COMPASS: Emerging Maker Programme 2021
WebinarPrinciples of Finance & Funding - Session 1
Tuesday 12 January 2021
Alasdair McGill, from accountancy service Ashton McGill, shared his knowledge and experience of working with creative businesses from micro businesses to SMEs, and guided participants through the key financial aspects of running a resilient craft business in this two parts online workshop series.
Photography by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash
WebinarPrinciples of Finance & Funding - Session 2
Tuesday 19 January 2021
Alasdair McGill, from accountancy service Ashton McGill, shared his knowledge and experience of working with creative businesses from micro businesses to SMEs, and guided participants through the key financial aspects of running a resilient craft business in this two parts online workshop series.
Photography by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash
WebinarBrand Storytelling: Marketing and Content with Veronique AA Lapeyre
Tuesday 26 January 2021, with Follow-Up Session Tuesday 2 February 2021
In the first session of the Brand Storytelling Workshop series, Veronique AA Lapeyre (Head of Communications & Digital, Craft Scotland) provided a practical roadmap for participants to build their brand, set and meet your achievable goals and create content.
Veronique covered the basics of marketing and discuss practical ways to create content that serves your goals, and participants were provided with a marketing and social media toolkit to work through.
Photography by Ellie Morag
WebinarBrand Storytelling: Branding your Business with Sophie Amono of sTUFFs
Tuesday 9 February 2021
In the second session of the Brand Storytelling Workshop series, Sophie Amono, founder of sTUFFs, will guide participants through the branding process and the key things to consider when shaping and communicating a brand.
Sophie has considerable expertise in using social media effectively and will help participants use these platforms to add value and depth to their business and help them present their craft business to their audiences.
Photography by Ellie Morag
WebinarBrand Storytelling: Learning from Experience with Alan Dibble of Green Thomas
Tuesday 23 February 2021
In the last session of the Brand Storytelling Workshop series, Alan Dibble, Co-founder and Creative Director of Green Thomas, will focus on the journey of a creative business to creating and growing a compelling brand.
Alan will share his own experiences as a designer/maker, and discuss some of the values and decisions that have shaped Green Thomas’ vibrant and successful brand identity, selling globally to a breadth of clients in independent boutiques and high-end department stores.
Photographer unknown
WebinarMaker Journeys in Focus: Laura Spring
Tuesday 9 March 2021
Hear from five Scotland-based designer/makers about their own experiences navigating the creative business landscape.
In this first session, Glasgow-based textiles designer/maker Laura Spring will speak about her journey from the film and theatre industry, to establishing her own eponymous label and print studio in 2011, and working with world renowned institutions such as V&A Dundee and the Tate.
Laura Spring / Photography by Caro Weiss.
WebinarMaker Journeys in Focus: Bryony Knox and Heather McDermott
Tuesday 23 March 2021
Hear from five Scotland-based designer/makers about their own experiences navigating the creative business landscape.
In this second session, Edinburgh-based silversmith Bryony Knox will talk about her 20 years career creating a variety of objects ranging from kinetic gates and steel sculptures to silver boxes and sculptural vases, and past commissions including objects for J K Rowling & HRH Princess Anne. Glasgow-based jewellery designer/maker Heather McDermott will speak about her sculptural jewellery inspired by the shoreline on the Isle of Skye, where she grew up.
Bryony Knox / Photography by Shannon Tofts
WebinarMaker Journeys in Focus: Cara Guthrie and Frances Priest
Tuesday 6 April 2021
Hear from five Scotland-based designer/makers about their own experiences navigating the creative business landscape.
In this final session, Edinburgh-based ceramic artist Cara Guthrie will talk about discovering ceramic in evening classes in London, changing career and and opening her pottery studio in 2017 following an apprenticeship in Denmark. Edinburgh-based artist Frances Priest will discuss how she combines her studio-based practice with site-specific projects, residencies and commissions, and joining the public collections of UK institutions such as the National Museum of Scotland, and V&A London.
Frances Priest / Photography by Shannon Tofts
Residential COMPASS: Residential 2021
Dates to be confirmed.
Craft Scotland’s COMPASS: Residential, held at Hospitalfield in Arbroath, is designed to allow makers the time and space to develop their business thinking and their craft practice.
This five-day residential will provide a dynamic and immersive learning environment with an emphasis on peer support, collaboration and creativity. Utilising the building blocks from the one-day workshops, along with new sessions, Craft Scotland will encourage the makers to challenge their thought process in a supportive environment.
Photography by Ellie Morag
