spring colours hand tufted runner displayed lengthwise the design having irregular edges of the six joined trianges with a ribbon running through the length

Presently showing at;

A Seat at the Table; South Block, Glasgow

Planned;

Borgue Collective 2026; Harbour Cottage Gallery, Kirkcudbright 22nd June to 4th July 2026

Art in the Making; Studio Doors Open Day 28th June

Kirkcudbright Art and Crafts Trail; 31st July to 3rd August

Autumn Show KBT WASPS; Harbour Cottage Gallery 20th September to 3rd October 2026

Wallnuts; Harbour Cottage Gallery, 2nd November to 14th November 2026

Buy Design Gallery, Harestanes Visitors Centre, by Ancrum, Jedburgh and

Kirkcudbright Galleries stock my work year round.
A poster for The Borgue Collective Artworks 2026 exhibition features white fern leaves on a textured blue background. It provides details about the event, including dates, location, opening hours, participating artists, and guest artists.
A colorful art studio with shelves filled with spools of yarn in various colors. The workspace includes a wooden table with tools, felted wool pieces, and a large, multicolored felted wool art piece. There's a window with a view outside, decorated with small vases and artwork on the windowsill.
A colorful art studio with shelves filled with spools of yarn in various colors. The workspace includes a wooden table with tools, felted wool pieces, and a large, multicolored felted wool art piece. There's a window with a view outside, decorated with small vases and artwork on the windowsill.

Welcome.

I’m a rural textile artist working with hand tufting to create wool-pile, heirloom-quality furnishings. My work sits between art and function—pieces that are made to be lived with as well as looked at. I create rugs and upholstered hardwood stools, each designed with care, durability, and everyday use in mind.

I’m based at WASPS (Workshop and Artists Studio Provision Scotland) in the Artists’ Town of Kirkcudbright. I’m proud to have achieved the Galloway and Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere Certification Mark, reflecting my commitment to sourcing materials as locally as possible.

Textiles have a unique way of shaping a space, bringing warmth, texture, and a sense of quiet. They also soften sound, making a room feel more comfortable and grounded. My work responds to this, adding both visual presence and a subtle, sensory layer to interiors.

I also create bespoke pieces on commission and run workshops, offering others the chance to connect with the process and explore the creative possibilities of working with wool.

Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Biosphere Certification Mark, featuring a central stylized sundew plant, surrounded by a blue border with white text.

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Just about ready for you coming. Looking forward to seeing you. It’s a busy Saturday so make sure we say hi 👋 #openstudiosaturdays #openstudiosunday #openstudiomondays #whatsondumfriesandgalloway #rugaura
I’m so thrilled to have this benchmark stool accepted by @visualartsscotland and @waspsstudios to show show in Glasgow 🤗 🎉 🌟 ‘Cutty Balance’ has a naturally dyed 100% Scottish Blackface hand tufted wool pile top scored with loop
Spring Fling time is nearly here 🌼🩷☀️🫟 what a thrilling time of year! I’m pushing it to fit in everything I need to be ready and enjoy the sunshine too. Here’s a peek at where I’m at today. I have a busy week ahead! Have you a Sp
Getting ready for Spring Fling? Have you a brochure? Planned your route? Search Spring Fling Open Studios 2026 where you can see virtual studios, download a brochure, learn about the bus trips etc. Hope to see you in Kirkcudbright. I love the chat an
Now showing at ‘Future Folklore’ curated @visualartsscotland available to view at beautiful Rozelle Park, Ayr as part of @maclaurinart exhibition programme Rather than telling a story these works are a quiet form of future folklore; hand
Commission work. For a couple who are familiar with our windswept Galloway coastline and wanted lots of colour and movement. I send progress images to the commissioners on the way along to ask them what they’re happy with, what they want more o
Dumfries and Galloway Fine Art Society Spring Exhibition at Harbour Cottage Gallery, Kirkcudbright Until 11 April These two lovely local hardwood and tufted wool stools are sitting pretty in among a super variety of wall based work #madebyhandwithlov
🌼 I am chuffed to be sent this happy spring image in Mailplus.co.uk of Oli @visualartsscotland with my wacky stools on show at @maclaurinart Oli gets that the stools invite a mindful seat to sit and treat our busy noggins to chill and smell the flow
@visualartsscotland @maclaurinart What a great call out for an exhibition in such a cool gallery and location! So pleased with the display of my rug and stools 🙌🙌🙌 and I’ve added images of some of my favorite works which includes the image o
Commission! 2mtr x 1.2mtr Really enjoying making this one ☝️ must be the chromatic vibrations 🫟🎨👩‍🎨🫨 #rugcommission #handtuftedrug #tuftingartist #dumfriesandgalloway #handmadeinscotland
Fairly recent stool commission hand tufted British Wool on local hardwood #milkingstool #naturalmaterialsonly #madebyhandandheart #scotlandloveslocal #rugaura
My work offers a quiet form of future folklore, not as a story, but as a way of noticing; a new folklore for an age of ecological instability transmitted through craft, ritual, and utility rather than through story alone. Shaped through threads of th
“The Nail Factory” on Southwick Road, Dalbeattie, has been preserved as a community space. Come visit and see the works of four exhibiting artists and makers, have a chat about the works on Meet the Makers day on 28th Feb and meet Rupinde
Thrilled to be chosen for @visualartsscotland well designed open call and to have my work showcased alongside so many esteemed pieces #localhardwood #britishwool🇬🇧 #functionalartistry #rugaura #sculpturalfurniture
Great home for my work. As soon as she was up we could hear improvement in the hallway acoustics. Couldn’t have got her up there without an ingenious welder, some candle wax and a pushy tool called a billiard cue!! She’s over 20kg! Team w
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