The DYE WEAVE PLEAT HERITAGE CRAFT COLLABORATION
Currently some of these kilts are on display at the Scottish Textiles Showcase, in Edinburgh, a wonderful emporium of fibre arts sourced from independant makers and mills across Scotland.
IN PERSON TALKS DURING EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL:
AUG 17th, 6pm What makes a kilt?! : BOOKING LINK HERE!
AUG 18th, 6pm DYE WEAVE PLEAT in the making: BOOKING LINK HERE!
ACME ATELIER — VEVAR — CAVAN JAYNE combine their traditional textile skills in a collection of kilts originally exhibited at the Maison d’Exceptions in Paris, 2025. An evolving collaboration featured in London Craft Week in 2026, incorporating the work of Dundee based jeweller, Kristin Beeler, whose kilt pins respond to the sites that inspired this work.
Their combination of natural dying, hand weaving and handstitched kiltmaking promotes the contemporary application of heritage crafts in Scotland, highlighting the richness of our textile skills and design innovation.
Plus more about this project in the beautiful Journal of Scottish Yarns, Issue 9, available here
Kindly supported by a Clothworkers Company Queen Elizabeth Scholarship award.
Photography credits: DWP / RUBY PLUHAR / ROSE & JULIEN
