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.

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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03/05/2026

Shades of May.

03/05/2026

Shades of May.

Bard brought together 14 Scottish objects of wonder for Range Rover’s installation at Milan Design Week to surround a be...
28/04/2026

Bard brought together 14 Scottish objects of wonder for Range Rover’s installation at Milan Design Week to surround a bespoke Range Rover inspired by a pearl from the River Tay. Titled Traces and designed by Storey Studio, the show explores the resonant dimension of craft; how it holds and captures memories and becomes a repository of people, place, time. This is how Range Rover feels about their bespoke service. We visited their design studio at Gaydon, rivetingly, and witnessed the brand’s allegiance to craftsmanship in human employment and skill development.

Back at Traces the Pearl of Tay bespoke Range Rover was surrounded by two rows of seven Scottish objects. Each was selected for its material mastery and magic. The effect of these pinnacles of hand and machine on display in such close proximity was beautiful. How uplifting it is to see craft and industry working together like this; it’s a gross misconception that one only thrives in replacement of the other.

Thank you to Range Rover, Will, Dee - and to Rob, Evie and Faysal at Storey Studio. We could not be more delighted to have been involved. Scotland’s first group show in Milan Design Week, no less.

Heather basket by Rachel Frost

Haptic Light by Jack Brindley

Pewter Cup by Alistair Byars

Pylon by Marc Sweeney

Sgian Dubh by Ellis Mhairi Cameron

Armoured vessel by Daniel Freyne

Scagliola form by Chalk Plaster

Arwen by Duke Christie

Quarry beaker by Hamish Dobbie

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Bard brought together 14 Scottish objects of wonder for Range Rover’s installation at Milan Design Week to surround a be...
24/04/2026

Bard brought together 14 Scottish objects of wonder for Range Rover’s installation at Milan Design Week to surround a bespoke Range Rover inspired by a pearl from the River Tay. Titled Traces and designed by Storey Studio, the show explores the resonant dimension of craft; how it holds and captures memories and becomes a repository of people, place, time. This is how Range Rover feels about their bespoke service. We visited their design studio at Gaydon, rivetingly, and witnessed the brand’s allegiance to craftsmanship in human employment and skill development.

Back at Traces the Pearl of Tay bespoke Range Rover was surrounded by two rows of seven Scottish objects. Each was selected for its material mastery and magic. The effect of these pinnacles of hand and machine on display in such close proximity was beautiful. How uplifting it is to see craft and industry working together like this; it’s a gross misconception that one only thrives in replacement of the other.

Thank you to Range Rover, Will, Dee and Rob, Evie and Faysal at Storey Storey. We could not be more delighted to have been involved.

Traces is on show at Galleria Meravigli in Milan until Sunday 26th April.

Quarry beaker by Hamish Dobbie.

Flax Gather by Susan Redman.

Oak Tattie by Simon Cooper.

Las by Iseabal Hendry.

Arwen by Duke Christie.

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Bard brought together 14 Scottish objects of wonder for Range Rover’s installation at Milan Design Week to surround a be...
24/04/2026

Bard brought together 14 Scottish objects of wonder for Range Rover’s installation at Milan Design Week to surround a bespoke Range Rover inspired by a pearl from the River Tay. Titled Traces and designed by Storey Studio, the show explores the resonant dimension of craft; how it holds and captures memories and becomes a repository of people, place, time. This is how Range Rover feels about their bespoke service. We visited their design studio at Gaydon, rivetingly, and witnessed the brand’s allegiance to craftsmanship in human employment and skill development.

Back at Traces the Pearl of Tay bespoke Range Rover was surrounded by two rows of seven Scottish objects. Each was selected for its material mastery and magic. The effect of these pinnacles of hand and machine on display in such close proximity was beautiful. How uplifting it is to see craft and industry working together like this; it’s a gross misconception that one only thrives in replacement of the other.

Thank you to Range Rover, Will, Dee and Rob, Evie and Faysal at Storey Storey. We could not be more delighted to have been involved. Scotland’s first group showing in Milan Design Week, no less.

Traces is on show at Galleria Meravigli in Milan until Sunday 26th April.

Giant Pylon, Marc Sweeney.

Sgian-Dubh, Ellis Mhairi Cameron.

Armoured Vessel, Daniel Freyne.

Scagliola from, Chalk Plaster.

Tay River Pearl Kilt Pin, Le Kilt x Hamilton & Inches.

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