Introducing a talented designer and her fascinating professional journey
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Introducing a talented designer and her fascinating professional journey
Read MoreStockings which concealed the political message of a lost eighteenth-century cause.
Read MoreGairloch stockings: A Highland design success story
Read MoreCelebrating the world’s first sock knitting book, and its bluestocking author
Read MoreEighteenth-century stockings in miniature
Read Moreexploring a spectacular landscape and its turbulent history
Read MorePhilippe Mercier’s popular portrait of an eighteenth-century stocking knitter
Read MoreNicole tells us more about her work on the women of the Bluestocking circle
Read Moreall about the Bluestocking club
Read Moreexploring a stunning part of Scotland
Read MoreNews about Inkling, and The Bluestocking Club
Read MoreOuti Kater introduces a wonderful design inspired by Finnish childhood winters and restorative woodland spaces
Read MoreNicole Wagler tells us about eighteenth-century porcelain and her sense of place in Meissen
Read MoreDo you dream in textiles?
Read MoreToday I thought I’d share with you the introductory words I wrote for People MAKE Glasgow . For me – a former eighteenth-century specialist – the connections between Glasgow’s eighteenth-century past and its twenty-first century present have always been apparent, and I really enjoyed having the opportunity to write about those connections here. People MAKE…
Read MoreThe revival of my eighteenth-century balloon-o-mania was inspired after some recent walks around Clachan of Camspie and Milton of Campsie (just north and east of where we live) during which I discovered that that balloonist, Vincent Lunardi, landed in Campsie Glen at the conclusion of his second flight from Glasgow in November 1785. After wowing…
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