Made With These Hands with Alison Kinnaird - renowned glass sculptor, musician, author, and teacher
Alison Kinnaird is a renowned glass sculptor, musician, author, and teacher.
She is known for her exceptional skills in glass engraving and her mastery of the Scottish harp. Alison's work is influenced by her Scottish heritage and she aims to capture the character of Scotland in her creations.
She has created notable pieces such as the Psalm Song installation and the Donor Window at the Scottish Portrait Gallery. Alison advises aspiring glass engravers and musicians to find their own distinctive style and to be patient in developing their skills.
She is currently in the process of selling her house and moving into a smaller studio gallery in Edinburgh.
MADE WITH THESE HANDS
Hugh McNeill is a talented craftsman in Crystal Glass Cutting & Engraving. He has worked professionally in this field over the past 45 years. He trained under Eddie Flavin a master glass cutter from Waterford Crystal Glass in Ireland.
Hugh has created pieces for many famous people over the years and has established his name in this field.
Hugh has a growing concern for old styles hand made crafts that are slowly dying out and not being taught to next generations. These podcasts are to bring awareness to these crafts provoking new craftsman to take up a dying craft that is now on the ”In danger of being extinct list of which there is well over 100 skilled crafts in danger of being forgotten forever.
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