Bard Scotland

Bard Scotland A shop/gallery for Scottish craft and design. We are what we make. Bard is a new shop/gallery showcasing quality goods made in Scotland.

Founded by husbands James Stevens and Hugo Macdonald, it is opening next to Custom Lane in Leith, Edinburgh in November 2022. Our mission is to tell stories about Scotland through made objects and the people who make them, exploring contemporary Scottish identity and the value of craft in everyday life.

TALK: PROGRESSIVE PERMANENCEHugo is chairing a discussion at 5pm on Tuesday 15th September at the Christopher Farr Studi...
04/09/2026

TALK: PROGRESSIVE PERMANENCE

Hugo is chairing a discussion at 5pm on Tuesday 15th September at the Christopher Farr Studio in Shoreditch, London.

Progressive Permanence is a collaboration between Max Radford Gallery and Christopher Farr at the intersection of fine art, craft and design, exploring the tension between material intelligence and progressive thinking.

Join Max Radford and Matthew Bourne, co-founder of Christopher Farr, with Hugo Macdonald, design critic and founder of Bard.

Please RSVP: [email protected]

CHRISTOPHER FARR STUDIO, 18 CALVIN STREET, E1 6HF

A collection of Oliver Spendley’s sculptural work is currently on show at Aetla Studio in Stockbridge until 31st August....
20/08/2026

A collection of Oliver Spendley’s sculptural work is currently on show at Aetla Studio in Stockbridge until 31st August. It forms part of Terrane, a beautiful showcase of contemporary jewellery exploring the relationship between memory and place, curated by Kate Matthams.

Works by Oliver here are: Endless Orbit I and II made from Highland larch and elm, and Lewisian Gneiss; Midnight Cairn and Sutherland Sentinel candle sculptures, in larch and Lewisian Gneiss; and his Otherlands IV table, made from Douglas fir and Lewisian Gneiss, and recently awarded first prize in the inaugural House & Garden Craft Prize.

Great thanks to Kate and Keira of Aetla. Terrane is a sumptuous and stirring moment of calm amidst the Fringe frenzy. And it’s conveniently located near Joelato whose brown butter and salted pistachio ice cream is a salve to most woes.

Terrane is on at Aetla Studio, 17 St Stephen Street, Stockbridge until 31st August. 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Monday–Saturday), 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM (Sunday).

Oliver Spendley
Kate Matthams Spencer
ætla | Fine Jewellery
Keira Wraae-Stewart
Consultancy & PR
📷 Murray Orr

Feeling peachy heading into high summer. Wish You Were Here, embroidery by Laura Lees is on at Bard until Saturday 18th ...
03/07/2026

Feeling peachy heading into high summer.

Wish You Were Here, embroidery by Laura Lees is on at Bard until Saturday 18th July.

Bard is open Fridays and Saturdays from 11am until 5pm and by appointment outside these times.

Wish You Were Here: Laura Lees at Bard.Laura has embroidered her preferred Edinburgh buildings and vistas, stitching her...
26/06/2026

Wish You Were Here: Laura Lees at Bard.

Laura has embroidered her preferred Edinburgh buildings and vistas, stitching her way out of madness when she moved back to her hometown in 2019 and found very little had changed. “It was all oldy worldy - tartan towels everywhere,” says Laura. This is a show about people and place, connection and memory, rendered in thread.

“There’s a bit of madness involved in the sheer tenacity of embroidering a postcard out of thread, knowing full well it’s going to take me hours. Days..” Laura admits. “There’s a Scottish Presbyterian attitude that keeps me grounded. ‘Oh you’re just doing that are you?’ it says.“

Wish You Were Here is on at Bard until Saturday 18th July. Bard is open Fridays and Saturdays from 11-5pm and by appointment outside these times.

Laura Lees
Bard Scotland
Murray Orr

Wish You Were Here: Laura Lees at Bard - is now OPEN.Laura has embroidered her preferred Edinburgh buildings and vistas,...
12/06/2026

Wish You Were Here: Laura Lees at Bard - is now OPEN.

Laura has embroidered her preferred Edinburgh buildings and vistas, stitching her way out of madness when she moved back to her hometown in 2019 and found very little had changed. “It was all oldy worldy - tartan towels everywhere,” says Laura. This is a show about people and place, connection and memory, rendered in thread.

“There’s a bit of madness involved in the sheer tenacity of embroidering a postcard out of thread, knowing full well it’s going to take me hours. Days..” Laura admits. “There’s a Scottish Presbyterian attitude that keeps me grounded. ‘Oh you’re just doing that are you?’ it says.“

Wish You Were Here is on at Bard until Saturday 18th July. Bard is open Fridays and Saturdays from 11-5pm and by appointment outside these times.

Laura Lees
Bard Scotland
Murray Orr

Wish You Were Here: Laura Lees at Bard - is now OPEN.Laura has embroidered her preferred Edinburgh buildings and vistas,...
05/06/2026

Wish You Were Here: Laura Lees at Bard - is now OPEN.

Laura has embroidered her preferred Edinburgh buildings and vistas, stitching her way out of madness when she moved back to her hometown in 2019 and found very little had changed. “It was all oldy worldy - tartan towels everywhere,” says Laura. This is a show about people and place, connection and memory, rendered in thread.

“There’s a bit of madness involved in the sheer tenacity of embroidering a postcard out of thread, knowing full well it’s going to take me hours. Days..” Laura admits. “There’s a Scottish Presbyterian attitude that keeps me grounded. ‘Oh you’re just doing that are you?’ it says.“

Wish You Were Here is on at Bard until Saturday 18th July. Bard is open Fridays and Saturdays from 11-5pm and by appointment outside these times.

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We are delighted to announce our first exhibition of 2026 at Bard. Wish You Were Here is a showcase of the embroidery ar...
20/05/2026

We are delighted to announce our first exhibition of 2026 at Bard. Wish You Were Here is a showcase of the embroidery artwork of Laura Lees. Laura’s skills are spectacular. For this show, she has embroidered monuments and tropes of Edinburgh life as postcards. We love them for their sheer human audacity and wit. Alongside her postcards, we are also bringing a slice of Laura’s studio to life at Bard to demonstrate the breadth and dexterity of her embroidery practice for commissioned works across the interior landscape. Thread of heaven.

Wish You Were Here will be showing at Bard from May 29th to July 18th. Bard is open from 11am to 5pm Saturdays and Sundays and by appointment outside these times.


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We are delighted to announce our first exhibition of 2026 at Bard. Wish You Were Here is a showcase of the embroidery ar...
16/05/2026

We are delighted to announce our first exhibition of 2026 at Bard. Wish You Were Here is a showcase of the embroidery artwork of Laura Lees. Laura’s skills are spectacular. For this show, she has embroidered monuments and tropes of Edinburgh life as postcards. We love them for their sheer human audacity and wit. Alongside her postcards, we are also bringing a slice of Laura’s studio to life at Bard to demonstrate the breadth and dexterity of her embroidery practice for commissioned works across the interior landscape. Thread of heaven.

Wish You Were Here will be showing at Bard from May 29th to July 18th. Bard is open from 11am to 5pm Saturdays and Sundays and by appointment outside these times.


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