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The best of independent Art & Craft businesses on the Isle of Arran

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Janette MacLeod
Janette studied at the Glasgow School of Art and in her career worked as an art teacher in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, and Stirling. She has exhibited in galleries throughout Central Scotland and also the Royal Scottish Academy with RSW, SSWA and VAS. Awards include the Flora Wood Award in 1999 and 2014, the GSWA Award 2000, and the Barclay Lennie Award… …

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Arran Repair Cafe
Arran Repair Cafe (arc) is being set up to provide ways to reduce waste by repairing household items (wherever possible) and has four elements to what and how it will work when we are able to meet once more and these are, reduce or upcycle waste, reducing social isolation, tool library and providing training. In these early stages, a few of us hav… …

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Per babè home knItting
High-quality home knitted garments for babies up to age 5. Cardigans, jackets, hats, bonnets, shawls and one-of-a-kind stroller blankets. …

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Lesley Lockhart Art
Hello! I am an artist living in Lamlash painting in acrylics, oils, and mixed media. My paintings are light-hearted, rich in colour and texture, inspired by the decorative arts, gardens, calligraphy and textiles. I favour still lifes but like to sometimes experiment with other styles. I have original paintings, prints, and cards available to purch… …

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Catherine Rose Muralworks
Acrylic painter and muralist based in Whiting Bay. I specialize in colorful paintings of (mostly) local wildlife and landscapes. Commissions of any subject are welcome and I have a wide range of giftware printed with my work as well. You can find originals, prints, and gifts in my online shop. …

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The Arran Poet
Nix Moretta is The Arran Poet, based on the stunningly beautiful, Scottish Western Isle of Arran. Nix is a former Cambridge University English lecturer, whom has also run children’s riding schools, and makes goats’ milk soap with milk from her own goats! Nix’s literary work is born out of a lifetime of love, and immersion in the therapeutic benefi… …

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Tribe of Colour – by Anya Bocian
Tribe of Colour was made of the passion of creation and of love to sublimity and colours. Every project is unique and crafted with care about all the little details. The Tribe of Colour products are made of joy and love, ready to make people smiling. …

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Arran Artisan Foods
We are a small craft Artisan Food Creator and Smoke House, based on the Isle of Arran Scotland. Our products are made by hand in small batches using locally sourced high-quality ingredients from the Isle of Arran, all our smoked products are smoked in our own smokers to ensure freshness and the right flavours are present. …

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Honest Coffins Limited
Using timber that’s been grown and processed on Arran I make signs with Scottish sayings and Arran benches. A donation is made from every bench sold to the Glen Rosa rewilding project. …

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Chrissy’s Cabin
I make soft furnishings and gifts to cater for most tastes. These include soft furnishings, bags, purses, memo boards etc. I take commissions for soft furnishings. I also stock haberdashery items and can take orders for items that I don’t have as stock items. I also do alterations and repairs on a small scale. I also do dry cleaning on the premise… …

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