landscape – KDD & Co

on not being sure

A squeaky toy? A rusty gate? How do we begin to learn about birdsong?

Winter’s End

Bonnie Sennot finds inspiration at Winter’s End.

Norwegian Forest

Christina Campbell introduces a beautiful shawl, inspired by where she is, and where she is not.

back up conic hill

By: KDD February 21, 2021March 21, 2021

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In which we are happy to get out and about in the hills again

YOLK!

Yes, I am standing in a frozen landscape dressed as a fried egg – what of it?

the thaw

Rebecca Osborn shares a beautiful design, inspired by her place in the Canadian Arctic

Na Séasúir

Mary O’Shea introduces a glorious circular scarf whose colours turn with her, through the seasons

make / mend: Collingwood-Norris

Kate talks to Flora Collingwood-Norris about mending, Scottish islands, and how colour makes you feel

Gitchi-Gami

Virginia Sattler-Reimer takes us to her place

out cold

By: KDD January 9, 2021January 9, 2021

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We seem to be in the middle of a fairly sustained cold snap in our part of Scotland. Icy days have been followed by snowy ones, with bitter temperatures and freezing fog. I personally like quite chilly weather, and particularly enjoy its transformative effect on my surrounding landscape. During a cold spell, everything starts to…

moon walk

By: KDD December 30, 2020

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Hello! We are currently enjoying a very quiet and relaxing winter break. In the absence of any socialising, this has largely involved good food, lots of films and books, knitting (me), creating digital soundscapes from ordinary household objects (Tom) and crisp long walks (both of us, plus dogs). After an extended period of hard work,…

wax and water

By: KDD November 17, 2020November 17, 2020

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Simply because of where we live, this year has, I think, not been tough as it has proved for so many other people. I feel enormously grateful to be able to just step outside and go for a walk in wonderful rural scenery directly from our front door. And for me personally, the importance of…

a chat with Misa Hay

There is no getting away from the fact that, whatever business you are in, this year has been a very weird one. Having to change the nature and direction of what you are doing – often very rapidly – is never an easy thing, and this year there have been so many of those changes.…

a picture of rain

By: KDD July 28, 2020July 28, 2020

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It has been a very wet and cool July. As our Spring was unusually dry and warm, the garden has definitely appreciated the wet weather, and apart from having to wear the dreaded rain pants on my long daily walks, I’ve rather enjoyed it too. Certainly there is something rather jolly about hearing the rain…

found feathers

By: KDD July 9, 2020July 9, 2020

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I’ve been thinking about how I might incorporate local found materials into the pieces I’m making for my Crafting Futures collaboration with Pilar. So, for the past couple of months, I have been picking up the feathers I come across on my daily walks. I’ve not done anything special when gathering these feathers – I’ve…

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