The brief was to explore how this economically and culturally important industry can be developed and sustained. The knitters worked with artists and academics from a range of disciplines. The two parts of the programme were called the Maakin’ Lab and the Langerin’ Lab.
May 2003 | The Shetland Labs
The On the Edge Research team of Grey's School of Art, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, commissioned PAL to design and deliver a Lab programme for traditional and contemporary hand and machine knitters of the Shetland Islands.
Lab Director
Susan Benn
Lab participants
Kathleen Anderson - lace knitter
Norma Anderson - knitter
Christine Arnold - artist/lecturer
Winnie Balfour - lace knitter
Mary Blance - storyteller
Gordon Burnett - Reader in Design Gray’s School of Art/product designer
Heather Delday - researcher
Ann Eunson - lace knitter
Frankie Geeson - textile artist/knitter
Carole Grey - co-ordinator, On the Edge Research
Margaret Hamilton - knitter
Hazel Hughson - knitter
Sanna Isbister - knitter
Mary Kay - lace knitter
Maggie Marr - Department of Textiles and Design, Shetland College
Bertha Reid - lace knitter
Freddie Robins - textiles artist
Mary Thomson - knitter
Zena Thomson - lace knitter
Stephanie Tristram - Department of Textiles and Design, Shetland College
Funded by
Arts & Humanities Research Board
Shetland Development Dept
Shetland Local Enterprise Company
National Lottery - Access and Participation Scheme
Scottish Arts Council
Shell Expro Social Investment Fund
Sustainable Creative Practice Research Cluster, Grey’s School of Art, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
