An A-Z of craft and textile makers on the Isle of Lewis. If you would like to be added to this list, contact andrew@anlanntair.com.
Sue Blair makes distinctive high-fired
stoneware in a wide range of
beautiful & unique glazes.
Mostly domestic ware including
lampbases & vases. Dinner sets
are made to commission & are
dishwasher safe.
Borgh Pottery
Isle of Lewis HS2 ORX
borghpottery@yahoo.co.uk
www.borghpottery.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/BorghPottery/
01851 850345 / 850370
Borgh Pottery
Breanish Tweed weave
lightweight luxury tweeds
and a range of other products
including lambswool and
cashmere shawls/scarves.
Please phone ahead if you are
making a special trip to visit us.
Iain F. Macleod
5 Adabrock, Port of Ness
Isle of Lewis HS2 0TW
info@breanishtweed.co.uk
https://breanishtweed.co.uk
01851 810022
Hand-cut and hand-painted, personalised bespoke wooden signs for all occasions made in the Outer Hebrides.
Commissions welcome.
Barvas, Isle of Lewis, HS2 0QN
buttercupandwren@gmail.com
Tel: 07973671790
Buttercup & Wren
Independent weavers of Harris
Tweed fabric. Hand-woven on
Hattersley looms, we create
unique, vibrant tweeds.
info@christinasharristweed.com
Christina's Harris Tweed
https://www.facebook.com/christinasharristweed
https://www.instagram.com/christinas_harristweed/
Dancing Flower Crafts designs and hand-makes one-off, unique Harris Tweed® gifts and accessories. Designed and made with love, passion and inspiration from the magical Outer Hebrides.
www.dancingflowercrafts.co.uk
Info@dancingflowercrafts.co.uk
www.facebook.com/dancingflowercrafts
Instagram.com/dancingflowercrafts
Hillcrest, upper carloway, Isle of Lewis, HS2 9AQ
07985289468
Colourful, textured wall
hangings woven on floor looms.
Sinuous lines thread across
landscapes. Luminous mohair
forms waves. Rocks in chunky
hand-spun juxtaposed with
hand-dyed skies. Hand-spun &
dyed hanks of mohair & wool
from our Angoras & Sheep.
Commissions welcome.
Open: Mon-Fri, 11am-5pm.
Open all year - tel. in winter
21 Tobson, Great Bernera,
Isle of Lewis HS2 9NA
info@sallie-tyszko.co.uk
01851 612336
Sallie Tyszko
Harris Tweed goods – cushions,
bed throws, curtains, shawls,
toys, fisherman rib jumpers
using Harris wool. Gifts
personalised by embroidering
Harris Tweed with Celtic Designs,
Scottish Prose & Gaelic Proverbs.
Open: Mon-Sat or tel. for an
appointment also sales by e-mail
Retailed: Hebridean Crafts,
Stornoway
The Shed, An Ard, Lower Barvas,
Isle of Lewis HS2 OQY
angelagillespie67@hotmail.com
01851 840491
Angela Gillespie - Westside Knitwear
As a ceramicist, Charly is inspired by the colours and forms she sees around her in the hills and coastline of our beautiful islands and by the wish to produce sustainable items that can be used and cherished for years.
She creates wheel-thrown stoneware for decorative and functional use – vases, bowls, mugs, jugs, small goblets and cups and also smaller, hand-built pieces including pendants. earrings, dishes and buttons.
Each piece is individually made and decorated in a variety of ways – turned, carved, impressed with leaves, flowers or Celtic stamps before having its first firing in the kiln. It is then further decorated with oxides and glazes, before having a second firing at a higher temperature. This finalises the journey of the clay from malleable earth to fixed form.
Charly is always happy to have visitors at her studio, 19 Crossbost, you are welcome to pop in for a chat or to buy something. Please message before making a special visit.
www.instagram.com/charlyhamlynceramics
facebook.com/CharlyHamlynCeramics
charlyhamlynceramics@gmail.com
Philly Hare creates her unique feltings in an old baker’s house in Ness, a crofting community at the northernmost point of the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. She loves running and walking in all weathers through this wild and magical landscape. In her art she tries to capture the essence of the seas and skies which are at the heart of her daily life.
Philly uses the traditional needle-felting technique to combine threads of fine merino wool and mulberry silk into dramatic land-, sea- and sky-scapes. Philly selects wool of colours and textures which reflect the natural wildness of this remote island. The silk picks up the gleam of sunlight or moonlight on water or clouds.
Philly also uses the wet-felting technique to make hats, scarves and other items
Philly produces cyanotypes too. Cyanotype is a very old photographic printing process that produces prints (photograms) in distinctive blues. The word cyan comes from the Greek, meaning “dark blue substance.” The process was invented by Sir John Herschel, a brilliant astronomer and scientist, in 1842.
Philly creates her images by placing natural objects – such as leaves or feathers - directly on photosensitive paper, and exposing them for a period of time under the sun (or, in Lewis, more often a UV lamp). The chemicals are then washed out and the blue can be adjusted by adding toners into the process. Other techniques involve bubbles, clingfilm and turmeric!mEach cyanotype is a unique product that cannot be replicated.
You can find Philly’s work at local outlets including An Lanntair, and at her Etsy shop. Or email her at phillyhare@gmail.com
Harris Tweed is 100% wool cloth
hand-woven by the islanders at
their homes. The Harris Tweed
Authority was created on the
passing of the 1993 Harris
Tweed Act of Parliament and is
charged with protecting and
promoting this most unique
industry. Brand information and
limited support services are
available to makers of Harris
Tweed cloth and products.
Town Hall,
2 Cromwell Street, Stornoway,
Isle of Lewis HS1 2DB
01851 702269
enquiries@harristweed.org
Harris Tweed Authority
Harris Tweed Hebrides invite
you to their Stornoway store
to see an excellent range of
Harris Tweed cloth and products,
including garments and accessories.
You can also learn more
about the process and heritage
behind the famous brand. Shawbost
Mill is not open to tours.
25 North Beach, Stornoway
Isle of Lewis HS1 2NY
shop@harristweedhebrides.com
01851 700046
Harris Tweed Hebrides
Hebridean Jewellery has a large
range of unique designs inspired
by that of ancient Picts & Celts
to contemporary styles in silver
and gold. Shop selling jewellery,
giftware, books & Celtic music.
63 Cromwell Street, Stornoway
Isle of Lewis HS1 2DD
info@hebridean-jewellery.co.uk
01851 702372
Hebridean Jewellery
Hebridean Jewellery on Facebook
Islewear is an independent contemporary jewellery design business based on the Isle of Lewis in the Western Isles of Scotland. Founded by jewellery designer Jordane Symington, working from a small workshop handcrafting designs inspired by the local Hebridean landscape, from precious materials such as silver, gold and gemstones.
Isle Wear
Vintage Prairie and Croft home decor with a transatlantic flair. Exclusive Highlands and Islands stockist of Old Fashioned Milk Paint and SafePaint.
Lewis Revival
Elaine was born and brought up in the Outer Hebrides, the home of her beloved Harris Tweed, and has been designing and making clothes all her life. She became a fashion designer in 2011, specialising in Harris Tweed waistcoats for men, women and children. mackenzieelaine@gmail.com
Elaine Mackenzie.
Edna designs and makes quality
hand-made soft furnishings,
handbags & accessories using
Harris Tweed & printed cottons.
Stock available now &
commissions accepted.
Visitors welcome.
Open: Mon-Sat 11am-5pm,
other times by appointment
Retailed: An Lanntair
Loch Beag B&B
19 Fivepenny, Port of Ness
Isle of Lewis HS2 0XG
ednamacleod@hotmail.com
01851 810 405
Handcrafted contemporary
accessories, made in the
Outer Hebrides. Limited edition
designs using Harris &
Breanish Tweed, fine leathers
& brassware. Customisation &
commissions welcomed.
sayhello@modren.co.uk
Modren
Mòr Creative is a newly set up business by Morag Duncan a local of the Western Isles offering a bespoke upholstery and sewing service. I have a love of our locally woven tweed, as the colours and patterns are what you find in nature around you.
morag@morcreativehebrides.co.uk
mobile 07823323070
Mor Creative Hebrides
We (Eilidh Thompson and Allan Mackenzie) are Pyrography Artists based in Stornoway and offer commission work as well as ready made wooden items. The majority of our work are unique one off designs, drawn freehand onto seasoned sanded wood before being burnt. The finished pieces are then oiled or varnished. We try as much as possible to buy wood from the local Sawmill which also include our log slices from the Castle Grounds. Driftwood is also sourced locally.
We specialize in Celtic, Scottish Mythology/Folklore, Photo Realism of Animals and Scottish Wildlife.
We can be contacted of Facebook Peat Fire Flame, email eilidh.t@virgin.net/mackay0@btinternet.com or mob 07871373548/07761256587.
Rarebird design and make quality Harris Tweed outerwear, clothing accessories and gifts using a wide range of Harris Tweeds, textile prints including Paulette's own designs, batik and Liberty prints. Their accessories are decorated with thier own handmade ceramic buttons.
Founded by Paulette Brough in 2007, Rarebird has grown to be a trusted supplier to quality shops and galleries across Scotland and UK, EU, USA and Japan. Rarebird has two studios, a cuttingroom/shop in Carloway and a design sewing room/shop in Stornoway. Visitors are welcome to come to the studios to see our designs being made.
1 Bells Road, Stornoway
Isle of Lewis HS1 2QT
hello@rarebirddesign.co.uk
01851 709974
Rarebird Design
Natural Highlands & Islands
seaglass jewellery. Our jewellery
is made from seaglass which
has been collected from the wild
& windy shores all round the
Highlands & Islands of Scotland.
22a Branahuie, Stornoway
Isle of Lewis HS2 0BB
failte@salkajewellery.co.uk
01851 700356
Salka Jewellery
We are a family of Harris Tweed
Weavers specialising in our own
colourful tweeds & tartans. We
have both a single & double
width loom. We have single
width tweed and gifts for sale.
20 North Shawbost
Isle of Lewis HS2 9BQ
shawbostweavers@outlook.com
01851710701
<a href="
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Unique knitting and needlepoint designs by Alice & Jade Starmore.
Virtual Yarns
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Alison’s artwork is inspired by her native Hebridean heritage, Gaelic culture and natural surroundings.
Using drawing and painting as her basis, she then works on embroidering lengths of fabric, often Harris Tweed, with designs that complement the cloth. Through delicately stitching Gaelic songs and poems in the tweed, she tells the story of where the cloth is from and promoting culture in a modern way.
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