Josie and her husband moved to Glentrool in 2008. During her first year here, she attended a Christmas Fair at Kirroughtree where she met a lady who belonged to the Wigtownshire Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers.

After attending their monthly meeting, Josie learnt how to spin and shortly thereafter acquired her own spinning wheel and loom and learnt to weave. Since then she has produced items such as shawls, shoulder bags, scarves all of which are on sale at the Glentrool Hive.

I attended silversmithing courses at Hillsborough College, Sheffield, and from this developed my interest in making silver jewellery.

My aim is to learn new techniques and styles for silver jewellery, and I look forward to having a home studio in which to experiment and develop my skills. Meanwhile, I enjoy making a variety of items when time allows, as although ‘retired’ I am still working in healthcare locally. I have sold jewellery at craft fairs in and around Sheffield and am excited to explore Dumfries and Galloway for inspiration and new markets.

Puffinpatchworks was set up in 2010 by Magghi Mclean in Edinburgh to design and sell quilt and cushions.

Magghi now lives in Galloway and the business has moved on too, but the ethos still remains to recycle and reuse fabric to create unique and beautiful gifts.

The designs now include quilts of all sizes, patchwork and applique cushions, simple and tactile embroidered textile art and a new venture into printed cards of her designs.

​From commission quilts to a single card - there is something for everyone!

Artist and feltmaker based in the beautiful Mull of Galloway offering workshops from a studio/gallery space near the coast.

I create art inspired mainly by my home surroundings in the scenic Mull of Galloway in south west Scotland. I have a studio workshop and gallery where I exhibit and sell my art and other local artists work. I offer felt making and mixed media textile art workshops from my studio and am available to work in the community enjoying inspiring people of all ages to create art. You may book one of my scheduled workshops or contact me to discuss a date to suit your holiday or visit to the area.

Homemade woodcrafts based in Glentrool at the heart of the Galloway Forest Park.

Working from home, I use reclaimed wood as far as possible, avoiding the use of plastic as far as is practical. My inspiration comes from timber - the grain, the texture, the look and feel.

Hi I'm Dee, a surface pattern designer and product creator living and working on the south west of Scotland.

I personally paint, design an make every piece within my collection of illustrated stationery, art and gifts and sell to customers around the world through my online shops and beautiful stockists.

Read on to find out more about my inspiration, how I design my products and where, and how The Butterfly and Toadstool cares for our planet.

Foggie Toddle Books is the bookshop dedicated to children’s literature in Wigtown.

We stock a small selection of children’s books created by local writers and illustrators.

I was born in Hampshire and have lived in north east Essex, mid Wales, Gloucestershire and Dumfries and Galloway where I have now settled.

The turning point in my artistic development came in 1992 when I joined an evening class in etching at what is now the University of Gloucestershire. Over successive years my commitment to printmaking grew and in 1998 I bought my own press. I became a full time artist in 2006 when I moved to Port William, in South West Scotland, following redundancy

Hugh Bryden spent 30 years as an Art Teacher in Dumfries and Galloway. Throughout his teaching career he continued to practice as a printmaker and painter. He was a regular exhibitor in national and international exhibitions and was involved for a number of years in the gallery business in Dumfries. Since 2005 he has been working as a printmaker, publisher writer and painter

I grew up in Galloway (South-West Scotland) surrounded by peaceful woodland, rugged moorland and beautiful coastline. I graduated from Edinburgh University with an M.A.(Hons) in Fine Art in 1999. A very successful degree show inspired me to commit myself to painting. I primarily paint from a studio in my house.

My inspiration is derived from the magnificent Scottish landscape, particularly the west coast. The recurring themes in my work reflect the dramatic effects of weather on the mountains and shorelines, trees and of course my favourite place, Edinburgh.

Margaret S Milligan is a contemporary artist, well known for her still life and floral oil paintings.

She works from her garden studio and kitchen in wintertime, within the beautiful artists town of Kirkcudbright. Strength of drawing has always been fundamental in her work, beginning back when Margaret worked exclusively in soft pastel , the art of painting whilst drawing. She founded a Life Drawing Group 12 years ago, to feed her need to work from the human form and has hosted a class at the Glentrool Hive.