenced by her love of music, past and surroundings. She builds layers into each piece using colour, line and texture; leaving behind an historical journey awaiting the discovery and interpretation of the viewer.
Julesm_art on Instagram
Katherine Cowtan
Katherine is a textile designer and artist who makes unique, contemporary woven scarves in beautiful natural materials to be worn on special occasions, for everyday wear, or as a souvenir of Scotland. @katherinecowtan_artist
Katherine's website
Katiebirdie
Katie is a surface pattern designer making unique artwork, homeware and accessories featuring colourful designs inspired by our natural surroundings.
Her collection includes hand made cushions, lampshades, scarves and bags, full of pattern, colour and tiny details. She also makes a range of zero waste accessories using the off cuts from her larger pieces, and has stationery and prints which sit alongside, all bringing the wild beauty of the outdoors inside the home. @katiebirdiedoes
Kat Wright
Kat's paintings are always one-of-a-kind, made using high quality oil paint on linen or wooden boards.
She is dedicated to seeing beauty in small, ordinary things and celebrating the joy of life. Living in Scotland for the past 15 years the dramatic landscapes, weather and abundance of nature has given her much inspiration. However, closer to home, and being a keen gardener, the multitude of different plants, flowers and wildlife in her own garden has shaped her most recent series of works. @kat.wright.fine.art
Kay Naitby Art
Kay makes individual hand made pieces of jewellery, no two the same, made with porcelain and silver fittings. She also offers larger thrown dishes, cups and jugs, and small multiple jewellery dishes with fabulous glazes. @kaynaitby_art
Kay Naitby on Facebook
Kelly Zou
Most of Kelly's works are based on her drawings and paintings which she does everyday, including her observational drawings, imaginative narratives inspired by what she sees, hears and experiences. She also make prints based on her children's illustrations. @kelly_zxj
Kelly's website
Lemki
Lemki is an illustrator and visual artist creating work inspired by nature, emotion, and everyday beauty. Her illustrations blend storytelling with delicate detail, often reflecting the calm and wonder she finds in her surroundings. She works across digital and traditional media to produce prints, postcards, and stickers that celebrate quiet moments and imaginative scenes. Each piece is a personal expression, designed to connect with others and bring a touch of creativity into their lives. @lemkiteo
Lemki's website
Lindsey Hamilton
From the series Feeling my Way, these drawings are unconcerned with depicting specific locations but touch instead on the less tangible effects on our psyche of being surrounded by an expanse of land or sea. Drawn from time spent on Scotland’s west coast they amalgamate Lindsey's experiences, memories, feelings and longings, reflecting the inner calm and tranquility she feels when immersed in wild spaces. Using a limited palette and a pared back approach to drawing, the results offer a de-cluttering of the landscape where space is allowed to take its place as a key and defining feature. @art.by.lindseyh
Lindsey Hamilton on Instagram
McQueenie Art
Karen's nature art is a collection of autumn floral foraged from local woodlands and green spaces. Her jewellery and plants are made using pieces of glass left over from her Stained Glass art. Karen tries to use as much of the glass as possible to prevent creative waste. This also means that each piece of jewellery or plant is connected to a stained glass art work that is somewhere in the world.
McQueenie Art on Instagram
Mira Caie
Most of Mira's work is inspired by the natural landscape, often of the Fife coast. Her prints are sources from an eco conscious UK company and wrapped in biodegradable plastic. @mira_caie_artist
Mira's website
Morag Bheag
Morag designs and makes cushions, bags and decorative items. She loves using Harris tweed for her applique, each piece being handcut, each item being unique.
Morag Bheag on Facebook
Notched Ear Productions
Zita is an enameler restarting with her craft after a long hiatus. She is enchanted by the colours of molten glass on metal.
Peter Hancock
Photographs taken in and around the university campus over the 37 years that Peter has worked here. A theme of his work is simply to show how beautiful the world is and especially this place that we work and study in.
Peter's website
Peter Kelly
Peter creates art for his own satisfaction but selling his work to hang in people’s homes gives an added sense of worth and gratitude to his practice.
Peter Kelly on Instagram
Rudan Beaga
Rudan Beaga uses colourful texture to create fun and quirky jewellery, prints and cards.
Rudan Beaga's website
Seatree Argyll
Chris and Michaela work together to create ceramics that tell stories of earth connectedness and human fragility. Their work incorporates original poetry, which becomes embodied in the work, finding shape and resonance. The combination results in moving, emotional and inspirational work that looks towards the spirituality of wild places and the need for hope. Their work ranges from wee treasures to bold sculptures, each bringing connection, joy and light. @seatreeargyll
Seatree Argyll's website
Spider Wolf Leather
Jason creates unique high quality leather items that are full of colour and style. @spiderwolfleather
Spider Wolf Leather on Folksy
Spiral Sun Jewellery
Margaret works from home in a small workshop in her garden in Broughty Ferry, Dundee. She works with sterling silver, copper and aluminium, incorporating glass beads and semi-precious stones. Her pieces include different styles of earwires and clasps giving a unique feel, inspired by the beauty of nature and the shapes and patterns she sees in the world around.
Spiral Sun Jewellery website
The Braw & The Brave
Lisa Kennedy is a choreographer, host of 'The Braw and The Brave' and a keen poet who shares her poetic musings on her podcast's Instagram page.
The Braw and The Brave on Instagram
University of Stirling Art Collection
The Art Collection works to make knowledge visible. Their focus is to make art and culture a part of everyday life for staff, students and visitors, enabling exchanges between art, research and teaching.
University of Stirling Art Collection website
Zilja Vibeke
A Stirling-based artist originally from Sweden, Zilja has always been creative but has found the most joy working with oil paintings and portraiture. Most of her artwork is created using oil paints, but on occasion she will use other mediums such as acrylic paints and gold leaf. Her artworks are centred around people and things that inspire her and she prefers to use vibrant colours and texture to create engaging and interesting visuals.
Zilja Vibeke on Instagram